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21 hours ago · The real-life Eleanor Rigby. The gravestone of Eleanor Rigby (1895–1939) in St Peter's Parish Church, Woolton. McCartney's recollection of how he chose the name of his protagonist came under scrutiny in the 1980s, after a headstone engraved with the name "Eleanor Rigby" was discovered in the graveyard of St Peter's Parish Church in Woolton ...
2 days ago · — Brian Wilson Released in March 1965, The Beach Boys Today! marked the first time the group experimented with the "album-as-art" form. The tracks on side one feature an uptempo sound that contrasts side two, which consists mostly of emotional ballads. Music writer Scott Schinder referenced its "suite-like structure" as an early example of the rock album format being used to make a cohesive ...
3 days ago · William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. Commonly nicknamed the "Piano Man", he has been making music since the 1960s ...
2 days ago · Formed in 1956 by John Lennon and his school friends at Quarry Bank – now Calderstones – School, the band that started the Beatles reformed for a reunion in 1997 and continue to tour the world. Their Skiffle and early Rock music which influenced the birth of the Beatles, is popular with not only Beatles’ fans, but all those who enjoy the music of the fifties and its history.
5 days ago · The origins of rock and roll are complex. Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in the United States in the early to mid-1950s. It derived most directly from the rhythm and blues music of the 1940s, [1] which itself developed from earlier blues, the beat-heavy jump blues, boogie woogie, up-tempo jazz, and swing music.
4 days ago · A blog about the Beatles' history and music, with news, reviews, ... New Interview with Klaus Voormann on the Birth of the Plastic Ono Band on
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