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1.
john and paul had 15 1/2 inch necks,george and ringo had 14 1/2 inch necks
2. goo goo ga joob as in "i am the walrus"
was the last words humpty dumpty said before he fell
3. "yesterday" is the most covered
song of all time with over 2000 versions
4. george astoundingly knew how to play 32
different instruments
5. there are a couple of song where no beatles
played instruments including "she's leaving home" and "eleanor rigby"
6. john and paul are the only beatles on
the track"the ballad of john and yoko"
7. "dear prudence" was written
for mia farrows sister while in India
8. "Sgt. Peppers" was the first
album to print the lyrics on the album
9. paul while being a lefty smoked with his
right hand
10. john wanted to end"a day in the
life" with humming instead of the massive E chord
11. "while my guitar gently weeps"
was played by george's friend Eric Clapton because he couldnt get the solo correct and he thought that clapton
was a better guitarist than him
12. john threw his MBE into an ocean because
of the controversy
13. Ringo's first song was in 1968 about
5 years after john and pauls first hit song
14. john recieved an Epiphone Casino guitar
and had it sanded down to plain wood and put a dull coat of laquer on it
15. "in my life" according to john
was his first real composition and his favorite song the beatles did.
Aaron from Michigan, USA
This
one is kind of rare, and I do believe very few people know about it...
An idea for an Album title...
One time when Paul was in America , he heard some black musicians referring
to Mick Jagger as having "plastic soul". I think we can figure
the rest out !
Steve
from Vancouver BC, Canada
I
believe it to be true that the beatles never had a live concert longer
than 33 minutes.
Rich from Harrisburg PA, USA
Paul
McCartney woke up one day with a tune in his head, (which is now 'Yesterday')
and the lyrics he first came up with while playing it on the piano was
'Scrambled eggs, oh baby how I love your legs'.
Penny from CA, USA
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me. Please include your first name and where you're from. It would be
interesting to see where all these facts come from.
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