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We had a great friendship going and there seems to be far more pictures of me and Paul playing together at that age than there are pictures of me and my dad." [ 178 ] In 1996, Julian paid £ 25,000 (equivalent to £ 45,000 or US$ 56,000 in 2023) [ 179 ] for the recording notes to "Hey Jude" at an auction. [ 180 ]
In August 1966, on the eve of The Beatles' 1966 US tour, American teen magazine Datebook published Lennon's remark that the Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus". Lennon had, in fact, originally made the remark to the British newspaper London Evening Standard and when it was first published in the United Kingdom, in March 1966, his words ...
Cash Box found the single's pairing "unique" and described "Yellow Submarine" as "a thumping, happy go lucky, special effects filled, highly improbable tale of joyous going on beneath the sea". [104] Record World said that "The Beatles are out for a whacking good time on this jolly nonsense song sparked by all sorts of sideshow sounds." [105]
The song's lyrics describe the titular "fool", a solitary figure who is not understood by others, but is actually wise. [2] In his authorised biography, Many Years from Now, Paul McCartney says he first got the idea for the premise from the Dutch design collective the Fool, who were the Beatles' favourite designers in 1967 and told him that they had derived their name from the Tarot card of ...
With the Beatles still together officially in December 1969, Harrison had no plans to make a solo album of his own and reportedly intended to offer "My Sweet Lord" to Edwin Hawkins. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Instead, following the Delaney & Bonnie tour, he decided to record it with Billy Preston, [ 4 ] for whom Harrison was co-producing a second Apple ...
Larry Norman was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, [5] the oldest son of Joe Hendrex "Joe Billy" Norman (December 9, 1923 – April 28, 1999), [6] and his wife, Margaret Evelyn "Marge" Stout (born in 1925 in Nebraska).
Newsweek made reference to Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" comments in an issue published in March, [22] and the interview had appeared in Detroit magazine in May. [23] On 3 July, Cleave's four Beatles interviews were published together in a five-page article in The New York Times Magazine, titled "Old Beatles – A Study in Paradox". [24]
Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager, announced the band's intention to tour the United States in early March 1966 while in New York. [1] [2] Taking place in August, it was the band's third annual summer tour of the US. [3]