About The Beatles: February 2015

Feb 24, 2015

Why do the Oscars love British actors?

British actors have a long history of success at the Oscars , but this year - with five nominations acting - a new wave of talented British ...

Only a Northern Song by The Beatles

George Harrison wrote this. He called it, "A joke relating to Liverpool, the Holy City in the North of England." Liverpool i...

Old Brown Shoe by The Beatles

George Harrison wrote this song and also played guitar, organ and bass on the track; it was one of the few times he included a guitar ...

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles

The title comes from a Reggae band called Jimmy Scott and his Obla Di Obla Da Band. Says McCartney, "A fella who used to hang aro...

No Reply by The Beatles

This was one of John Lennon's first songs to tell a complete story. The boy knocks on his girl's door, knows she is home becau...

I Will by The Beatles

In the televised documentary The Beatles Anthology , Paul, George and Ringo are shown relaxing on a blanket outside. Ringo asks Paul ...

Lovely Rita by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this as if he fell for a meter maid while she was taking his plate number. Said Paul: "I was bopping about o...

In Spite Of All The Danger by The Beatles

"In Spite Of All The Danger" is the first Beatles song ever recorded; it is also the only Beatles song credited to McCartney...

Here Comes The Sun by The Beatles

George Harrison wrote this in Eric Clapton's garden using one of Clapton's acoustic guitars. When the Beatles' manager Bri...

I'm Looking Through You by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this when his girlfriend, an actress named Jane Asher, left on a theater tour instead of staying home like he had...

I've Just Seen a Face by The Beatles

Primarily written by Paul McCartney, the working title of this song was "Auntie Gin's Theme" because Paul McCartney'...

I Wanna Be Your Man by The Beatles

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were working on this when they ran into the Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham on September 10, ...

I Should Have Known Better by The Beatles

Composed by John Lennon, at first he "hammers the melody on the same note." (The Italian composer Monteverdi discovered the ...

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey by The Beatles

John Lennon described this song as, "About me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow o...

Happiness Is A Warm Gun by The Beatles

The title came from an article in a gun magazine John Lennon saw. "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" was the slogan of the National R...

Hello Little Girl by The Beatles

This song was written by John Lennon in 1957 and was performed at an audition at Decca Records on January 1, 1962. It is the first ori...

Don't Let Me Down by The Beatles

John Lennon dedicated this song to Yoko One. It was the first song he wrote for Yoko, who he married on March 20, 1969. Released as...

From Me to You by The Beatles

The title was taken from a letters column that ran in a popular British music newspaper called The New Musical Express (the NME). Th...

Girl by The Beatles

John Lennon: "This was about a dream girl." His wife Cynthia thought this song might have been about her. (thanks, Mike - Mo...

A Day In The Life by The Beatles

A 41 piece orchestra played on this song. The musicians were told to attend the session dressed formally. When they got there, they we...

Flying by The Beatles

All four Beatles are credited with writing this song. It was the first song where composer credits were shared by the whole group. ...

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! by The Beatles

During the filming of the video for " Strawberry Fields Forever," John Lennon and Apple Records employee Tony Bramwell went ...

Drive My Car by The Beatles

Paul McCartney played bass and piano on this one. George Harrison played lead guitar and did backing vocals. John Lennon only sang and...

All Together Now by The Beatles

A simple sing along song that took only 5 hours of studio time to complete, this appears at the end of the Beatles movie Yellow Subma...

Bad Boy by The Beatles

This song was written and originally recorded by Larry Williams, a black Rock singer who John Lennon admired. The song is about a rebe...

Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby by The Beatles

Carl Perkins was the first to record this. The Beatles also covered Perkins' "Matchbox" and "Honey Don't."...

Anna (Go to Him) by The Beatles

Arthur Alexander wrote this song, making it one of the world's great trivia questions: Alexander is the only person to write songs...

Ain't She Sweet by The Beatles

This was written in 1927 by songwriters Milton Ager and Jack Yellen, and it quickly became a standard. Ager wrote the lyrics for his d...

Back In The U.S.S.R. by The Beatles

The story of this song begins in Hrishikesh, India, where The Beatles were on a retreat learning Transcendental Meditation from their ...

Carry That Weight by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this about his struggle to keep the Beatles together after Brian Epstein's death. Epstein was their manager a...

And Your Bird Can Sing by The Beatles

"Bird" is British slang for "Girl." One theory is that this song is a scolding by John Lennon of his buddy Mick Ja...

All You Need Is Love by The Beatles

The Beatles played this for the first time on the "Our World" project, the first worldwide TV special. Broadcast in 24 count...

Boys by The Beatles

This was originally recorded by The Shirelles, a popular female vocal quartet who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in...

Because by The Beatles

John Lennon got the idea for this when he heard Yoko to playing Beethoven's " Moonlight Sonata" on the piano. He asked h...

Another Girl by The Beatles

Paul McCartney wrote this while on a 10 day holiday in Tunisia. "Another Girl" stands out as one of the most prototypical so...

Across The Universe by The Beatles

John Lennon wrote this song after having an argument with his wife Cynthia. He said, "I was lying next to me first wife in bed, a...

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