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Beatles - The Beatles Gambled With Minnesota Programme Cash

5094 days ago

ContactMusic — The Beatles gambled away the proceeds from sales of their programmes as they waited to take the stage at Minnesota's Twins Stadium in 1965. Ray Crump, the equipment manager for the venue's home baseball team, the Minnesota Twins, offered to send his ... more info

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Video: Beady Eye At The Papillons De Nuit Festival

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Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Below are two videos from the Papillons De Nuit Festival, that Beady Eye played yesterday in France.SetlistFour Letter WordBeatles & StonesMillionareThe RollerBring The LightStanding on the Edge Of The NoiseKill For A DreamThree Ring CircusThe Beat G... more info

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The Rolling Stones release the first Jagger/Richard hit

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Guardian Music — 26 February 1965: Number 6 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicIn early 1965, the Rolling Stones were in an exquisite quandary. They were the second biggest group in Britain by that point and rising fast in the US. But thei... more info

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The Beatles have LSD explained to them by Peter Fonda

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Guardian Music — August 1965: Number 9 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicThere were psychedelic records before the Beatles made Revolver, but it took the Beatles to make psychedelia part of the mainstream. John Lennon's curiosity about LS... more info

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Vaughan Williams is top of the Discs

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Scotsman.com — THE Beatles, Bob Dylan and Beethoven were among the most popular artists chosen by the public when they were invited to compile their own Desert Island Discs. more info

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The birth of arena rock

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Guardian Music — November 1969: Number 19 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicUntil the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, the loudest thing at big-capacity shows was often the crowd, as anyone who's heard the long-deleted Beatles at the Hollywo... more info

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Paul McCartney leaves the Beatles

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Guardian Music — 10 April 1970: Number 21 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicRock groups had split before, and no one bar their fans really cared. But the parting of the Beatles? This was the first time four musicians deciding to work sepa... more info

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The Beatles develop their own look for the first time

5096 days ago

Guardian Music — October 1960: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicIn October 1960, a German student took five young Britons to a Hamburg fairground for a photoshoot. Astrid Kirchherr had only just met the Beatles through her friend... more info

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Motown scores its first No 1

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Guardian Music — November 1961: Number 9 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicThe US postal service might not seem like the most romantic of subjects for a pop record, but Motown could inject magic into any situation. The Marvelettes's debut ... more info

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The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson listens to Rubber Soul

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Guardian Music — December 1965: Number 12 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicAs Brian Wilson later recalled, the Beatles' sixth album was the first release he'd ever heard where every song "went together like no album ever made before". It ... more info

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