Last week, global R&B star Beyoncé released her 8th solo LP Cowboy Carter.
One of the songs on the album is a cover of The Beatles 1968 song Blackbird,
written by Paul McCartney, from their White Album.
Have a listen here.
Macca loves it.
Original version
Top singles from the past
4 April 2024
Here’s an example of why THE BEATLES where the most popular band across the universe and not only the most popular but also the best (ever) band in the 60s. The first 5 places of the US Single Charts were occupied by the Fab Four.
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Top singles from the past
2 April 2024
THE BEATLES scored their 4th No.1 single in the UK 60 years ago today, on 2 April 1964
with Can’t Buy Me Love. With pre-order sales of over 2.1 million, the blockbuster single still holds the record for the greatest advanced orders for a single in the UK.
Top singles from the past
20 March 2024
Eternal rock & pop legend JOHN LENNON (1940-1980) married the love of his life
YOKO ONO (now 91) in Gibraltar today 55 years ago, on 20 March 1969. They spent
their honeymoon in Amsterdam, campaigning with a week-long Bed-In For Peace.
To all Yoko haters: time to go to the toilets.
THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO
Standing in the dock at Southampton
Trying to get to Holland or France
The man in the Mac said, “You’ve got to go back”
You know, they didn’t even give us a chance
Christ, you know it ain’t easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They’re gonna crucify me
Finally, made the plane into Paris
Honeymooning down by the Seine
Peter Brown called to say, “You can make it okay
You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain”
Christ, you know it ain’t easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They’re gonna crucify me
Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton
Talking in our beds for a week
The news people said, “Say what you doing in bed”
I said, “We’re only trying to get us some peace”
Christ, you know it ain’t easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They’re gonna crucify me
Saving up your money for a rainy day
Giving all your clothes to charity
Last night the wife said, “Poor boy, when you’re dead
You don’t take, nothing with you but your soul”
Made a lightning trip to Vienna
Eating chocolate cake in a bag
The newspaper said, “She’s gone to his head
They look just like two gurus in drag”
Christ, you know it ain’t easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They’re gonna crucify me
Caught the early plane back to London
50 acorns tied in a sack
The men from the press said, “We wish you success
It’s good to have the both of you back”
Christ, you know it ain’t easy
You know how hard it can be
The way things are going
They’re gonna crucify me
The way things are going
They’re gonna crucify me
13 March 2024
Today 59 years ago, on 13 March 1965 The Beatles
topped the US Singles Charts with Eight Days A Week.
25 February 2024
And we still do, George.
15 February 2024
The Fab Four scored their first No 1 album in the US with
MEET THE BEATLES! 60 years ago today, on 15 Feb 1964.
It stayed on the top of the charts for 11 weeks until
The Beatles’ Second Album took over.
The cover featured the iconic portrait by photographer/art designer
Robert Freeman, the same one used for the UK’s LP version
‘With The Beatles’.
SIDE ONE
1. I Want to Hold Your Hand
2. I Saw Her Standing There
3. This Boy
4. It Won’t Be Long
5. All I’ve Got to Do
6. All My Loving
SIDE TWO
1. Don’t Bother Me
2. Little Child
3. Till There Was You
4. Hold Me Tight
5. I Wanna Be Your Man
6. Not a Second Time
13 february 2024
42 years ago today mod-punk legends THE JAM fronted by singer-songwriter
Paul Weller performed two songs on iconic British TV show Top Of The Pops.
They played A Town Called Malice and Precious, a double A-side single,
from their final LP The Gift, which topped the British Singles Chart.
Not really special as such, wasn’t it for the fact that The Jam were the first
band/artist since The Beatles playing 2 songs on the same TOTP edition.
That’s entertainment.
THE JAM: Bio – Discography
10 February 2024
60 years ago, on 9 February 1964 THE BEATLES appeared on
American TV for the first time ever. It happened on the legendary
Ed Sullivan Show.
73 million viewers saw the Fab Four. Beatle-mania exploded in the USA.
29 December 2023
Good call, Yoko.
(Image on top: Cover of Yoko Ono’s solo album ‘Yes, I’m A Witch’)