You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

One of the highlights of The Beatles' Help! album, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away was also the first of their songs since 1962 to feature a session musician. Read more »

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The Beatles spent 51 weeks at number one in the UK albums chart between 11 May 1963 and 2 May 1964.

Get Back/Let It Be sessions: complete song list

See a complete list of the many songs performed by The Beatles and Billy Preston during the January 1969 rehearsals and sessions for the Get Back/Let It Be project. Read more »

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Recorded in 400 hours during a 129-day period, The Beatles' eighth UK album helped define the 1967 Summer of Love, and was instantly recognised as a major leap forward for modern music. Read more »

"Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality." - John Lennon

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was the Indian guru who first met The Beatles in 1967. They became fascinated by his techniques of Transcendental Meditation, and in 1968 visited the Maharishi's spiritual training camp in Rishikesh, India. Read more »