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The Beatles and the songs they gave away to other artists

A new book highlights this little-known aspect of The Beatles' career

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool will host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine

The contest will be staged next May in the birthplace of The Beatles after Britain was asked to hold the event in place of war-torn Ukraine, the designated host country.

WEKU

Now the hard work begins: Liverpool swings into action ahead of Eurovision 2023

The city – the birthplace of The Beatles – has been preparing its bid since June.

The Independent UK

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PM and past winners congratulate Liverpool as it is named Eurovision host city

The city that produced The Beatles fended off competition from Glasgow during the final stage of the selection process.

The Independent UK

‘We carried pistols to defend ourselves’: the Four Tops and the Temptations on six decades of soul

As they tour the UK together, Motown icons Duke Fakir and Otis Williams reflect on meeting the Beatles, facing down white supremacists, and the collaborators they’ve lost along the way

The Guardian - UK

What's on: Plenty to enjoy despite a wet weekend

Airness 2pm 8pm, Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. A-Leagues men: Central Coast Mariners vs Newcastle Jets 5pm, Central Coast Stadium, Gosford. Book Launch - Migration: Identity and Memory by author artist Susana Enriquez 10.30am to 12pm, Lovett Gallery, Newcastle City Library, Laman Street, Cooks Hill. BuR-Roque 7.30pm, The Royal Exchange, 32-34 Bolton…

Newcastle Herald

Tablecloth scrawled with the Beatles' doodles from their final gig goes to auction

A pilfered relic from the night of the last concert the Beatles played together has been recovered and is going on the auction block.

Los Angeles Times

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Why did The Beatles break-up 8 years after releasing debut single Love Me Do?

On October 5, 1962, the music world was changed forever when The Beatles released their debut single Love Me Do. In just eight short years, the band would acrimoniously split

Daily Mirror

Love Me Do at 60: Six surprising things you didn't know about The Beatles' first single

These facts about the song that introduced the Fab Four to the world will surprise all but the most ardent Beatles fan

Liverpool Echo

The Beatles' first single Love Me Do was released 60 years ago — but it nearly didn't happen

The Beatles had a major problem and it wasn't going to be easily resolved. They didn't like the song they'd been asked to record by their producer George Martin.

ABC News

The Beatles: Photos of the band playing at the Cavern Club found

The photos show the original line-up of the band without Ringo Starr, when they were aged between 18 and 20

The Independent UK

Rare images of The Beatles playing at Liverpool’s Cavern Club discovered

They were captured in July 1961, over a year before the band released their debut single

Wales Online

Rare images emerge of the Beatles playing the Cavern Club in 1961

Photographs show band performing at Liverpool venue more than a year before release of first official single

The Guardian - UK

‘My teenage hormones were raging!’: stars salute the Beatles’ Love Me Do at 60

It confused Gene Simmons, inspired Judy Collins and changed one pop star’s mum’s haircut. Here, musicians recall the impact of the Beatles’ debut single

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Daily Mirror

Paul McCartney seen at daughter Stella's fashion show as pal Ringo cancels gig over illness

The Beatles rocker Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell were pictured at Stella McCartney's Paris Fashion Week show a day after pal Ringo Starr was forced to pull out of a string of gigs

Liverpool Echo

Rare pictures uncovered of The Beatles playing The Cavern Club

Images date from 1961

The Independent UK

Rare photographs of The Beatles playing at Liverpool’s Cavern Club uncovered

The images were captured in July 1961, over a year before the band released their debut single Love Me Do.

Salon

Shawn Colvin on the Beatles and "Sunny"

The singer/songwriter opens up about her Beatles influences for this "Everything Fab Four" interview

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Liverpool Echo

The Liverpool folk songs inspired by the city's seafaring heritage

Folk songs about Liverpool have been recorded by Bob Dylan, The Beatles and The Dubliners

Salon

The untold "Strawberry Fields" backstory

Let me take you down to John Lennon's childhood that inspired the hit single with a misleading title

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: The Supreme Court will decide if Andy Warhol broke the law, 37 years after the fact

In 1981, rock 'n' roll photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who has worked with Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, the Beatles and many others, stepped into her studio with the artist then known as Prince, put some purple eyeshadow and lip gloss on him to "accentuate his sensuality," and began shooting pictures with…

Wales Online

Only Love by singer-songwriter Ben Howard is the expectant mum's song of choice

Jack Johnson, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran are among the most played artists and bands in delivery rooms

Manchester Evening News

Home where music legend John Lennon practiced with The Beatles bandmate as teenager sells to fan at auction

The home, a stop-off point on the Beatles tour, was reportedly bought by UK-based superfan

Manchester Evening News

The Beatles' fan wins John Lennon's childhood home where he practised with Paul McCartney for £279,000 at auction

The Liverpool property played a significant role in the development of the world-famous band

The Independent UK

British Library acquires collection of Beatles’ only authorised biographer

Writer and broadcaster Hunter Davies said he was pleased the items will now be available to the public and researchers.

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