♦ August 12: The
first day of the Beatles’ last commercial tour. Lasting a total of 14 shows,
with 13 of them in American venues and one in Toronto, it was plagued with
backlash regarding the controversy of John Lennon’s remarks about Christianity,
death threats, and the band’s own dissatisfaction with the noise levels and
their ability to perform live. After this tour, the Beatles became a studio
band and focused exclusively on record production.
- en.wikipedia.org
♦ LITSWD: The
acronym for the title “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Out of the acronym,
however, theorists only took notice of three letters: L, S, and D. The
musicians and their fans alike have historically lamented the willingness of
their critics to look for drug references in song lyrics, and “Lucy,” with its
imagery of “marmalade skies” and “kaleidoscope eyes,” is a frequent victim.
However, the inspiration for the strange and colorful song came from a much
more innocent place. When four-year old Julian Lennon showed his father a
drawing of a girl named Lucy who sat next to him in school, the songwriter was
inspired by his childish scrawl of a girl who his son said was “in the sky with
diamonds.” Lucy Vodden later moved to London, and Julian Lennon rekindled their
friendship in the last years of Vodden’s life.
- mentalfloss.com
♦ White Beetle: The
famous car in the Beatles’ 11th studio album, Abbey Road. This album
is widely agreed to be one of the Beatles’ most tightly constructed albums,
even though the band was hardly functioning as a group at the time. It is still
considered one of the greatest albums of all time, and rightfully became the
Beatles’ most successful album. In the photo on the Abbey Road album, the white
Volkswagen Beetle in the background parked on the side of the street became
instantly famous. After the album was released, the license plate (LMW281F) was
stolen repeatedly from the car. Later, the car was sold at an auction in 1986
for 2,530 Euros.
- omg-facts.com
♦ Twist and Shout:
The song that was saved for last in the Please,
Please Me album. This album was recorded live in a single day, February 11,
1963. This song was saved for last because John Lennon was feeling very ill,
and George Martin wanted to preserve his voice through the day. By the time
they recorded the song, Lennon had a very sore throat, but sucked on a few
Zubes cough drops, gargled some milk, and took off his shirt before launching
into one of the finest – and raspiest – performances of his career. He later
said in 1976 that “My voice wasn’t the same for a long time after that. Every
time I swallowed, it was like sandpaper.”
- buzzfeed.com
♦ Andy White: A
member of The Beatles for just three hours. If history had been different, the
Fab Four would have been John, Paul, George and Andy. Just after Pete Best was
sacked and replaced by Ringo, Andy White was asked by George Martin, the
Beatles producer, to replace Ringo as drummer on one of the many different
recorded versions of Love Me Do.
Ringo’s version was released in the UK, but George Martin was happier with the
Andy White version which was eventually released abroad and went to number one
in America.
- bbc.co.uk
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