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Hendrix's burnt guitar leads rock auction in London
LONDON AFP — The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage, the only remaining fingerprints of Elvis Presley and the first contract signed by The Beatles all go on sale Thursday in a major auction of music memorabilia. Jim Morrison's last notebook, the last drumkit used...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, auction, Beatles, guitar, London
Research articles 2008-09-03
Beatles for sale: Rare studio tape auctioned in Britain
LONDON AFP — An early Beatles tape which captures John Lennon and Paul McCartney cracking jokes in a recording studio sold at auction in Britain for 9,800 pounds (12,400 euros, 19,000 dollars) on Tuesday. The recording, which was found in an attic and dates from 1964, features songs including...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, Britain
Research articles 2008-07-31
1964 Beatles interview, found in garage, airs
LONDON -- A Beatles interview from the 1960s in which John Lennon and Paul McCartney discussed the way they composed songs together was broadcast on British radio Tuesday after it was found in a film can in a damp garage in south London. The Beatles were at the...
Tags: Beatles, British Broadcasting Corp., MARKETING
Research articles 2008-07-02
Paul McCartney headlines Liverpool concert
LIVERPOOL, England AFP — Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney headlined a concert on Sunday in front of 36,000 fans in his home city of Liverpool -- this year's European Capital of Culture. The 65-year-old topped a star-studded bill, and opened his set by playing "Hippy Hippy Shake", "Jet" and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, England
Research articles 2008-06-01
Harry Benson: a life in pictures
LOS ANGELES AFP — In a photojournalism career spanning more than half a century, Harry Benson has covered it all. He has photographed every US president since Eisenhower, covered wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East and captured intimate, unforgettable portraits of a legion of movie stars and icons...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, CAREER, Paris, photograph
Research articles 2008-03-26
'Fifth Beatle' Aspinall dies: company
LONDON AFP — Neil Aspinall, a schoolfriend of Beatles Paul McCartney and George Harrison who managed the band's Apple Corps music empire and was dubbed "the fifth Beatle", has died, the firm said Monday. Aspinall was 66 and died in New York after a brief illness, London-based Apple Corps...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Apple Inc., Beatles, London
Research articles 2008-03-24
Body of Beatles guru in India for last rites
ALLAHABAD AFP — The body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a one-time spiritual advisor to the Beatles who died this past week in the Netherlands, arrived Saturday in northern Indian for last rites. Yogi, who died Tuesday in his home in the Dutch village of Vlodrop where he had been...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, FINANCE, Investment, Netherlands, TVs
Research articles 2008-02-09
Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi dies
THE HAGUE AFP — The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a one-time spiritual advisor to the Beatles, has died in his Dutch home, his Transcendental Meditation movement announced Wednesday. "With his life's work complete, His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is being welcomed with open arms into heaven," the organisation said in...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, FINANCE, India, INTERNET, Investment, Leadership, TVs
Research articles 2008-02-05
NASA beams Beatles tune 'Across the Universe'
WASHINGTON AFP — NASA said Friday it will beam The Beatles' tune "Across the Universe" to the North Star next week to celebrate the British pop group's and the US space agency's 50th anniversaries. The broadcast will start at 0000 GMT Tuesday and will travel toward the Little Dipper...
Tags: Beatles, MARKETING, NASA
Research articles 2008-02-01
Beatles tunes to be available for download in 2008: McCartney
WASHINGTON AFP — Beatles fans will be able to download the legendary group's music from the Internet in 2008, Paul McCartney told Billboard magazine in an interview. "The whole thing is primed, ready to go -- there's just maybe one little sticking point left, and I think it's being...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Apple Inc., Beatles, Billboard, EMI Group Plc., INTERNET, music
Research articles 2007-11-18
"Help!" could have been x-rated says producer as remaster shown
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain AFP — "We couldn't have shot a film about what the Beatles got up to at night as it would have been X-rated," US producer Richard Lester joked as he presented the remastered version of "Help!", starring the Beatles, at the San Sebastian Film Festival. The...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, DVD, superstar
Research articles 2007-09-25
'Truth Is, I'm the Same Guy I Always Was'
Paul McCartney hasn't slowed down. in the midst of a messy divorce, the 40th anniversary of "Sgt. Pepper" and preparations for his 65th birthday, McCartney is releasing his 22nd post-Beatles studio disc, "Memory Almost Full," on Starbucks' Hear Music label. Nostalgic yet inventive, it's his most vibrant record in years--and...
Tags: Beatles, Newsweek
Research articles 2007-06-11
Beatles 'drug' song was 'actually inspired by child's painting'
LONDON AFP — For years, Beatles fans have thought that one of the band's most famous songs was about drugs, but a British housewife said Friday it was inspired by a painting of her by John Lennon's young son. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," a track on the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, British Broadcasting Corp., MARKETING
Research articles 2007-06-01
It was 40 years ago today: Britain salutes Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper's'
LONDON AFP — Britain is marking the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' iconic "Sgt. Pepper's" album with a modern rockers' recreation of the songs, amid renewed debate over its cultural significance. Among a series of events, the BBC is set to broadcast a documentary on the 1967 album featuring...
Tags: Beatles, British Broadcasting Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, MARKETING, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2007-05-31
Wallstrip: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FNM, FRE)
Will the government save the day, or has the sun already set? Julie Alexandria summarizes the current mortgage mess.
Tags: housing bubble, real estate, beatles, john lennon, david hasselhoff, kids in the hall, bernanke, bubble, icarus, ali, kramer, paulson, fre, fnm, freddie mac, nyse, nasdaq, investing, invest, stock stock exchange, stocks, julie alexandria, howard lindzon, Software, Enterprise Software, Vertical Industries, Finance, Capital Structures, Government, Mortgages, Fannie Mae, wallstrip, subprime mortgage
Videos 2008-07-21
'Hi a'th kar,' Beatles songs go Cornish
LONDON AFP — The Beatles' songs are being given a Celtic makeover by a band playing some of their greatest hits in Cornish. Skwardya, from Cornwall, England's most southwesterly county, have translated four Beatles songs into the Cornish language -- including "She Loves You" ("Hi a'th kar") and "Something" ("Neppyth")...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles
Research articles 2006-10-12
Beatles to appear on stamps
LONDON AFP — The Beatles are to appear on a set of stamps in January, the Royal Mail has announced. The stamps will feature the legendary 1960s pop band's album covers, including "With The Beatles", "Revolver", "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be". "The Beatles...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, stamp
Research articles 2006-09-12
Beatles to pursue EMI for alleged fraud
NEW YORK AFP — The Beatles are to take legal action against EMI/Capitol after receiving the go ahead from a New York judge, accusing the British label of fraud and not paying royalties owed to the Fab Four. "We're delighted," said New York lawyer Paul LiCalsi, representing Paul McCartney, Ringo...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, EMI Group Plc., Litigation, SALES
Research articles 2006-09-01
British man, 55, tried to sell rare Beatles session tapes: jury finds
LONDON AFP — A 55-year-old British man tried to sell apparently "lost" tapes of The Beatles' final recording sessions for about 250,000 pounds (363,000 euros, 460,000 dollars), a jury found. Nigel Oliver, from Slough, west of London, was accused of selling 504 tapes of the historic "Get Back" sessions...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles, FINANCE, London
Research articles 2006-07-13
Now he's 64: Paul McCartney celebrates that birthday
LONDON AFP — Paul McCartney was just 24 when The Beatles first recorded their hit track "When I'm 64". Forty years on, and the former Beatle will finally find out the answers to the long list of questions contained in the song when he celebrates his birthday on Sunday. ...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beatles
Research articles 2006-06-17
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