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John Lennon tells the story of how he first met Yoko Ono at one on her art exhibitions and paid an imaginary five shillings to hammer an imaginary nail into her artwork. Lennon and Ono were married on March 20, 1969 and held a week long Bed-In for Peace as their honeymoon in Amsterdam.

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In this in depth interview, John Lennon discusses Paul McCartney’s motivation for leaving The Beatles on April 10, 1970 and explains future goals he has for his music and personal life.

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Members of the Beatles talk about what they thought of Yoko Ono, who was dating their bandmate, John Lennon. Lennon explains how he and Ono always wanted to be around each other. This made the other bandmates feel like Ono was a disruptive presence when they would come together and make music.

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono are interviewed during their March 1969 Bed-In for peace about their ideas for the future of peace. The Bed-In for Peace he and Yoko Ono held occurred during their 1969 Amsterdam honeymoon from March 25th to the 31st. Lennon and Ono also held a bed-in from May 26th to June 2nd in Montreal, Canada.

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Musician John Lennon explains the philosophy behind the Bed-In for Peace he and Yoko Ono participated in during their 1969 Amsterdam honeymoon from March 25th to the 31st. Lennon and Ono also held a bed-in from May 26th to June 2nd in Montreal, Canada.

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John Lennon was killed on December 8, 1980. Bruce Springsteen performed that night and the next at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, opening with “Born to Run.” This recording is from the night of December 9. He closed the show that night with “Twist and Shout,” a shout out to an iconic Beatles recording, known for Lennon’s energetic vocals. John Lennon was assassinated by Mark David Chapman, a man he had earlier signed a copy of Double Fantasy for.

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Reporters analyze the first US appearance of the British band, The Beatles, and interview its members; this visit occurred in February 1964 and the group was met by adoring fans wherever they went, mostly young females, who screamed and even fainted while watching them – a phenomenon dubbed Beatlemania. Discover how much money The Beatles were making at the time, how many records they were selling and much more.

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Talent coordinator for the Ed Sullivan Show, Vince Calandra, shares what it was like on February 9, 1964 when the Beatles first appeared in the United States. By the end of January 1964, the show had 50,000 requests for tickets and only 720 seats. Find out if the Beatles were surprised by the reception given and listen to Calandra’s description of an unpleasant moment between Sullivan and the Beatles’ manager.

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This video is an excerpt of the Rubber Soul Documentary, which reveals the creation process behind Rubber Soul, the 1965 album released by The Beatles. This was the sixth album released by the British band and was significantly more complex than previous ones. Find out what instrument was first used on this album; who began influencing their music; and how the iconic album cover was created.

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Author: Ben Nussbaum

A short video interview passed into Beatles and pop culture lore: When asked about John Lennon’s death, Paul McCartney, chewing some gum, pronounced it a “drag.”

Paul would tell a later interviewer that all three of the Beatles reacted the same way–they went to work, creating music, on the day they heard the news. “I had just finished a whole day in shock,” he told Playboy Magazine in 1984.

The two men created a business partnership worth billions and an artistic legend that has continued to grow. They met in 1957 when Paul saw John performing with his skiffle group, the Quarrymen. John was 16 and Paul 15. They chatted about music and a few weeks later Paul was invited to join the band. (Both lost their mothers around the time they met–Paul’s mom died in 1956, John’s in 1958.)

Six years after they met, Beatlemania hit the U.K. and then the rest of the world; just six years after that, the band was breaking up, with John and Paul’s friendship having turned into a rivalry and then finally dissolving into a bitter feud.

Still, in the period slightly more than a decade between the Beatles’ break-up and Lennon’s death, the two men did occasionally allow the clouds of acrimony to part. It’s unclear how often they saw each other, but they did communicate. They jammed in 1974, with the resulting music recorded on a bootleg known to fans as “A Toot and a Snore.” Paul told Playboy that their last phone call was pleasant with the two men sharing updates about their family life.

Paul has had to defend his “drag” remarks often. In 1985, Paul admitted, “I’m not very good at public grief.” In 1997, he said, “Somebody stuck a microphone…I couldn’t think of what to say. It was that evening I just went home and wept.”

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