Today we remember one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th Century, who would have celebrated his 79th birthday today.
Happy Birthday, @JohnLennon.
Photo courtesy of Linda McCartney, taken at Abbey Road Studios in 1968.
With live broadcasts from London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios, as well as new and archive shows, we're celebrating Abbey Road’s 50th Anniversary with a very special pop-up radio station!
Radio 2 @thebeatles.
On Digital Radio.
26th-29th September.
https://t.co/fcKZDHkMGm
In August of 1966, #TheBeatles released their 7th studio album, Revolver & a single featuring "Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine". Today, in August of 2019, we released this Beatles inspired #BookfaceFriday, featuring the quintessential visual guide to the Fab Four, @BeatlesVis
'I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then, 'Nowhere Man' came, words and music, the whole damn thing, as I lay down' https://t.co/0EneZEkqfF
“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece but not too much.” Happy birthday to the late @GeorgeHarrison, born on this day in 1943.
Pictured George Harrison at Abbey Road, 1967.
Our readers have voted for their all-time favorite #Beatles album...do YOU agree with their consensus choice? | Discover which album is ranked #1 + how all of their albums rank here: https://t.co/wlc48dgVZN
"I can thoroughly enjoy myself just doodling around with a guitar for a whole evening. I’m fascinated by new sounds I can get from different instruments I try out. I’m not sure that makes me particularly musical. Just call me a guitar fanatic instead, and I’ll be satisfied.”
Just about everyone has a Beatles fan on their holiday shopping list — and one of these two new books might just be the right thing to tuck under the tree, suggests @JayGabler. #RockAndRollBookClub https://t.co/PSlU0w1cd5
Listen to @mashupmartin as he breaks down While My Guitar Gently Weeps - from the earliest versions to the master. #BeatlesWhiteAlbum https://t.co/jH57w8tovU
Today marks the birthday of the legendary @JohnLennon. To celebrate what would have been Lennon’s 78th birthday & the iconic 1971 album Imagine featuring his famous plea for peace, we invite you to write your own message for a better world on our wall. https://t.co/yKUQnwsVYs
On this day in 1962, @TheBeatles released their debut single ‘Love Me Do’. The recording session took place at Abbey Road on 4 September 1962, which was also the late Geoff Emerick’s second day working at the studio and his first time sitting in on a Beatles’ session.