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Who was George Harrison’s musical guru, Ravi Shankar?
Music and spirituality were very connected for the Beatle.
Harrison thought Shankar was a “brilliant” teacher.
In the late 1960s, George Harrison became incredibly passionate about expanding his consciousness and spirituality. He used music as a tool to help him explore his curiosities. In a 1967 interview, the Beatle said Ravi Shankar was his “musical guru.” Here’s who he was and what Harrison had to say about him.
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Foo Fighters were welcomed into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame at last night’s induction ceremony. Paul McCartney was on-hand to introduce them, and in his speech he drew a parallel to his experience with the Beatles and Dave Grohl’s with Nirvana: “We had a great time with our groups, but then eventually tragedy happened, and my group broke up. The same happened with Dave: His group broke up under tragic circumstances. And so then the question is, what do you do now?”
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The basics of the Beatles story are a matter of public record — cynical John meets happy-go-lucky Paul, then George and, later, Ringo join a group that cranks out song after song for an all too brief period, then the world’s greatest hit-making machine explodes in a welter of personal and business squabbles. And yet, as Adam Gopnik pointed out in a 2016 New Yorker article, “something mysterious remains, and that mysterious thing, as always in the lives of artists, is how they did what they did.”
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Paul McCartney‘s forthcoming career-spanning biography, The Lyrics has been shortlisted for this year’s Waterstones Book Of The Year award.
The book, which was announced earlier this year and is due for release on November 2, will recount the musician’s life through his earliest boyhood compositions, songs by The Beatles, Wings and from his lengthy solo career.
It will also be presented with previously unseen drafts, letters and pictures from his personal archive. It is among 13 titles nominated for the book of the year honour.
The winner will be announced on December 21.
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It's rare in show business (and in life in general, really), to see a couple that lasts as long as The Beatles' Ringo Starr and his wife Barbara Bach. They haven't only stayed together, they have remained as hopelessly in love as they were when they first met.
Four decades is a long time to be with only one person, so of course there were tough moments, but there was never any doubt in their minds that they were destined to be together. Time seems to have proved them right, because they couldn't be happier. Let's learn a bit about their relationship!
7 Who Is Barbara Bach?
For Beatles fans, Barbara Bach might just be Ringo Starr's wife, but she is so much more than just Lady Starkey. While she doesn't have the same international recognition as her husband, Barbara had made a name for herself in show business long before she married Ringo.
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Michael Jackson and The Beatles’ George Harrison made very different songs; however, they appeared on the BBC at the same time. During the dual interview, Harrison discussed a Beatles cover that disappointed him. Jackson was surprised to learn who wrote the Beatles song in question. That track became a massive hit for The Beatles in the United States and the United Kingdom.According to BBC News, Harrison and Jackson appeared on the radio show Roundtable in 1979. For context, 1979 was the same year Jackson released Off the Wall and Harrison released his self-titled album. At that time, David “Kid” Jensen presented the show. During the episode, Jackson and Harrison discussed new singles by The Blues Brothers, Foreigner, and Nicolette Larson, as well as their own songs.
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Paul McCartney appears to have changed his explanation about the backstory of ‘A Day In The Life’ and has claimed that he wrote the lyrics – not John Lennon.
The former Beatle bassist/vocalist previously said that the ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ (1967) song was inspired by a drugged-up politician who “blew his mind out in a car”. His bandmate Lennon had contradicted him, saying that it was based on the car crash that killed 21-year-old Guinness heir Tara Browne in 1966.
But McCartney has now clarified in his forthcoming book The Lyrics that the words are indeed about Browne, whom he counted as a friend. He also said that he wrote the lyrics, not Lennon as had been previously believed (via The Telegraph).
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A new Beatles attraction could be built on the Liverpool waterfront after Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged up to £2m as part of his 2021 Budget.
The money will allow the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to develop a business case for the attraction.
However, the proposal has prompted a backlash from those who feel the money could be better spent.
The city already boasts destinations like The Beatles Story, the Cavern Club and the Liverpool Beatles Museum.
Liverpool's Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram said the proposed venue, named The Pool, was "not a museum" but "an immersive experience".
He told BBC Radio Merseyside: "Just like the government's invested in Stratford upon Avon for the Shakespeare stuff... we think The Beatles are a huge global attraction for the UK, and we should have something of significance in the Liverpool city region.
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At the end of George Harrison‘s life, he knew how he wanted to leave his body. He’d prepared himself for the moment of death for years through Hinduism teachings. When John Lennon was murdered in 1980, George was upset that John didn’t leave his body the right way. Coincidentally, it was through John that George had his first brush with death. Years before John died, his mother, Julia, was killed after being struck by a car, and her death shook George to his core. John asked George to join The Quarrymen in February 1958. However, George had to prove himself to John, who saw him as a kid. George was a kid. At just 15 years old, he’d unknowingly joined what would become one of the most famous rock bands in music history.
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon had one of the best songwriting partnerships in one of the biggest bands in the world, The Beatles. However, they knew how to get under each other’s skin. In their partnership, they’d often write songs separately. Paul would write sweet songs while John would sometimes write sadder angstier tunes. They were sweet and sour, yin and yang, but they always finished every song off together. Despite those beautifully creative moments in their friendship, Paul and John could be brutal to one another.
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Who is the richest The Beatles member? Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, or George Harrison. Who is the richest?
The Beatles was an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 by the band’s legends Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Throughout its 10-year career until 1970, the band’s line-up changed several times, but the best-known line-up of the band consist of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Beatles‘ discography includes 13 studio albums in core and 21 studio albums worldwide, 5 live albums, 36 EPs, 54 compilation albums, 63 singles, 17 box sets, 22 video albums, and 68 music videos. Debuted in 1963 with Please Please Me, The Beatles released its twelfth and final studio album in 1970, titled Let It Be.
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At the height of Beatlemania, it seemed like every girl on the planet wanted to become either Mrs. Lennon, Mrs. McCartney, Mrs. Starr, or Mrs. Harrison. For George Harrison, finding love in that climate wasn’t the greatest. For a Beatle, dating was hard and best left forgotten. So George probably didn’t expect to meet his future first wife, Pattie Boyd, on the set of A Hard Day’s Night. It was practically love at first sight too.In Pattie Boyd’s early modeling career, she almost worked herself into the ground. She moved out of her parent’s home, moved into a small apartment in South Kensington, London, with a friend, and work came gradually until she was doing three to four jobs a day.
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The Beatles’ Let It Be jumps back onto the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated October 30), re-entering at No. 5 following its deluxe special edition reissue on October 15.
The set was first released in 1970 as the final studio effort from the band, and also doubled as the soundtrack to the documentary film of the same name. The album spent four weeks atop the Billboard 200 (June 13 – July 4, 1970-dated charts) and is one of a record 19 No.1 albums for the group.
For its special edition, the album was reintroduced in a variety of expanded formats and editions, including many with previously unreleased tracks. All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes.
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If you spot Sir Paul McCartney out and about, don't ask him for an autograph or selfie – the superstar says he's always found them "strange" and would prefer a chat instead.
The Beatles musician has told Reader's Digest he doesn't plan on signing any more autographs for fans or posing for bad-quality photos because he'd rather have a deeper interaction.
He said: "It always struck me as a bit strange – 'here, can I write your name down on the back of this till receipt please?' Why? We both know who I am."
Fans are often keen to pose for selfies with Sir Paul, 79, to keep a memento of having met one of music's biggest stars, but he explained why he wasn't keen on phone photographers either.
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When George Harrison was in The Beatles, he didn’t get many chances to contribute his own songs. So he stockpiled his tunes and kept them at the ready, waiting for the day he left the band. In 1970, he entered the studio with tons of songs to choose from for his debut solo album, All Things Must Pass. Along with “My Sweet Lord,” there was another heavily religious song on the album, and it has an interesting back story.
In Martin Scorsese’s documentary, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, George says he was brushing his teeth when suddenly this melody came to him.
“I was cleaning my teeth… and suddenly in my head came this ‘You don’t need a dum dada-pmm pa-pmm-pa, you don’t need a bmm papa-bmm.’ All I had to do was pick up the guitar, find what key it was in, and fill in the missing words,” George said about the song, which would later become “Awaiting On You All.”
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