Maureen Cleave was a journalist with the London Evening News and London Evening Standard who conducted interviews with famous musicians of the 1960's, including Bob Dylan and John Lennon. Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo Station The Evening Standard is an English tabloid newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas. ... The Evening Standard is a newspaper published in London. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are often compared, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an iconic 20th century composer and singer of popular music with Paul McCartney as Lennon-McCartney throughout the 1960s, and was the founding member of The Beatles. ...
An interview with Lennon on 4 March1966 achieved notoriety when Lennon was quoted as saying that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now". March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their ground-breaking role in the history of popular music. ...
Cleave is believed to be the inspiration for the Lennon song 'Norwegian Wood'. Link titleNorwegian Wood is: part of the title of the Beatles song, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown); an annual music festival in Oslo, Norway; the name of a novel by Haruki Murakami. ...
MaureenCleave is a journalist who worked for the London Evening News and London Evening Standard in the 1960s, conducting interviews with famous musicians of the era, including Bob Dylan and John Lennon.
Cleave was a personal friend of Lennon, and is sometimes credited with part of the lyrics of "A Hard Day's Night".
The story goes that when Lennon first showed her the lyrics, she said that the line "But when I get home to you, I find my tiredness is through, and I feel alright" was weak, and suggested instead "I find the things that you do, will make me feel all right".
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