How did the Beatles get their name and what does it mean?
h2> 5 Recommended LiteratureJohn Lennon and his friend Stuart Sutcliffe came up with the name "Beatles", a pun on Buddy Holly's "Crickets", in 1960.
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h2> 5 Recommended LiteraturePink Floyd, when Syd Barrett was still a member, was involved in recording at EMI Studios, Abbey Road (later Abbey Road Studios) at the same time The Beatles were busy recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", but the two groups did not record together, and may have met only briefly in their comings and goings at the studio in March 1967. The Beatles made up all the Paul Is Dead clues". -- No evidence for this whatsoever. See Andru Reeve's book "Turn Me On, Dead Man" for details.
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h2> 5 Recommended LiteratureThe last *recording* was with Ringo: Across The Universe, The Long & Winding Road, and I Me Mine, Wednesday, April 1, 1970. The other Beatles were not present on this date. The last time *George or Paul were in the studio recording* was Jan. 4, 1970. Everyone but John was there for this. Paul and George did vocals, George did the guitar solo heard on the LP version, Ringo played drums, and Paul shook maracas. The last time *John was in the studio* coincided with two other events.
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h2> 5 Recommended LiteratureTrick question. It was unofficial and well-concealed, but Ringo walked out of the White Album sessions on August 22, 1968, in the middle of recording the album, and proclaimed to the others he had definitely quit. The three remaining Beatles covered for Ringo and apparently (from what can be gleaned from the recording info available) substituted for him on drums on various famous tracks, probably "Back in the USSR" among them.
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h2> 5 Recommended LiteratureI heard that rare "lost" Beatles songs were found in EMI/Abbey Road Studios and will soon be released on a CD/LP called "Sessions".
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h2> 5 Recommended LiteratureCheck "The Beatles Price Guide for American Records", by Cox & Lindsay. If you don't have access to this, you can post your request, but keep in mind the fact that most original Beatles albums and singles are judged very strictly in terms of quality. If your LP has had the normal amount of use, it's probably worth more to you as a sentimental token than it is to collectors.
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h2> 5 Recommended LiteratureWhile it is undeniable that the Beatles took varieties of drugs during their career, starting with "prellys" (uppers) in Hamburg, marijuana during "Help", LSD and other hallucinogenics after 1965, there is not a shred of evidence that any of their songs *promote* drug-taking or drug use.
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h2> 5 Recommended LiteratureDuring the great Apple debacle the Beatles experienced in the late '60's, the lads found themselves losing tremendous amounts of money and needed a lot of cash fast. This and other contributing factors (like Dick James selling his stake in Northern Songs) led to the Beatles selling the publishing rights to their songs (except for some of the early ones like "Love Me Do" which were published by various companies and are now owned by MPL -- Macca's company).
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