It’s not a stretch to say The Beatles completely altered the pop music landscape. Their sweet pop hits won over young fans and reached the top of singles charts in England and the United States. The albums from their studio period remain all-time classics, and some of the most famous songs weren’t singles. Interestingly, the first album The Beatles played on (and the first single) wasn’t one of their records.
({l-r) George Harrison, John Lennon, and Tony Sheridan performing live in Hamburg | Ellen Piel – K/Redferns The first album The Beatles played on was a Tony Sheridan record
The Beatles cut their teeth playing clubs in Hamburg, Germany, in the early 1960s. George Harrison once said the nascent band had no clue what they were doing until they went to Hamburg. The rigorous performing schedule helped mold The Beatles into the band they became. (Adding Ringo Starr...
({l-r) George Harrison, John Lennon, and Tony Sheridan performing live in Hamburg | Ellen Piel – K/Redferns The first album The Beatles played on was a Tony Sheridan record
The Beatles cut their teeth playing clubs in Hamburg, Germany, in the early 1960s. George Harrison once said the nascent band had no clue what they were doing until they went to Hamburg. The rigorous performing schedule helped mold The Beatles into the band they became. (Adding Ringo Starr...
- 2/17/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
“Why Women Kill” creator Marc Cherry discovered there’s more than one way to murder a husband when faced with developing his main titles. In the series starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Lucy Liu, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste, situations of marital infidelity lead to death in three separate storylines across three different decades. Cherry spoke to IndieWire about trying to encapsulate his tongue-in-cheek mystery series without giving anything away in the opening sequence.
“I had never done this before, but I wrote a main title sequence into the pilot. It was just a series of women killing men,” he said. “In my original conception, I had eight sequences. We were going to shoot it live action, but then we were presented with how big the budget would be to kill different men in different eras, and we were going over it.”
“Then one day it just hit me: The whole point of a main title sequence,...
“I had never done this before, but I wrote a main title sequence into the pilot. It was just a series of women killing men,” he said. “In my original conception, I had eight sequences. We were going to shoot it live action, but then we were presented with how big the budget would be to kill different men in different eras, and we were going over it.”
“Then one day it just hit me: The whole point of a main title sequence,...
- 9/5/2019
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
From “Wichita Lineman,” to “Rhinestone Cowboy,” Glen Campbell‘s wealth of hits too often overshadows his prolific early career as a session player in the 1960s. As member of the famed Wrecking Crew—an informal collective of highly sought-after studio musicians—he played on literally thousands of songs throughout the decade, many of them hits.
As the world mourns his death on Tuesday at age 81 after a long and brave battle with Alzheimer’s disease, People takes a look back at 10 huge songs you might not have realized featured Campbell’s playing.
“Hello Mary Lou” by Ricky Nelson (1961)
Son of...
As the world mourns his death on Tuesday at age 81 after a long and brave battle with Alzheimer’s disease, People takes a look back at 10 huge songs you might not have realized featured Campbell’s playing.
“Hello Mary Lou” by Ricky Nelson (1961)
Son of...
- 8/8/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
James Corden often features musical numbers on “The Late Late Show,” but Wednesday night he took his singing in a political direction to criticize President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military. Also Read: Stephen Colbert on Trump's Transgender Ban: 'Today He Went From Crazy to Cruel' (Video) In a rendition of “L-o-v-e” by Bert Kaempfert, popularized by Nat King Cole, Corden sang, “L,’ he doesn’t care for lesbians. ‘G,’ he thinks two men should just be friends. ‘B,’ to his dumb knowledge is just a phase in college. ‘T,’ he finds confusing so the army’s now refusing trans.
- 7/27/2017
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Tony Sheridan, the British singer, songwriter and guitarist who once fronted the Beatles, died Saturday (Feb. 16) in Hamburg, Germany. He was 72.
The news of his death was made public by his daughter Wendy Clare Sheridan-McGinnity, according to the New York Times.
Although he wasn't a part of the Beatles for long, Sheridan's involvement with the band was pivotal. He met the group -- which then included John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison on guitars, Stuart Sutcliffe on bass and Pete Best on drums -- when they arrived in Hamburg to work as a club band in 1960. Sheridan was already an accomplished singer, but took a liking to the Beatles. When Sutcliffe and Best left the band, McCartney took over on bass and Ringo Starr officially became the new drummer in 1962. (In recent years, Sheridan claims he helped arrange Starr's first few performances with the Beatles).
In the spring of...
The news of his death was made public by his daughter Wendy Clare Sheridan-McGinnity, according to the New York Times.
Although he wasn't a part of the Beatles for long, Sheridan's involvement with the band was pivotal. He met the group -- which then included John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison on guitars, Stuart Sutcliffe on bass and Pete Best on drums -- when they arrived in Hamburg to work as a club band in 1960. Sheridan was already an accomplished singer, but took a liking to the Beatles. When Sutcliffe and Best left the band, McCartney took over on bass and Ringo Starr officially became the new drummer in 1962. (In recent years, Sheridan claims he helped arrange Starr's first few performances with the Beatles).
In the spring of...
- 2/18/2013
- by Leigh Blickley
- Huffington Post
The Beatles' very earliest recordings -- with their first drummer -- are getting a double-disc release. According to Variety, "The Beatles With Tony Sheridan: First Recordings" features the backing of singer Sheridan and first permanent drummer Pete Best; the sessions were for Polydor executive Bert Kaempfert around 1961-62 as the Liverpool band was working out of Hamberg. Time Life is releasing the set on Nov. 8. A John Lennon-led "Ain't She Sweet" and George Harrison instrumental "Cry for a Shadow" will be included, along with various vintage photos from Astrid Kirchherr in the packaging. No complete tracklist is yet available. The...
- 9/30/2011
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
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