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"Let It Be" is a song written by Paul McCartney (although credited to Lennon/McCartney), and was released by The Beatles as a single in March 1970, and later the same year as the title track of their album, Let It Be. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an iconic English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... The songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, usually referred to as Lennon/McCartney (sometimes McCartney/Lennon), is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations of all time. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... â€œLet It Beâ€ redirects here. ...

The song was inspired by McCartney's mother, Mary McCartney, after he had dreamt about her, and her saying the words, "Let it be" in his dream. For Paul and Linda McCartneys daughter, photographer Mary McCartney, see Mary McCartney. ...

The single reached #1 in the U.S. and #2 in the UK. The single also peaked at #1 at the charts in Australia, Norway and Switzerland. In 2004, it was ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2004. ...

Inspiration

McCartney said he wrote "Let It Be", after a dream he had had about his mother during the tense period surrounding the Get Back/Let It Be sessions. McCartney explained that his mother—who died of cancer when McCartney was 14—was the inspiration for the "Mother Mary" lyric.^[1]^[2] McCartney later said, For Paul and Linda McCartneys daughter, photographer Mary McCartney, see Mary McCartney. ... â€œLet It Beâ€ redirects here. ...

He also said—in a later interview about the dream—that his mother had told him,

Recording and version history

The master take was recorded on 31 January 1969, as part of the 'Apple studio performance' for the project Get Back. McCartney played piano (a Blüthner Flügel from Leipzig), Lennon played bass, Billy Preston played organ and George Harrison and Ringo Starr assumed their conventional roles.^[6] McCartney's lead vocal was harmonised by Lennon and Harrison (as seen in the film Let It Be). The master take included a subdued guitar solo by Harrison—as can also be heard in the film Let It Be. is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... â€œLet It Beâ€ redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Leipzig ( ; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk from the Sorbian word for Tilia) is, with a population of over 506,000, the largest city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. ... William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 â€“ June 6, 2006) was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... For the Taiwanese film whose foreign title translates to the same name, see ç„¡ç±³æ¨‚ Let It Be is a 1970 film about the Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album Let It Be in January 1969. ...

On 30 April 1969, Harrison overdubbed a new guitar solo on the best take from 29 January.^[7] Harrison reportedly overdubbed another solo on 4 January 1970, and although there are some stylistic similarities this solo may actually have been played by McCartney. The first overdub solo was used for the original single release, and the second overdub solo was used for the original album release. Some fans mistakenly believe that there were two versions of the basic track - based mostly on the different guitar solos, but also on some other differences in overdubs and mixes.^[8] is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Overdubbing is a technique used by recording studios to add a supplementary recorded sound to a previously taped musical recording. ... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Single version

It was originally released as a single on 6 March 1970, backed by You Know My Name (Look up the Number), and produced by George Martin. This version includes orchestration and backing vocals overdubbed on 1970-01-04—under the supervision of McCartney—with the backing vocals including the only known contribution by Linda McCartney to a Beatles song (but see Birthday (song))^[8]^[9] It was during this same session that Harrison recorded the second overdubbed guitar solo. The intention at one point was to have the two overdub solos playing together, but this idea was dropped for the final mix of the single and only the 30 April solo was used (although the 4 January overdub can he heard faintly during the final verse). Martin mixed the orchestration very low in this mix.^[8] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) was issued as the B-side of The Beatles single Let It Be on 6 March 1970. ... For other uses, see George Martin (disambiguation). ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Linda Louise Eastman McCartney (September 24, 1941 â€“ April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, and animal rights activist. ... Birthday is a fun and frivolous song that is sometimes played to celebrate the anniversary of a persons birth written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (though largely the work of McCartney) and performed by The Beatles on their self-titled The White Album. ...

The single version was included on the 1967-1970 compilation album. Original pressings erroneously show the album version's running time of 4:01, and not the single version's running time of 3:50. This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Album version

On 26 March 1970, Phil Spector remixed the song for the Let It Be album .^[10] This version features the "more stinging" 4 January 1970 guitar solo and more prominent orchestration.^[11] The other guitar solo can be heard faintly through the right speaker, as the original was planned. There are three lines in the last chorus of the song as the "There will be an answer" line is sung twice instead of once as on the single. On the album Lennon is heard before "Let It Be" saying, "Now we’d like to do ‘ark the angels come..." which was a reference to "Hark The Angels Come" - a Christmas carol.^[5] Lennon's full comment (in a child's falsetto voice) was, "That was 'Can You Dig It' it by Georgie Wood, and now we'd like to do 'Hark The Angels Come'", and then giggling.^[12] Allen Klein brought in Spector to mix the album without telling McCartney or asking for his agreement, because McCartney had not signed Klein's management contract.^[13] McCartney later complained that he was not happy with Spector's production of the recording.^[14]^[15] March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hark! Songs for Christmas - Vol. ... For the short novel by Charles Dickens, see A Christmas Carol. ... Falsetto is a singing technique that produces sounds that are pitched higher than the singers normal range, in the treble range. ... Wee Georgie Wood (1895/1979) was a midget who worked all his professional life in the guise of a child, appearing in comic and sentimental sketches. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Anthology version

An early version of the song also appears on Anthology 3 (Volume 3) which was released on October 28, 1996. The Beatles Anthology 3 was released in October 1996, and includes rarities and alternatives tracks from the final two years of their career as a band ranging from the initial sessions for the White Album through to the last sessions for Let It Be and Abbey Road in January 1970. ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

"Let It Be... Naked" version

Another version of the song appeared on the Let It Be… Naked album in 2003. Starr disliked Spector's version where his drumming was augmented by Spector's overdubbed tom rolls and shaker, so Let It Be… Naked features his original drumming. The guitar solo used in this version—similar to the single version—was taken from the subsequent take as seen in the film "Let It Be". Starr also commented that after the release of Naked, he would never have to listen to McCartney saying, "I told you so", when talking about Spector's production.^[16] The song's running time on Naked is 3.54.^[12] Let It Beâ€¦ Naked is a remastered and remixed version of the original session tapes from the 1970 Let It Be album by The Beatles, first released in November 2003 (see 2003 in music). ... For the Taiwanese film whose foreign title translates to the same name, see ç„¡ç±³æ¨‚ Let It Be is a 1970 film about the Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album Let It Be in January 1969. ...

Unused mixes

Glyn Johns mixed the song on 28 May 1969 as he finished the mixing for the Get Back album. This version was never released.^[17] He used the same mix in a 5 January 1970, which was an attempt to compile an acceptable version of the LP. Again, this version of the LP was never officially released.^[18] Glyn Johns (born February 15, 1942 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is a recording engineer and record producer. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Critical assessments

Critical reception for "Let It Be" have been been mostly positive.^[19] It has been covered by many performers, as described below. In 2004, it was ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.^[20] The All Music Guide said it was one of "the Beatles' most popular and finest ballads".^[21] Ian MacDonald had a dissenting opinion, writing that the song "achieved a popularity well out of proportion to its artistic weight" and that it was 'Hey Jude', without the musical and emotional release."^[22] In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2004. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Ian MacCormick (October 3, 1948 â€“ August 20, 2003), who wrote under the pseudonym Ian MacDonald, was a British music critic and author, best known for his detailed history of The Beatles. ... For the album of the same name, see Hey Jude (album). ...

John Lennon also commented on "Let It Be". Prior to a take during the 31 January 1969 recording session, he asked, "Are we supposed to giggle in the solo?"^[6]^[22] (This a similar quote to Lewisohn's “The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions” (p170) but Lennon says "during the solo" not "in the solo" as quoted here). In Lennon's Playboy interview in 1980, he disavowed any involvement with composing the song. He said, John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 â€“ December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... This article needs cleanup. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... For other uses, see Playboy (disambiguation). ...

As MacDonald explained, Lennon is wrong about "Bridge Over Troubled Water" being McCartney's inspiration: Let It Be was recorded approximately a year before "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was released.^[22] According to the All Music Guide, Simon and Garfunkel performed the song live in 1969 prior to releasing it, but it is unlikely that McCartney could have heard it before the recording session on 31 January 1969.^[24] Wings was a rock music supergroup formed in August 1971, after the breakup of The Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. ... Bridge over Troubled Water is the title song of Simon and Garfunkels final album together, Bridge over Troubled Water. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... The duo of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel are American popular musicians known collectively as Simon and Garfunkel. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...

Memorial Service for Linda

Along with a 700-strong congregation, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr sang "Let It Be" during a memorial service for Linda McCartney at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square, in 1998.^[25] Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an iconic English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... Richard Starkey Jr, MBE (born 7 July 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... Linda Louise Eastman McCartney (September 24, 1941 â€“ April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, and animal rights activist. ... St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Interior of St Martin-in-the-Fields St Martin-in-the-Fields and Charing Cross, circa 1562 The ceiling of the cafÃ© in the crypt St. ... Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ...

Selected cover versions

"Let It Be" has been covered numerous times by various artists, but this is just a short selection: ^[26]

The first recording of the song to be released (even before the Beatles' version) was a cover by Aretha Franklin, in January 1970, on the album This Girl's In Love With You, along with her cover of "Eleanor Rigby".^[27] Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... This Girls In Love With You is a 1970 album (see 1970 in music) by soul musician Aretha Franklin. ... For the novel by Douglas Coupland, see Eleanor Rigby (novel). ...

John Denver included a version of "Let It Be" on his 1971 album, Poems, Prayers, and Promises, and Joan Baez included "Let It Be" on her 1971 album, Blessed Are..., and released the song as a single. The song also appears on her live album, Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring, and she performed it at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, as captured in the film, Message to Love.^[28] John Denver (December 31, 1943 â€“ October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. ... Poems, Prayers, and Promises is an album created by John Denver in May, 1971. ... Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Blessed Are. ... Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring was a Joan Baez album, recorded live in thebullring of Bilbao, Spain. ... Poster for the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 - Artist: David Fairbrother Roe The 1970 Isle of Wight Festival was held on August 26 - 31, 1970. ... Documentary of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970. ...

Gladys Knight and The Pips released a version of the song on the tribute album, Motown Sings The Beatles.^[28] Singer-songwriter Bill Withers covered "Let It Be" on his 1971 debut album, Just As I Am, and Ray Charles covered it on his 1977 album, True to Life. Gladys Knight (born May 28, 1944) is a legendary American pop and soul singer. ... Bill Withers (born July 4, 1938 in Slab Fork, West Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter who performed and recorded from the late 1960s until the mid 1980s. ... Just As I Am is a 1971 album by Bill Withers, released by Sussex Records. ... For the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles (composer). ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... True To Life is a 1977 album by Ray Charles. ...

Leo Sayer covered the song for the 1976 ephemeral musical documentary, All This and World War II,^[28] and former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and vocalist, Danny Kirwan, recorded a version for his 1976 album, Midnight in San Juan, (released in the USA under the name, Danny Kirwan). Australian rock musician Nick Cave recorded a cover of the song for the soundtrack to the 2001 film, I Am Sam. Charity ensemble Ferry Aid (in the wake of the Zeebrugge ferry disaster), featured McCartney—amongst many others—recorded a version which reached #1 on the UK singles chart in March 1987. In 1995, Meat loaf covered the song on his single, "Not A Dry Eye In The House", which the single reached up to #7 in the UK. Lesley Garrett sang an operatic version on her 2002 album, The Singer.^[29] Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer on 21 May 1948 in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex) is an English performing artist, now based in Australia, whose singing career has spanned four decades. ... All This and World War II (1976) is a musical documentary. ... This article is about the band. ... Daniel David Danny Kirwan (born May 13, 1950 in Brixton, South London) is a British musician best known for his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972. ... Midnight In San Juan is an album by British blues rock musician Danny Kirwan, who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1968-72. ... Nicholas Edward Cave (born September 22, 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. ... I Am Sam is the soundtrack to the 2001 film I Am Sam. ... A charity record (also known as a charity single) is a release of a song for a specific charitable cause. ... M/S Herald of Free Enterprise was a roll-on roll-off (RORO) car and passenger ferry that capsized on March 6, 1987, killing 193 passengers. ... This article is about the singer. ... Not A Dry Eye In The House is a song composed and written by Diane Warren, and recorded by Meat Loaf. ... Lesley Garrett, CBE (April 10, 1955 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire) is an internationally renowned English soprano singer. ...

Parodies and cultural references

The children's television show Sesame Street parodied "Let It Be" with the song "Letter B", and the parody band Beatallica did a version called "The Thing That Should Not Let It Be", which also parodied the Metallica song "The Thing That Should Not Be". The Streets used "Let It Be" as backing to a song dedicated to Mike Skinner's dead father; "Never Went To Church". In 2003, McCartney performed a private rendition for Russian President Vladimir Putin—in the Kremlin—before McCartney played a concert in Red Square.^[30] Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... The logo of Beatallica. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Mike Skinner (born November 27, 1978), more commonly known by his stage name The Streets, is a rapper from Birmingham, England. ... Never Went To Church is the second single to be taken from The Streets number one album, The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ... This article is about Russian citadels. ... For other uses, see Red Square (disambiguation). ...

Singles charts

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Notes

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References

Mark Lewisohn (born 1958) is one of the worlds foremost experts on The Beatles. ... Mark Lewisohn (born 1958) is one of the worlds foremost experts on The Beatles. ... Ian MacCormick (October 3, 1948 â€“ August 20, 2003), who wrote under the pseudonym Ian MacDonald, was a British music critic and author, best known for his detailed history of The Beatles. ... Barry Miles (commonly known as, and called, simply Miles) is an author who has written biographies of Paul McCartney, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg as well as books about John Lennon, the Beatles and Frank Zappa. ... Many Years From Now, is the official biography of Sir Paul McCartney, by Barry Miles. ... Vintage Books was founded in 1954 by Alfred A. Knopf as a trade paperback home for its authors. ... // Random House is a publishing house based in New York City. ...

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For the song, see Yellow Submarine (song). ... For the Taiwanese film whose foreign title translates to the same name, see ç„¡ç±³æ¨‚ Let It Be is a 1970 film about the Beatles rehearsing and recording songs for the album Let It Be in January 1969. ... The Compleat Beatles [sic] was a 1982 two-hour documentary, chronicling the career of the Fab Four. Though it has since been supplanted by the more extensive five-hour 1996 Beatles Anthology, The Compleat Beatles was for many years largely regarded as the definitive source of information on the Beatles. ... The Beatles Anthology (DVD) is the DVD version of the original eight episode 1995 TV serial titled The Beatles Anthology (which also came out on VHS) covered in four DVDs, plus an additional 81 minutes Special Features Disc. ... The cover of Kum Back; the first ever Beatles bootleg album to hit the market. ... The Beatles released twelve original albums, twelve EPs (featuring mostly otherwise available material), one double EP, and twenty-two singles (featuring mostly otherwise unavailable material) in eight years (1962-1970) in their native United Kingdom. ... The Beatles takes and early versions of songs that have been released are still collectables. ... â€œPeter Bestâ€ redirects here. ... Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 â€“ 10 April 1962) was a British musician and artist who, until his early death, worked in a style related to Abstract Expressionism. ... Klaus Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg and later designed the cover of their album Revolver. ... Derek Taylor (1932-1997) is best known as the press agent for the hugely popular rock band, The Beatles. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (å°é‡Ž æ´‹å Ono YÅko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ... Linda Louise Eastman McCartney (September 24, 1941 â€“ April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, and animal rights activist. ... Cynthia Lillian Lennon nÃ©e Powell (born September 10, 1939) in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. ... William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 â€“ June 6, 2006) was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. ... Tony Sheridan (born Andrew Esmond Sheridan McGinnity on May 21, 1940), is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Chas Newby was temporarily the bassist for The Beatles in December of 1960, following the departure of Stuart Sutcliffe. ... Andy White (born 1930 in Scotland) is a drummer, best known for playing drums on some of the recordings of the Beatles first single, Love Me Do. White was a studio drummer in the 1950s and 1960sin London, recording with artists like Billy Fury, Marlene Dietrich, Hermans Hermits and... James George Nicol, known as Jimmie Nicol or Jimmy Nicol, is an English musician born August 3, 1939. ... Astrid Kirchherr (born 20 May 1938) is a German photographer and artist, and is well-known for her association with The Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voorman and JÃ¼rgen Vollmer) and her photographs of The Beatles while they were in Hamburg. ... This is a list of the line-ups of The Beatles and the individual members bands. ... Love by Cirque du Soleil at Mirage Las Vegas Love is a 2006 theatrical production by Cirque du Soleil which combines the re-produced and re-imagined music of The Beatles with an interpretive, circus-based artistic and athletic stage performance. ... The songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, usually referred to as Lennon/McCartney (sometimes McCartney/Lennon), is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations of all time. ... The Beatles influence on rock music and popular culture wasâ€”and remainsâ€”immense. ... Modern Beatle boot replica. ... The Quarry Men (sometimes Quarrymen) were a little-known skiffle group formed around Liverpool, England in March 1957 by John Lennon. ... The Beatles are one of the most popular and influential musical groups in history. ... The Beatles London This article looks at the history behind some of the London landmarks famously associated with the Beatles for example the Abbey Road Studios & crossing etc The famous Abbey Road Zebra crossing Abbey Road Studios The Beatles first came to the Abbey Road studios on June 6th... The Beatles arrival at Americas JFK Airport in 1964 has proved a particularly enduring image of Beatlemania. ... The Fifth Beatle is an informal title that various commentators in the press and entertainment industry have applied to persons who were at one point a member of The Beatles, or who had a strong association with the Fab Four other than John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo... Paul McCartney Dead: The Great Hoax, a magazine reporting on the rumours concerning McCartney. ... The Beatles is an American animated television series featuring the fanciful and musical misadventures of the extraordinarily popular British rock band. ... For other uses, see British Invasion (disambiguation). ... Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ... Northern Songs Ltd. ... The Beatles Anthology is the name of a documentary series, a series of three albums and a book, all of which focus on the history of one of the worlds most popular rock band The Beatles. ...

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