Exploring the heart of the Beatles in ‘John & Paul’
“John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs” focuses on the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership.
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In this June 30, 1966, file photo, the Beatles perform at Budokan Hall in Tokyo for the first time. From left: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr.
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The Beatles at a press conference at Twickenham Studios, Middlesex, on June 12, 1965, when they spoke about their latest acquisition of an MBE each. The Beatles from Liverpool were made Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the Queen's birthday Honors list. John Lennon, top left, and Paul McCartney, the two songwriters of the team, grin over the heads of George Harrison, left, and drummer Ringo Starr.
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Carrying a sign emblazoned with John Lennon's picture and titles from two of his songs, a young man joins in a memorial service for the slain ex-Beatle in Chicago on Dec. 15, 1980. A crowd estimated by police to be in excess of 1,000 people listened and sang along to Lennon's songs before joining in a 10-minute period of silence asked for by his widow, Yoko Ono.
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The Beatles are a band we can’t seem to get enough of.
Just last year, standing in a grocery store checkout line, I saw a magazine boasting answers for why the band broke up — very timely, 55 years after the fact! With all of the years between us and the ’60s, it’s easy to wonder if there’s any point in picking up a new book on the Fab Four. What more is there to say?
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