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The 1995 video for "Free as a Bird" – a song recorded by Lennon in the late 1970s and completed by McCartney, Harrison and Starr for the band's Anthology project – references "Paul is dead", among other myths relating to the Beatles' impact during the 1960s. According to author Gary Burns, the video indulges in the same "semiological excess ...
In the second bridge, the line "Yes, my name is Billy Shears" recalls Starr's alter-ego from the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [2] [36] – specifically, the character named at the end of the album's title song and under which Starr sings the ensuing track, "With a Little Help from My Friends".
on YouTube " With a Little Help from My Friends " is a song recorded by English rock band the Beatles for their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . It was written primarily by Paul McCartney with contributions from John Lennon , and is sung by drummer Ringo Starr (as Sgt. Pepper singer Billy Shears), his lead vocal for the album.
In 1987, he played drums on Harrison's Beatles pastiche "When We Was Fab" and also appeared in Godley & Creme's innovative video clip for the song. [ 176 ] [ 177 ] The same year, Starr joined Harrison, Clapton, Jeff Lynne and Elton John in a performance at London's Wembley Arena for the Prince's Trust charity. [ 178 ]
THE COUNTDOWN: From flagrant nudity to cartoon bestiality, there are all sorts of reasons cover art can spark controversy. Kevin E G Perry picks some of the most memorable examples
His name was Billy Preston, and he ended up being the only person other than John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr to receive a co-artist credit on a No. 1 single by the ...
If there's any actual evidence of this person's existence it would be good to post references here. If anyone's done research proving that the "biography" of William "Shears" Campbell of the "Ontario Police Department" with a girlfriend conveniently named "Rita" is a phantasm cobbled together from snippets of Beatles song's and album photographs, a reference to that research would also be good...
A music video for “Now and Then”, which is expected to be the last Beatles song, has been released. The video, directed by Peter Jackson, includes unseen footage of the band and what the ...