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Song of the day
Leave My Kitten Alone
One of The Beatles' finest 'lost' songs, 'Leave My Kitten Alone' was recorded during the second session for the Beatles For Sale album, but remained unreleased until Anthology 1 in 1995.
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Twelve key dates in Beatles history
6 July 1957: John Lennon meets Paul McCartney
17 August 1960: The Beatles arrive in Hamburg
9 February 1961: The Beatles' first Cavern Club show
9 November 1961: Brian Epstein meets The Beatles
1 January 1962: The Beatles' Decca audition
6 June 1962: The first Abbey Road session
11 February 1963: Recording the Please Please Me LP
7 February 1964: The Beatles' US invasion begins
29 August 1966: Live in Candlestick Park, San Francisco - The Beatles' final concert
25 June 1967: The Beatles on Our World – All You Need Is Love
30 January 1969: The Beatles' rooftop show
10 April 1970: Paul McCartney announces the splitJohn Lennon song of the day
Going Down On Love
The opening song on John Lennon's fifth solo album Walls And Bridges was an account of the domestic dramas he had experienced since his temporary split from Yoko Ono.
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Some Time In New York City (1972)
The follow-up to John Lennon's Imagine was inspired by radical left-wing politics of the early 1970s. A critical and commercial failure, it featured two discs containing 10 studio songs and five live performances.
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Dream Away (1982)
Written for the 1981 film Time Bandits, it was the third single released from George Harrison's tenth solo album Gone Troppo.
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Extra Texture (Read All About It) (1975)
George Harrison's sixth solo album was recorded in the wake of his troubled North American tour. It was the final album released by The Beatles' Apple Records label.
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Inside Out (1990)
The first song written and recorded for the band's second album, and a single in Canada and Germany.
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Album of the month
Let It Be
The Beatles' last album to be released, Let It Be was mostly recorded in early 1969, prior to Abbey Road. The music was produced by George Martin, and was then prepared for release in 1970 by Phil Spector.
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'Penny Lane'/'Strawberry Fields Forever' was held off the number one spot in the UK by Engelbert Humperdinck's 'Release Me'.
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The 'A Hard Day's Night' opening chord
The distinctive clang which opens 'A Hard Day's Night' became one of the most iconic sounds of the 1960s. Instantly recognisable, it was the perfect beginning to the group's third album and debut feature film.
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"Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more." - John Lennon
In the spotlight
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney was a singer and multi-instrumentalist in The Beatles. With John Lennon, he was half of one of the world's most successful songwriting teams in history.
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New
The title track and sixth song on Paul McCartney's 16th solo studio album, 'New' was released in August 2013.
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Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (2005)
Paul McCartney's 13th solo studio album was produced by Nigel Godrich, and recorded over a two year period in London and Los Angeles.
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London Town
The penultimate Wings album, London Town was recorded throughout much of 1977. It features the singles 'With A Little Luck', 'I've Had Enough', and 'London Town'.
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Only You (1974)
Ringo Starr recorded a version of The Platters' 'Only You (And You Alone)' for his fourth solo album Goodnight Vienna, with John Lennon on piano.
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Beaucoups Of Blues (1970)
Ringo Starr's country-influenced second solo album was recorded over a three-day period in Nashville, Tennessee, in June 1970.
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