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Having a Large Time!
I’m still working on the manuscript, but I just got the proof for the cover for my upcoming book about Southern music, and I’m very pleased with how it turned out. The book, “LARGE TIME: On the Southern Music Beat, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill King, Large Time, Something New, The Beatles, The Goody Press
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Beyond The Beatles …
As many of you know, I spent a good portion of my career covering entertainment, and during that time I was fortunate enough to interview many talented performers, including three Beatles (George, Paul and Ringo), a bunch of movie and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatlefan, Beatles, Bill King, Charlie Daniels, Dolly Parton, Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts, Elvis, George Harrison, Isaac Hayes, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Buffett, John Lennon, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, music, Paul McCartney, R.E.M., Ringo Starr, Roy Orbison, Something New: The Beatlefan Blog, Tammy Wynette, Tanya Tucker, the Allman Brothers, the B-52's, The Beatles, the Commodores, the Oak Ridge Boys, Willie Nelson
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Meeting The Beatles!
Sixty years ago today, Capitol Records issued the “Meet The Beatles!” album, which was the American version of the “With The Beatles” LP that had been issued the previous November in the U.K. I actually didn’t get to listen to … Continue reading
Elevating George Harrison’s Place in Pop’s Pantheon
A review of Philip Norman’s “George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle” by Senior Editor Brad Hundt appears in Beatlefan #265. Hundt found the book to be “eminently readable,” but also a “by-the-numbers biography” and concluded: “Everyone who already is familiar with … Continue reading
Looking Back at 45 Years of Publishing Beatlefan
Beatlefan first was published just before Christmas in 1978, so we’re marking its 45th anniversary. Through various landmark anniversaries in the past, Executive Editor Al Sussman, our original New York correspondent, has interviewed Bill and Leslie King about how the … Continue reading
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Denny Laine: A Wings Fan’s Appreciation
“Wings Over the World.” That was the proclamation I quite thoughtfully had inscribed beneath my high school graduation yearbook photo. Because “Wings Over America” seemed a bit understated for how I truly felt about that band during those musically formative … Continue reading
Thoughts on the ‘Last’ Beatles Song, ‘Now and Then’
We asked some of our Beatlefan staff members and regular contributors to share their thoughts on The Beatles’ “Now and Then.” In 1996, nearly a year after the rollout of “The Beatles Anthology” project, which included the release of the … Continue reading
The Beatles and Disney — What a Combo!
I’ve been Disney fan since I donned a Davy Crockett buckskin jacket and coonskin cap when I was 3 years old, and I’ve been a fan of The Beatles since February, 1964. It’s amazing to me, though, the number of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbbey Road Studios, Beatlefan, Bill King, Disney Channel, Disney+, Ed Sullivan, George Harrison, If These Walls Could Sing, John Lennon, Mary McCartney, Now and Then The Last Beatles Song, Patrick McGoohan, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Ringo Starr: Going Home, Sir Peter Jackson, Something New, Something New: The Beatlefan Blog, The Beatles, The Beatles Get Back, The Making of Sgt. pepper
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Film review: ‘Now and Then — The Last Beatles Song’
I just finished watching “Now And Then — The Last Beatles Song” documentary film, written and directed by Oliver Murray and produced by Jonathan Clyde of Apple Corps. I then then immediately watched it again. (It’s only 12 minutes long.) The … Continue reading
The Night Beatlefan Magazine Was Born 45 Years Ago
Our magazine, Beatlefan, was born on a walk through my parents’ neighborhood on the night of Oct. 21, 1978. Actually, the gestation period for the magazine had begun about five and a half years earlier, when I did a handful … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, Abbey Rhode, Athens, Atlanta, Atlanta Beatlefest, Beatlefan, Beatlefest, Bill King, Debbie Long, George Harrison, John Lennon, Mark and Carol Lapidos, Martha Evans, Nicholas Schaffner, Paul McCartney, Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Ringo Starr, Something New, Something New: The Beatlefan Blog, The Atlanta Constitution, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Beatles, Wally podrazik
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