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Beyoncé thanked Paul McCartney on Instagram for writing "Blackbird," which she considers "one of the best songs ever made" "Every time I sing it I feel so honored" she said of the 1968 song ...
A rare piece of Beatles history is set to hit the auction block, as a 12-string guitar once wielded by John Lennon and George Harrison during the recording of the iconic album "Help!" goes up for ...
How Johann Sebastian Bach and the Little Rock Nine inspired one of The Beatles’ biggest hits—and one of the most covered songs ever recorded.
"I wrote that in my front parlor in Forthlin Road. I was about 16,” Paul McCartney recalled of his acoustic guitar –driven country-western tune, “I’ll Follow the Sun.” "It was one of those very early ...
At 6.45pm, the familiar opening chord of A Hard Day’s Night rang out into the venue, with McCartney hitting that Höfner just as he did on the original recording (it was Beatles bandmate George ...
One of music’s most iconic songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, Paul McCartney’s association with the instrument that started it all is often overlooked. Whether picking the acoustic guitar for ...
A classic George Harrison song by The Beatles, 'Something', features one of the band's most famous chord progressions, which has since been used many times.
Since then, clues have revealed that the guitar — previously unknown as a Beatles instrument — may have made at least two appearances on the record.
The iconinc Futurama guitar George Harrison played in the early days of the Beatles could fetch over $800,000 at Julien's Auctions this November.
In new Q&A feature, Paul McCartney discusses how classical music has inspired his songwriting, including his Beatles classic, “Blackbird.” ...
One guitar is playing a I IV V progression using E7, A7 and B7 chords while the other is playing two different parts over the progression. The first part is an E7 triad without the E note, mixed with ...
John Lennon ’s long-lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar, which was used in the recordings of The Beatles ’ Help! album and film, was recently discovered in a British attic after ...