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John Lennon and George Harrison electric guitar to be auctioned
A Vox electric guitar said to have been played by John Lennon and George Harrison, jewelry given by Elvis Presley to associates and an autographed pillow Michael Jackson threw to a fan from a Paris hotel window are among a bevy of rock ‘n’...
Tags: Music, John Lennon, Entertainment, Bob Dylan, Times Square
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Beatles debut album released 50 years ago
It was 50 years ago today….a Beatles album came out in the U.K. That would be the Fab Four’s debut album, “Please Please Me,” released March 22, 1963. To mark the occasion, the Beatles official website is posting the five-minute...
Tags: United Kingdom, Charles Mingus, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, The Beach Boys
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Alvin Lee dies at 68; guitar virtuoso with Ten Years After
At the Woodstock music festival in 1969, the British blues-rock band Ten Years After burst onto the U.S. music scene with a searing rendition of "I'm Going Home" featuring the fleet-fingered Alvin Lee whaling away on guitar. When the "Woodstock"...
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Henry Grossman's fab moments with the Beatles
It began in 1964 as a Time magazine photo assignment for Henry Grossman to cover the Beatles' debut appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." It developed over the years into a deep friendship between Grossman and the group, one that allowed him rare access...
Tags: John Lennon, The Who (music group), Ringo Starr, David Ben-Gurion, EMI Group Ltd.
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Tony Sheridan dies; singer backed by Beatles on 'My Bonnie' was 72
The first song the broader world heard from the Beatles wasn't one of the pop-music gems that seemed to flow so effortlessly from the pens of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, nor was it any of their versions of American R&B and blues songs that were a...
Tags: Music Industry, Music, Paul McCartney, Little Richard, John Lennon
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PASSINGS: Roland Moritz, David A. Braun, Laurie Gottlieb
Roland Moritz Longtime L.A. Philharmonic flutist Roland Moritz, 86, who played flute for the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than 40 years and for a time shared the concert stage with his father, Frederick Moritz, the Philharmonic's longtime...
Tags: Music Industry, Newspaper and Magazine, Music, Heart Failure, Korean War (1950-1953)
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'Beautiful Creatures' score leads Dhani Harrison to Abbey Road
Working on Richard LaGravenese's latest movie, "Beautiful Creatures,” gave a couple of the musicians who created the film's music a chance to follow in their fathers' footsteps. "It was epic,” George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison...
Tags: Music Industry, Music, Richard LaGravenese, Joseph Arthur, Entertainment
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Pop Art: Astrid Kirchherr and the Beatles
Astrid Kirchherr met the Beatles in 1960 when they were five lads from Liverpool pounding out marathon shows at a club in a seedy part of her native Hamburg, Germany. She fell for the bass player, Stuart Sutcliffe, and found the others — John...
Tags: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, NPR, Ringo Starr, Entertainment
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'Backbeat' creators go beyond the standard musical theater fare
Searching for his way into the new musical "Backbeat," which examines the Beatles' early days (and nights) in Hamburg, Germany, David Leveaux asked himself what he called "the Jerome Robbins question." It's a tactic he picked up in 2004 while overseeing...
Tags: John Lennon, Tony Awards, The Who (music group), Entertainment, Genres
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Review: Beatles flop 'Magical Mystery Tour' is put in context
Roll up, America; step right this way. Here comes the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," getting a big night on domestic television, 45 Christmastimes after it first aired in the United Kingdom, on Boxing Day, Dec. 26, 1967. Newly restored and...
Tags: Music, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Entertainment, Luchino Visconti
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Stream the 12-12-12 concert for Sandy relief here
On Wednesday night a heavyweight lineup of marquee acts will cram New York’s Madison Square Garden for a relief concert to benefit areas devastated by October's Superstorm Sandy. Billed as "12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief," the event will...
Tags: Kanye West, The Who (music group), Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones (music group), The E Street Band (music group)
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From the archives: Ravi Shankar a commanding presence
On Sept. 28, 2011, Ravi Shankar was 91 and frail when he took the stage for an unforgettable night in Los Angeles. With Shankar's death at 92 on Tuesday, we share the review of that performance from Times music critic Mark Swed. I come to praise a...
Tags: Music Industry, Music, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Ravi Shankar
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