April 6

April 6, 2014
by Act Naturally

Recent Stories Online and On-Air

'It was viral before there was viral': Revisiting the 'Paul is dead' hoax
- Sunday, April 06,

Session legends: Billy Preston
- Sunday, April 06, 2014

Mike McCartney Shares His Photos and Memories of The Beatles, Hendrix and Bo Diddley at Swansea's Grand Theatre
- Saturday, April 05, 2014

How the Fab Four high-fived the Hot 100
- Saturday, April 05, 2014

LOOK: Eraserheads recreate iconic Beatles album cover
- Saturday, April 05, 2014

Interview: John Lennon tribute artist Tim Piper
- Saturday, April 05, 2014

Rare audio, images augment Beatles history
- Friday, April 04, 2014

Scott Rodger - Sir Paul Mccartney's Sidekick Named Manager Of The Year
- Friday, April 04, 2014

Brian Epstein made rock 'n' roll history behind the scenes, earning place in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Inductee profile
- Friday, April 04, 2014

McCartney to hold concert in Seoul in May
- Thursday, April 03, 2014

Musical biography of Beatles comes to Temecula
- Thursday, April 03, 2014

Inside Abbey Road With Beatles Engineer Ken Scott
- Thursday, April 03, 2014

Rock Hall of Fame induction will be full of no-shows
- Thursday, April 03, 2014

THE BEATLES FIRST TOUR TO US VOTED UK'S GREATEST DEPARTURE
- Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Paul Backs New '#IAm' Campaign for Everyone Matters
- Wednesday, April 02, 2014

'The Beatles: Part II' arrives
- Wednesday, April 02, 2014

40 Years Ago: Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson Release ‘Son of Dracula’
- Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Lennon’s visit remembered in Chelsea Flower Show
- Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Beatles Story reports record-breaking visitor numbers for 2013/14
- Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Beatlemania on display at Bethel Woods
- Tuesday, April 01, 2014

This book takes the reader through the sexual highlights (and lowlights) in the lives/careers of the Fab Four from adolescence to the present. It focuses mainly on the Quarry Men and Beatles years, but continues right through the solo era to 2013. Punctuated with illustrations featuring 'the luv bugs'. As humorous as it is salaciously informative, this account avoids opinionating and moralizing, and instead focuses on delivering the goodies ie. the juicy stuff. (Is sex a vital part of life? Was it especially so for the Beatles? Aren't you glad your parents had sex, at least once? Yeah, yeah, yeah!)

Bob Gruen’s Iconic Rock ‘n’ Roll Portraits of John Lennon, Ramones, and Tina Turner
- Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Even the most casual consumers of rock ‘n’ roll iconography have seen Bob Gruen’s iconic images. He’s shot album covers, photographs that ended up as posters and postcards, and portraits that come to be so associated with superstar musicians, they run in their obits. John Lennon’s New York City T-shirt. Led Zeppelin’s plane. That kind of thing.

New York’s Pop International Galleries will host 100 of Gruen’s photos in a show running April 4 through May 4, including many images that have influenced the way we perceive some of rock ‘n’ roll’s biggest stars, from Lennon and Zep to CBGB icons like Debbie Harry and The Ramones. Flavorwire presents ten photos from the show in this gallery, which includes the aforementioned icons as well as The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, The Sex Pistols, Elton John, Joan Jett, New York Dolls, and Chuck Berry. Gruen began his career by shooting Bob Dylan’s infamous plugged-in performance at 1965′s Newport Folk Fest. “Photography has led me to some great experiences and enduring relationships,” he says. “Blurring the line between work and play, many of the people I met through my work have become friends; some are like family to me.”

Read More at Beatles Radio

Ecuador to Award Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney
- Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Quito, March 29 (Prensa Latina) The British singer and song-writer Paul McCartney will be awarded by the Ecuadorian government next month during a visit to this South American country, informed secretary of Public Administration Vinicio Alvarado.

Read More at Beatles Radio

John Lennon's UFO-inspired Art Fetches Big Bucks
- Monday, March 31, 2014

In 1967, when John Lennon wrote his classic Beatles hit, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," everyone assumed the psychedelic song was about drugs. Few would have guessed that several years later, a sober Lennon would see something far different in the sky -- a UFO -- and it would have a profound influence on his life.

Read More at Beatles Radio

Paul McCartney jokes about what keeps him going
- Monday, March 31, 2014

2014 is shaping up to be as busy as ever with Paul announcing a string of new live dates in South America and Japan. Here at PaulMcCartney.com we use a variety of tactics to keep our energy levels up. More often than not this includes a big box of cupcakes (sometimes sent from Paul) and a lovely cup of tea!

Read More at Beatles Radio

Record of the Week

Gets heavy play this week!

Yellow Submarine

All Beatles Music & More at Fab Four Store

Yellow Submarine Album Fun Facts

Yellow Submarine is the tenth studio album by the Beatles in the United Kingdom, released on Apple Records.

Release date: January 17, 1969

Labels: Apple Records, Capitol Records

1	Yellow Submarine
2	Only a Northern Song
3	All Together Now
4	Hey Bulldog
5	It's All Too Much
6	All You Need Is Love
7	Pepperland
8	Sea of Time
9	Sea of Holes
10	Sea of Monsters
11	March of the Meanies
12	Pepperland Laid Waste
13	Yellow Submarine in Pepperland

17 Shocking Facts About The Beatles

The Beatles had to dodge Jelly Babies thrown at them on stage because fans heard George Harrison liked them.

Looks like Justin Bieber isn’t the first to have snackfood thrown at him on stage. During a Beatles performance it was George Harrison who was hit in the eye with a Jelly Baby. It seems the Beatles didn’t like having sweets thrown at them on stage, mostly due to how fans would bombard them with Jelly Babies after George said in an interview how he liked them.

Fans throwing candy became such a problem that the Beatles had to actively dodge them during performances and George ultimately wrote a letter to a fan asking her to stop. In the letter, George Harrison said “We don’t like Jelly Babies, or Fruit Gums for that matter, so think how we feel standing on stage trying to dodge the stuff, before you throw some more at us.

Couldn't you eat them yourself, besides it is dangerous. I was hit in the eye once with a boiled sweet, and it's not funny!' It seems like a lot of fuss for fans to so frequently buy candy only to throw it on stage, but apparently that’s just what Beatlemania did to people.

The Beatles Song Quote of the week

I am the walrus, googoog'joob, googoog'joob.

- The Beatles, I Am The Walrus

The Beatles 50 Years Ago Today :

The Beatles 50 Years Ago Today : April 5, 1964 (Sunday)

Marylebone Station, Great Central St. London

Working, unusually, on a Sunday, the film crew cme to Marylebone Station this afternoon (and again the following Sunday) to shoot the first sequences for A Hard Day's Night. This usually busy central London terminus was closed to the public on Sundays, so filming could only be done then. By the conclusion of their two Sunday's work, the Beatles had been filmed running across Melcombe Place and into the station, using its public telephones and a photo booth, leaping over a hoarding. Paul sitting in disquise on a concourse bench with his "grandfather" Wilfrid Brambell, and the group running down the length of platform one and jumping onto an already-moving train. (From here, the film cut to the footage shot between March 2nd and 9th). All this time, the group were being cased by more than one hundred screaming fans.

While at Marylebone, John, George and Ringo were also filmed in the station's adjacent street, Boston Place, running towards the camera and being chased by the same frenzied fans. This sequence was used at the very beginning of the film, under the titles.

More Listener Birthdays on the Birthday Page

Hear the Daily Audio Birthday Greeting On-Air & Online

Monday April 7

Juan Musumeci from Miami
johnny begood from makati
e s from Puyallup
Bill Goris from Gaithersburg
bahadır çelik from izmir
Cory Dahlman from Lakeland
Amber Blanchard from Marysville
Paulinho Camargo from São Paulo
Duane Leeper from Troy
rodrigo BARROS from Irati
Kelly Bradish from Ontario
b norman from bristol
Tania Rosales from Tlalnepantla

Tuesday April 8

Qiyao Leong from Ipoh
Jay Kaplan from Melbourne
angel Zapata from Hermosillo
miguel angel Zapata from Hermosillo
Veronica Briseño from Saltillo
Hermann Lang from Gießen
Alberto Briseño from Mexico DF
gary kern from mentor
Jeff Dick from Fresno
Debbie Anderson from Columbus
David Cases from Barcelona
kevin sallaway from PANAMA CITY FLORIDA

Wednesday April 9

Bob Lancer from NY
johan polick from lima
ruben dominguez from lake worth
John Maine from Northport
barry adkin from nottingham
Amy Burgwin from Wolverhampton
David Berkin from Thousand Oaks
JOSE LUIS GUTIERREZ from d.f.
Beenu Marcus from Pondicherry
mark christoff from jackson
george palmer from pawleys island
victor silva from san antonio

Thursday April 10

Macario Barinque from Manila
Lloyd Richardson from winnipeg
Marjorie Floyd from Athens
Susan Smith from Midland
Santiago Plata from las palmas
Marvin Moenen from Maastricht
Julio P. Salazar from Madrid
Mimi Gutiérrez De Piñeres from Ocaña
Josh Bennett from new stanton
David Gregory from Wrexham
Jane Sud from Utah
Hailey Henkle from Long Beach
sam c from Montreal

Friday April 11

Tom Miller from Bay Village
Amy Taylor from Raleigh, NC
sandy imperatrice from West Suffield CT
Mike Records from Joliet
Martha Cervantes from Baldwin Park
cheryl rutledge from Fresno
Simon KeeliganSimonK from Howden
Dug Hall from Oshawa
roel tubee from kriens
James Hatch Jr. from Plymouth
Vladimir Vetrov from St. Petersburg
Kirk Thomas from Toms River
Krissi Mattson from Baltimore
Phil Kohn from Milwaukee

Saturday April 12

Judith Milne from New York
Frank Müller from Hofheim
Sephiroth Dante from Mexico
adrian martinez from irapuato
Carlos Bragatto from Sumare
Pasquale Cardone from Montreal
rangel adra from sao paulo
Anthony Mestas from La Puente
Colin McAllister from Hook
alex daoust from Montreal
DEAN BLACKWELL from LEICESTER
Tony Meads from Rugby
Oscar de la Torre from Buenoas Aires

Sunday April 13

karen miller from Houston
Mick Earl from Missoula
herick olea from Lima
Heather Hirtle from Vancouver
Sicilia Costantino from las vegas
Magaly Marsc from Brasilia
Matías Becker from Santiago
Gemma Anderson from Southport
Vee Sands from Culver City
ted fleissig from Hollywood
Diana Kraemer from Louisville
Barry Acquaviva from Peabody