Did You Know – The Beatles

June 7, 2017

The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is celebrating a 50th birthday this month, and PBS aired a BBC documentary called ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Musical Revolution,’ a few days ago.

How popular were the Beatles in 1964? In the week ending April 4th, 1964, the Beatles had five songs in the Billboard Top 100.

Did you know that Paul came up with the concept of an album centered on a concept of an Edwardian military band? Paul had been impressed with the Beach Boys and their ‘Pet Sounds’ LP, and in an almost “anything you can do, we can do better” attitude, he was looking for a way to answer the Beach Boys.

The LP cover is perhaps the most distinguishable aspect of the project, and their heated arguments over who would appear on the cover; John rumored to be most vocal and difficult to please. A photograph of Elvis was intended to be in the collage, but was voted out at the last minute.

Written by: Vipology Staff Writer

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