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Len Goodman's favourite Beatles song that always 'cheered him up'

The former Strictly head judge has died at the age of 78

Liverpool Echo · Apr 24, 2023

Session drummer Jim Keltner recalls John Lennon and George Harrison telling him not to bad-mouth Paul McCartney

“We can say that but you shouldn’t”, the drummer was told by the former Beatles

MusicRadar · Apr 24, 2023

Mary Quant obituary: pioneering designer who created the 1960s look

If The Beatles wrote the soundtrack for the legend of Swinging Sixties London, then Mary Quant created the look, said Jess Cartner-Morley in The Guardian. One of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th century, Quant, who has died aged 93, is most closely associated with the miniskirt.

The Week · Apr 21, 2023

Q&A: May Pang on new documentary about her 'Lost Weekend' with John Lennon

May Pang's name is well known to music fans as the woman John Lennon was romantically involved with in the early 1970s.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 17, 2023

‘Freak Scene made me want to be in a band’: Gaz Coombes’s honest playlist

The singer and Supergrass frontman has a soft spot for 1-D and a certain naff Bowie-Jagger duet. But what do he – and Skid Row – like to sing at karaoke?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023

What do Mario and Queen Latifah have in common? They just made it into US history

Queen Latifah, Super Mario, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Daddy Yankee and mariachi music are the latest additions to the U.S. National Recording Registry, which means a selection of their recordings have been dubbed "audio treasures worthy of preservation" by the Library of Congress.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 12, 2023

Queen Latifah and Super Mario Bros. make history in National Recording Registry debut

Every year, the Librarian of Congress announces 25 sound recordings to be preserved for posterity. Picks for 2023 include music by Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee, John Lennon, Mariah Carey and more.

WEKU · Apr 12, 2023

It was 60 years ago today… schoolboy’s tape of the Beatles transports us to an era of optimism

Private-school pupils unselfconsciously screamed for their working-class heroes

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

Abbey Road engineer Ken Scott on recording The Beatles: “I was there when Eric Clapton played the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but it was just another day at the office so it didn't mean anything at the time”

On working with Lennon and McCartney: “Paul was exceedingly patient, and would keep on going until it was the way he wanted it, whereas John would prefer to get it over with as quickly as possible”

MusicRadar · Apr 7, 2023

John Lennon's two word response to potential Beatles reunion

The band split in 1970 with emotions running high

Liverpool Echo · Apr 3, 2023