$20 donation gets this great calendar & collectible in a replica record/lp sleeve Beatles Calendar: Official US-UK Calendar 2014 Stunning images featuring the original Art work from ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
The Walrus & The Elephants: John Lennon's Years of Revolution - Thursday, January 23, 2014
Having changed the world once with The Beatles, at the beginning of the 1970s John Lennon wanted to do it all over again, but this time in line with his personal vision of global concord. Desperate to consign the Moptops to history, he escaped to America with the love of his life, Yoko Ono, and plunged into his new world of activism and giving peace a chance.
But if New York welcomed him with bright eyes and open arms, Washington didn't want him around. Richard Nixon was seeking re-election and had a long list of enemies drawn up; Lennon rose rapidly up that list as he began to make himself at home. His first achievement, according to James A Mitchell, was to get the White Panthers leader John Sinclair out of jail. The Detroit activist was two years into a 10-year stretch for giving two joints to an undercover cop, but days after Lennon headlined a John Sinclair Freedom Rally he was released. It wasn't all down to the Fab One, of course – Mitchell doesn't mention the ruling by Michigan's Supreme Court that the state's marijuana statutes were unconstitutional – but he was certainly the right man to act as a figurehead for those seeking to end the Vietnam war and see off Tricky Dicky.
Beatles 50: CBS Special Could Be 3 Hours with Paul, Ringo, Guest Stars - Thursday, January 23, 2014
Beatles 50 is getting a big push this week. Sources tell that CBS’s special scheduled for February 9th–and being taped this Monday at the Los Angeles Convention Center– could end up being three hours long.
The Ticket to Write playwriting contest - Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The Ticket to Write playwriting contest – launched as a Beatles-themed Festival – is now open for entries for the third year when the selected plays will be performed at Liverpool’s Unity Theatre on July 15 and 16.
Ringo Starr has gotten an honor in Los Angeles - Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Ringo Starr has gotten an honor in Los Angeles — less than a week before The Beatles get a tribute at the Grammys. Starr was given the Lifetime of Peace and Love award from the David Lynch Foundation.
Shout Factory has announced the upcoming Blu-ray release of Joe Massot'sWonderwall (1968), starring Jane Birkin and Jack MacGowran. The film was released on by Rhino on DVD in 2002 (with handmade edition in 2004), but has since gone out of print. Shout Factory's release will offer the first Hi-def edition of the movie.
How John Lennon Buried His Mother in Song - Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Few events in John Lennon’s brief life were as traumatic and painful than the death of his mother, Julia, when he was 17. Although Julia had abandoned John to be brought up by her sister, Mimi, the event proved important in cementing his close working partnership with Paul McCartney, whose mother had died from an embolism when he was 14.
50 Years Ago Today: The Beatles Make First Billboard Hot 100 Appearance - Tuesday, January 21, 2014
On Jan. 18, 1964, the Fab Four graced the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time, as 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' entered the Hot 100 at No. 45. Music, and our charts, would never be the same.
Beatles '65 is the Beatles' fifth Capitol release, but seventh American album. It was released in mono and stereo versions. The album was also issued in Germany on the Odeon label.
Release date December 15, 1964
Capitol Records
1. No Reply (mono mix)
2. I'm A Loser (mono mix)
3. Baby's In Black (mono mix)
4. Rock And Roll Music (mono mix)
5. I'll Follow The Sun (mono mix)
6. Mr. Moonlight (mono mix)
7. Honey Don't (mono mix)
8. I'll Be Back (mono mix)
9. She's A Woman (mono mix)
10. I Feel Fine (mono mix)
11. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (mono mix)
12. No Reply (stereo mix)
13. I'm A Loser (stereo mix)
14. Baby's In Black (stereo mix)
15. Rock And Roll Music (stereo mix)
16. I'll Follow The Sun (stereo mix)
17. Mr. Moonlight (stereo mix)
18. Honey Don't (stereo mix)
19. I'll Be Back (stereo mix)
20. She's A Woman (stereo mix)
21. I Feel Fine (stereo mix)
22. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (stereo mix)
Beatles Record World Wide Charts
American
Most no. 1 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 charts (20 no.1s).
Most no. 1 albums in the Billboard Top 200 albums charts (19 no.1 albums).
Most weeks at no. 1 in the Billboard albums chart (132 weeks at no. 1).
Group with most weeks in the Billboard albums chart (2,184 weeks, second only to Frank Sinatra with 2,211 weeks).
Group with most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (609 weeks).
Group with most weeks at no. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (59 weeks at no. 1).
Most songs inside the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time (14 songs on April 11, 1964).
Most songs inside the Billboard Top 40 at the same time (7 songs on April 11 and 25, 1964).
Most songs in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time (5 songs on April 4, 1964).
Most songs in the Billboard Top 5 at the same time (5 songs on April 4, 1964).
Most chart entries in the Billboard Hot 100 within a calendar year (30 charted songs in 1964)
The only group to replace themselves at no. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 twice (March 21 and April 4, 1964). It would be forty years later when Usher would tie the record.
The Beatles Song Quote of the week
"There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed. Some forever, not for better, some have gone and some remain" - "In My Life"
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