On Mar. 12, 1969, Paul McCartney married American rock photographer Linda Eastman at London’s Marylebone Registry Office. As the ceremony unfolded inside the building, dejected female fans famously gathered together in the rain and sang a dirge-like medley of Beatles tunes. But as history tells us, the marriage very nearly didn’t come off. Paul and Linda first […]
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Everything Fab Four: Inventing Recording Artistry with George Martin and the Beatles
On Monday, Feb. 11, 1963, the Beatles notched one of the most remarkable instances of their legendary story when they completed the tracks for their inaugural album, Please Please Me, in just under 10 hours. But an early, pioneering moment in their illustrious career occurred just over a week later when George Martin carried out the post-production work […]
Everything Fab Four: The Beatles, Humphrey Lyttelton, and “Mountain Madonna”
As one of the band’s final efforts before their extended sojourn in India 50 years ago, the Beatles tackled Paul McCartney’s superb new composition entitled “Lady Madonna.” During an afternoon session with producer George Martin at EMI Studios on Feb. 3, 1968, the group made short work of the song, which was both startlingly original, and yet, […]
Everything Fab Four: Paul Goresh and the Last Days of John Lennon
On Jan. 9, 2018, New Jersey-native Paul Goresh died at 59 years old. While many Beatles fans might not know his name, they most certainly know his work. On December 8th, 1980—the darkest day on the Beatles’ calendar — Goresh, then 21, photographed John Lennon signing a copy of Double Fantasy for Mark David Chapman, the man who […]
Everything Fab Four: War Is Over! (If You Want It)
When it was released in the United States back in December 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” hit the charts with a thud, barely cracking the Top 40. Credited to John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band, the song has enjoyed several different iterations over the past five decades—“some […]