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A Few Fun Facts About the Fab Four

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John, Paul, George and Ringo changed the world forever on the stage of the Ed Sullivan program in February of 1964. Mitch Miller, Doris Day, Totie Fields and Lorene Greene disappeared from the music charts weeks after that nationally television performance. Here are a few fun facts about the Fab Four..

The Quarryman made a record in 1958 that featured John, Paul and George, and sold for a tremendous amount of money in an auction last year.

“Hey Jude” was originally written for Johns five-year-old son Julian, penned as “Hey Jules,” but the name eventually changed when nobody liked the title.

Ringo Starr replaced Pete Best in 1962, but it was not all peaches and cream for Ringo. He did not play on the Beatles first single “Love Me Do” because manager George Martin thought he was rushing the beat. “I Am the Walrus” was banned by the BBC, not because it was anti-government, but because it had the word “knickers” in the lyrics.

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