Cliff Richard has aimed for the Christmas number one single on several occasions, sometimes successfully and other times not. His first Christmas number one (on some charts) was in 1960, but it was not a Yuletide-themed song: 1960: "I Love You" (#1) In later years, he often released songs with a Christmas or other religious theme: 1982: "Little Town" (#12) 1988: "Mistletoe & Wine" (#1) 1989: "Whenever God Shines His Light" (duet with Van Morrison, #20) 1990: "Saviours' Day" (#1) 1999: "Millennium Prayer" (#1, but dropped off the top before Chr ...

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Cliff Richard, Cliff Richard - 1958—1963: Success and stardom, Cliff Richard - 1964—1975: Changing circumstances, Cliff Richard - 1976—1994: Comeback, Cliff Richard - 1995—: Sir Cliff, Cliff Richard - Sexuality, Cliff Richard - Chart accomplishments, Cliff Richard - Christmas songs, Cliff Richard - Discography

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During a concert on Halloween, 1994, Phish played all the songs from The White Album. In December of 2005, the BBC show One World broadcast a two-hour retrospective on The White Album. Narrated by former Beatles engineer Chris Thomas - who went on to produce such luminaries as Pink Floyd, The Sex Pistols, Roxy Music, and Brian Eno - the broadcast features reworkings of songs from The White Album from a large and diverse roster of independent artists such as Bardo Pond, Deerh ...

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The Beatles album, The Beatles album - The beginning of the end for The Beatles, The Beatles album - The songs, The Beatles album - The mono version, The Beatles album - The cover, The Beatles album - Influence, The Beatles album - Tributes, The Beatles album - Track listing, The Beatles album - Side one, The Beatles album - Side two, The Beatles album - Side three, The Beatles album - Side four, The Beatles album - Release history

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The Beatles album - Side one. "Back in the U.S.S.R." "Dear Prudence" "Glass Onion" "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (vorbis sample 204K) "Wild Honey Pie" "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison) (vorbis sample 188K) "Happiness is a Warm Gun" The Beatles album - Side two. "Martha My Dear" "I'm So Tired" "Blackbird" (vorbis sample 140K) ...

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The Beatles album, The Beatles album - The beginning of the end for The Beatles, The Beatles album - The songs, The Beatles album - The mono version, The Beatles album - The cover, The Beatles album - Influence, The Beatles album - Tributes, The Beatles album - Track listing, The Beatles album - Side one, The Beatles album - Side two, The Beatles album - Side three, The Beatles album - Side four, The Beatles album - Release history

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The Electric and Musical Industries Ltd formed in March 1931 from a merger of the UK Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company. In 1955, to replace the loss of its long-established licensing arrangements with RCA Victor and Columbia Records, EMI entered the American market by acquiring 96% of the stock of Capitol Records. The company established subsidiary operations in a number of other countries in the British Commonwealth, including India, Australia and New Zealand. EMI's Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries ...

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EMI, EMI - History, EMI - Legal issues, EMI - Labels under the EMI banner, EMI - Musicians signed or previously signed to EMI, EMI - Popular, EMI - Classical

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Lennon met McCartney on July 6, 1957 at the annual St. Peter's Woolton Parish Church garden fete. Lennon was in a skiffle group called The Quarry Men who were performing at the event. Lennon was impressed by McCartney as he knew the words to several rock 'n' roll songs (Lennon would just make his own words up), and because he taught him some guitar chords (Lennon only knew the banjo chords taught to him by his mother Julia). McCartney subsequently joined the band, and brought Harrison along soon after, on February 6, 1958. In 1958, Th ...

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History of The Beatles, History of The Beatles - Early beginnings, History of The Beatles - The Beatlemania years, History of The Beatles - The psychedelic years, History of The Beatles - The studio years, History of The Beatles - Breakup, History of The Beatles - The end of touring, History of The Beatles - Brian Epstein's death, History of The Beatles - Apple Corps, History of The Beatles - The Get Back Sessions, History of The Beatles - Neglect of George Harrison's songs, History of The Beatles - Yoko Ono, History of The Beatles - After the breakup, History of The Beatles - Personnel

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Please Please Me - Anna. written and originally performed by Arthur Alexander Please Please Me - Chains. originally performed by The Cookies and released November 11, 1962 written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King John Lennon - lead vocal, harmonica George Harrison - harmony Paul McCartney - harmony Please Please Me - Boys. originally performed by The Shirelles, written by Dixo ...

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Please Please Me, Please Please Me - The Cover, Please Please Me - Covers, Please Please Me - Anna, Please Please Me - Chains, Please Please Me - Boys, Please Please Me - Baby It's You, Please Please Me - A Taste of Honey, Please Please Me - Twist and Shout, Please Please Me - Originals, Please Please Me - I Saw Her Standing There, Please Please Me - Misery, Please Please Me - Ask Me Why, Please Please Me - Love Me Do, Please Please Me - P.S. I Love You, Please Please Me - Do You Want to Know a Secret, Please Please Me - There's a Place, Please Please Me - Please Please Me, Please Please Me - Influence, Please Please Me - Track listing, Please Please Me - Side one, Please Please Me - Side two, Please Please Me - Personnel, Please Please Me - Charting singles, Please Please Me - Album Charting

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A jam session between John Lennon and Paul McCartney was recorded on March 31, 1974, when McCartney visited Lennon in Los Angeles, California. They played with a number of other musicians, including Stevie Wonder. Believed to be the last time the pair recorded together, this tape has been released on bootleg as A Toot and a Snore in '74. On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was murdered in front of his New York City apartment by a mentally deranged fan, Mark David Chapman, thus forever crushing any hope of a Beatles reunion. ...

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History of The Beatles, History of The Beatles - Early beginnings, History of The Beatles - The Beatlemania years, History of The Beatles - The psychedelic years, History of The Beatles - The studio years, History of The Beatles - Breakup, History of The Beatles - The end of touring, History of The Beatles - Brian Epstein's death, History of The Beatles - Apple Corps, History of The Beatles - The Get Back Sessions, History of The Beatles - Neglect of George Harrison's songs, History of The Beatles - Yoko Ono, History of The Beatles - After the breakup, History of The Beatles - Personnel

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The Church has undergone several line-up changes over the years. The core members of Steve Kilbey, Marty Willson-Piper and Peter Koppes have basically gone unaltered, save for the brief departure of Koppes in the mid-1990s. The current members are: Steve Kilbey (b. 13 Sep 1954): bass and lead vocals Marty Willson-Piper(b. 7 May 1958): guitar Peter Koppes (b. 21 November 1955): guitar Tim Powles: drums Previous members include: Nick Ward: drums (1980-1981) Richard Ploog: drums (1981-1990) Craig Hooper: keyboards on Persia (1984) Jay D ...

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The Church, The Church - Members, The Church - History, The Church - The early days and first album 1980-1981, The Church - Establishing their sound: The Blurred Crusade 1982, The Church - Introspection and atmosphere: Seance and Remote Luxury 1983-1985, The Church - Rejuvenation: Heyday 1986, The Church - Into the mainstream: Starfish 1988, The Church - One straight from the factory...: Gold Afternoon Fix 1990, The Church - The Magnum Opus: Priest=Aura 1992, The Church - Transition and instability: Sometime Anywhere and Magician Among The Spirits 1994-1996, The Church - Restoration: Hologram of Baal and A Box of Birds 1997-1999, The Church - Reconsolidation: After Everything Now This and onwards 2000-present, The Church - Style, The Church - Lyrics, The Church - Discography, The Church - Albums, The Church - Compilations, The Church - Producers, The Church - Singles, The Church - Media

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As with the other existing rock acts in Britain, Richard's career took an impact with the advent of The Beatles and the Mersey sound in 1963 and 1964. However, his popularity was great enough that he was able to weather the storm, and continued to chart successfully throughout the 1960s, albeit not at the level before. Nor did it open doors to the US market; he was not part of the British Invasion, and the American public had little awareness of him. Another important aspect of Cliff's life was his conversion to Christianity in 1964. ...

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Cliff Richard, Cliff Richard - 1958—1963: Success and stardom, Cliff Richard - 1964—1975: Changing circumstances, Cliff Richard - 1976—1994: Comeback, Cliff Richard - 1995—: Sir Cliff, Cliff Richard - Sexuality, Cliff Richard - Chart accomplishments, Cliff Richard - Christmas songs, Cliff Richard - Discography

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The Beatles synthesized multiple genres of music from the 1950s and early 1960s. Girl groups (The Shirelles, The Angels, The Crystals), as well as other early rock and roll (Little Richard), soul (Roy Orbison), surf rock (The Beach Boys) and R&B (Smokey Robinson) artists. In particular, "Misery" and "There's a Place" are influenced by the best of the girl groups, incorporated a dance-able beat with beautiful harmonies and downbeat subject matter. Little Richard's influence can be heard in songs like "I Saw Her Standing There", with McCar ...

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Please Please Me, Please Please Me - The Cover, Please Please Me - Covers, Please Please Me - Anna, Please Please Me - Chains, Please Please Me - Boys, Please Please Me - Baby It's You, Please Please Me - A Taste of Honey, Please Please Me - Twist and Shout, Please Please Me - Originals, Please Please Me - I Saw Her Standing There, Please Please Me - Misery, Please Please Me - Ask Me Why, Please Please Me - Love Me Do, Please Please Me - P.S. I Love You, Please Please Me - Do You Want to Know a Secret, Please Please Me - There's a Place, Please Please Me - Please Please Me, Please Please Me - Influence, Please Please Me - Track listing, Please Please Me - Side one, Please Please Me - Side two, Please Please Me - Personnel, Please Please Me - Charting singles, Please Please Me - Album Charting

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In 1986, he began writing and recording music that would become The Lilac Time's first album, released on Swordfish Records. The album, entitled The Lilac Time, came out on February 8, 1988. The group originally consisted of Stephen Duffy, his elder brother Nick Duffy, and friend Michael Weston, who recorded the first album together; Michael Giri and Fraser Kent joined when the band was ready to go on tour. (See The Lilac Time for more detail on the band's history.) In 1991, the band split up (temporarily, as it turned out) and S ...

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Stephen Duffy, Stephen Duffy - Tin Tin, Stephen Duffy - The Lilac Time, Stephen Duffy - Solo, Stephen Duffy - The Devils, Stephen Duffy - Return to The Lilac Time

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Please Please Me - Side one. All Tracks Lennon/McCartney, except where noted, "I Saw Her Standing There" - 2:55 "Misery" - 1:50 "Anna (Go to Him)" (Arthur Alexander) - 2:57 "Chains" (Goffin/King) - 2:26 "Boys" (Dixon/Farrell) - 2:27 "Ask Me Why - 2:27 "Please Please Me" - 2:03, SAMPLE (62k) Please Please Me - Side two. "Love Me Do" - 2:22 "P.S. I Love You" - 2:05 "Baby It's You" (D ...

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Please Please Me, Please Please Me - The Cover, Please Please Me - Covers, Please Please Me - Anna, Please Please Me - Chains, Please Please Me - Boys, Please Please Me - Baby It's You, Please Please Me - A Taste of Honey, Please Please Me - Twist and Shout, Please Please Me - Originals, Please Please Me - I Saw Her Standing There, Please Please Me - Misery, Please Please Me - Ask Me Why, Please Please Me - Love Me Do, Please Please Me - P.S. I Love You, Please Please Me - Do You Want to Know a Secret, Please Please Me - There's a Place, Please Please Me - Please Please Me, Please Please Me - Influence, Please Please Me - Track listing, Please Please Me - Side one, Please Please Me - Side two, Please Please Me - Personnel, Please Please Me - Charting singles, Please Please Me - Album Charting

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The 1993 album Music In Colours (Parlophone) was recorded with Nigel Kennedy, and featured the singles "Natalie" and "Holte End Hotel". The next album was called simply Duffy, released August 1995 on Indolent Records. "London Girls" and "Sugar High" went to the top 10 on the UK indie chart, but "Needle Mythology" did not. ("Starfit" was also released as a single in the US.) The album was re ...

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Stephen Duffy, Stephen Duffy - Tin Tin, Stephen Duffy - The Lilac Time, Stephen Duffy - Solo, Stephen Duffy - The Devils, Stephen Duffy - Return to The Lilac Time

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The Church's musical style has changed remarkably during the years. Early songs were mostly simply structured. "She Never Said," the first single, featured a New-Wave-like staccato rhythm and Kilbey’s laconic Bowie-inspired "half-recitative" vocals. Short, guitar-based songs dominate the debut, Of Skins And Heart. Similar means are to be found in early XTC, Television, The Beatles or Echo & The Bunnymen. Unusual in their time were experiments with long songs in different sections ("Is This Where You Live," 1981). The prominent u ...

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The Church, The Church - Members, The Church - History, The Church - The early days and first album 1980-1981, The Church - Establishing their sound: The Blurred Crusade 1982, The Church - Introspection and atmosphere: Seance and Remote Luxury 1983-1985, The Church - Rejuvenation: Heyday 1986, The Church - Into the mainstream: Starfish 1988, The Church - One straight from the factory...: Gold Afternoon Fix 1990, The Church - The Magnum Opus: Priest=Aura 1992, The Church - Transition and instability: Sometime Anywhere and Magician Among The Spirits 1994-1996, The Church - Restoration: Hologram of Baal and A Box of Birds 1997-1999, The Church - Reconsolidation: After Everything Now This and onwards 2000-present, The Church - Style, The Church - Lyrics, The Church - Discography, The Church - Albums, The Church - Compilations, The Church - Producers, The Church - Singles, The Church - Media

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The biggest part of the lyrics is written by Steve Kilbey, he being the sole songwriter on all albums up to Remote Luxury. Until then, Kilbey brought basically completed/demoed songs to the sessions while the arrangement was a group effort, mostly done by Peter Koppes. This changed since with Heyday in 1985. Now, the songs are results of expanded jam sessions. The music is written before Kilbey makes the lyrics up. Kilbey's lyrics and poems are often described as surreal. Kilbey flatly rejects any fixed meaning of his poetry, c ...

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The Church, The Church - Members, The Church - History, The Church - The early days and first album 1980-1981, The Church - Establishing their sound: The Blurred Crusade 1982, The Church - Introspection and atmosphere: Seance and Remote Luxury 1983-1985, The Church - Rejuvenation: Heyday 1986, The Church - Into the mainstream: Starfish 1988, The Church - One straight from the factory...: Gold Afternoon Fix 1990, The Church - The Magnum Opus: Priest=Aura 1992, The Church - Transition and instability: Sometime Anywhere and Magician Among The Spirits 1994-1996, The Church - Restoration: Hologram of Baal and A Box of Birds 1997-1999, The Church - Reconsolidation: After Everything Now This and onwards 2000-present, The Church - Style, The Church - Lyrics, The Church - Discography, The Church - Albums, The Church - Compilations, The Church - Producers, The Church - Singles, The Church - Media

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The track line up for the album, complied on April 21, included the following songs: Side 1: "For Pete's Sake" "I'll Spend My Life With You" "Forget That Girl" "You Just May Be The One" "Shades of Gray" "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" "Band 6" Side 2: "Sunny Girlfriend" "Mr. Webster" "You Told Me" "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" "Zilch" "Early Morning ...

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Headquarters album, Headquarters album - Track listing, Headquarters album - CD bonus tracks, Headquarters album - Original Album, Headquarters album - Trivia, Headquarters album - Personnel

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After arriving in London the band recorded a number of songs with Ted Albert at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, but these were deemed unsuitable by UA and Albert was removed as producer. The band were then teamed with freelance producer Shel Talmy (noted for his work with The Who), and one of the tracks they recorded with him became their first big international hit, "Friday On My Mind", which peaked at #6 in the UK in December 1966, made the Top 20 in the USA, the Top 10 in Germany, Holland, France and Italy, and ...

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The Easybeats, The Easybeats - Early career, The Easybeats - London 1966-69, The Easybeats - After disbanding

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"All of Your Toys" (single mix) Unused track that was the proposed A-side of the next Monkees single, but song was not controlled by The Monkees' publishing company, Screen Gems; publisher Tickson Music refused to sell the copyright Written by Bill Martin Lead vocal by Micky Dolenz Recorded at Goldstar Studios, Hollywood January 16th, 1967 and RCA Victor Stu ...

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Headquarters album, Headquarters album - Track listing, Headquarters album - CD bonus tracks, Headquarters album - Original Album, Headquarters album - Trivia, Headquarters album - Personnel

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Please Please Me - Anna. written and originally performed by Arthur Alexander Please Please Me - Chains. originally performed by The Cookies and released November 11, 1962 written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King George Harrison - lead vocal John Lennon - harmonica, harmony Paul McCartney - harmony Please Please Me - Boys. originally performed by The Shirelles, written by Dixo ...

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Please Please Me, Please Please Me - The Cover, Please Please Me - Covers, Please Please Me - Anna, Please Please Me - Chains, Please Please Me - Boys, Please Please Me - Baby It's You, Please Please Me - A Taste of Honey, Please Please Me - Twist and Shout, Please Please Me - Originals, Please Please Me - I Saw Her Standing There, Please Please Me - Misery, Please Please Me - Ask Me Why, Please Please Me - Love Me Do, Please Please Me - P.S. I Love You, Please Please Me - Do You Want to Know a Secret, Please Please Me - There's a Place, Please Please Me - Please Please Me, Please Please Me - Influence, Please Please Me - Track listing, Please Please Me - Side one, Please Please Me - Side two, Please Please Me - Personnel, Please Please Me - Charting singles, Please Please Me - Album Charting

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The Church - Albums. Of Skins and Heart (1981) The Church (U.S., 1982) The Blurred Crusade (1982) Singsongs e.p. (1982) Seance (1983) Remote Luxury e.p. (1983) Persia e.p. (1984) Remote Luxury (U.S., 1984) Heyday (1985) Starfish (1988) Gold Afternoon Fix (1990) Priest=Aura (1992) Sometime Anywhere (1994) See also:

The Church, The Church - Members, The Church - History, The Church - The early days and first album 1980-1981, The Church - Establishing their sound: The Blurred Crusade 1982, The Church - Introspection and atmosphere: Seance and Remote Luxury 1983-1985, The Church - Rejuvenation: Heyday 1986, The Church - Into the mainstream: Starfish 1988, The Church - One straight from the factory...: Gold Afternoon Fix 1990, The Church - The Magnum Opus: Priest=Aura 1992, The Church - Transition and instability: Sometime Anywhere and Magician Among The Spirits 1994-1996, The Church - Restoration: Hologram of Baal and A Box of Birds 1997-1999, The Church - Reconsolidation: After Everything Now This and onwards 2000-present, The Church - Style, The Church - Lyrics, The Church - Discography, The Church - Albums, The Church - Compilations, The Church - Producers, The Church - Singles, The Church - Media

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With the distractions of touring behind them, The Beatles began recording Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on November 24, 1966. The album took so much time to record (for a Beatles record anyway) that the press started to suggest that the Beatles had "lost it" and had run out of creativity. Three early tracks, "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Penny Lane", and "Only A Northern Song", were left out of Sgt. Pepper as it was not then customary to include singles releases on albums. Some were saved for later albums: the latter so ...

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History of The Beatles, History of The Beatles - Early beginnings, History of The Beatles - The Beatlemania years, History of The Beatles - The psychedelic years, History of The Beatles - The studio years, History of The Beatles - Breakup, History of The Beatles - The end of touring, History of The Beatles - Brian Epstein's death, History of The Beatles - Apple Corps, History of The Beatles - The Get Back Sessions, History of The Beatles - Neglect of George Harrison's songs, History of The Beatles - Yoko Ono, History of The Beatles - After the breakup, History of The Beatles - Personnel

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From mid 1964 all the band members became habitual smokers of marijuana after reportedly being introduced to it when they met Bob Dylan for the first time in New York. In mid 1965, according to Lennon and Harrison, they were unwittingly 'dosed' with LSD at a party by their dentist. (The dentist, however, never admitted that he had put anything unusual in Lennon's or Harrison's tea). Nevertheless, in the ensuing years, the Beatles met with psychedelic counterculture icon Timothy Leary, and began experimenting with the psychedelic drug ...

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History of The Beatles, History of The Beatles - Early beginnings, History of The Beatles - The Beatlemania years, History of The Beatles - The psychedelic years, History of The Beatles - The studio years, History of The Beatles - Breakup, History of The Beatles - The end of touring, History of The Beatles - Brian Epstein's death, History of The Beatles - Apple Corps, History of The Beatles - The Get Back Sessions, History of The Beatles - Neglect of George Harrison's songs, History of The Beatles - Yoko Ono, History of The Beatles - After the breakup, History of The Beatles - Personnel

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