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Jun 2, 2024 · Lennon’s lyrics were mainly inspired by contemporary newspaper articles, including a report on the death of Guinness heir Tara Browne. The recording includes two passages of orchestral glissandos that were partly improvised in the avant-garde style.
3 days ago · Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness empire, was an Irish socialite and a friend of the Beatles. He died in 1966, at the age of 21, when he ran a red light and hit a van while under the influence of alcohol. Tara was in line to inherit a one-million-pound fortune on his 25th birthday.
Jun 2, 2024 · Initially, the song was about a news story John had read regarding the automobile accident of Tara Browne, a young aristocratic elite who was the great-grandson of the brewer Edward Cecil Guinness. Then, it was spliced together with an unfinished song Paul had written about his school days.
Jun 1, 2024 · He was 21-year-old Guinness heir Tara Browne, a fixture of the Swinging London scene, who fatally crashed his Lotus sports car in December 1966. Lennon was quite literally “reading the news today” when he saw the story about Browne's accident:
4 days ago · In the tour's first week, the band played concerts in Birmingham and Manchester, appeared on the television programs Top of the Pops, Ready Steady Go! and Thank Your Lucky Stars, played on BBC Radio and attended a party at the London home of the Irish socialite Tara Browne.
May 31, 2024 · A woman who tragically died after being hit by a car on the A38 has been named as a 21-year-old mum who had a "massive impact" on people's lives. Sophie Browne, from Newton Abbot in Devon, was ...
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