From Trident Studies The Beatles recorded four takes of an original Paul McCartney song ‘Hey Jude’. Paul McCartney wrote the chart-topping song to comfort John Lennon’s son, Julian, during his parents’ split. The Ballad dropped in August 1968 was the first single from their own record label, Apple Records. ‘Hey Jude’ runs over seven minutes. It…
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John Lennon’s mother Julia was killed in a car accident by a car driven by an off-duty drunken police officer named Eric Clague (Clague was later acquitted of the offence). Lennon was 17 years old at the time.
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Over 100 US radio stations banned The Beatles new single ‘The Ballad Of John And Yoko’ due to the line ‘Christ, you know it ain’t easy’, calling it offensive.
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at The Woolton Church Parish Fete where The Quarry Men were appearing. As The Quarry Men were setting up for their evening performance, McCartney eager to impress Lennon picked up a guitar and played ‘Twenty Flight Rock’ (Eddie Cochran) and ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ (Gene Vincent). Lennon was impressed. He was…
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