5 musical facts about the beatles?

Answer 1

1.) "Hey Jude" was written by Paul was on his way to visit Julian, John Lennon's son, who was disturbed by his parents' divorce. Paul wrote this song to cheer him up.

2.) In a contest held by Meryside Newspaper to see who was the biggest band in Liverpool, 1962, one of the main reasons that The Beatles won was because they called in posing as different people voting for themselves.

3.) Paul McCartney wrote the song Lovely Rita, Meter Maid for the album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band after getting a parking ticket from a female warden in Abbey Road

4.) Paul McCartney's song "Yesterday", which was recently voted the most popular song of the century by a BBC poll, had music written before the lyrics. Paul used the working words "scrambled eggs" before coming up with "yesterday" while composing this song.

5.) The song 'strawberry fields forever' is actually two versions of the song mixed together by George Martin. One was a half-tone higher and slightly faster. When it was slowed down it somehow fit together with the other version perfectly. The Beatles liked both versions and couldn't decide on one and asked Martin if he could put them together somehow. When he tried it - it worked!

Answer 2

Ringo Starr once passed out while in concert. He'd been doing drugs, and when they found out what the drugs were, they thought it was bizzare. Horse tranquilizers.

Answer 3

Primarily because of their incredible songwriting.