July 11, 2025
The Beatles recorded two of their songs in German: “She Loves You” (“Sie Liebt Dich”) and “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (“Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand”). None of the Beatles were fluent in German, and they had to sing the lyrics phonetically.
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In March 1966 Maureen Cleave, a reporter and friend of Beatles member John Lennon, published a profile in the London Evening Standard: “How does a Beatle live? John Lennon lives like this.” In the profile the 25-year-old Lennon discussed his strained relationship with his father, the toys he bought
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