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on July 24, 2026

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History: The Beatles-Hollies dustup over "If Needed Someone"

It's generally an honor when another artist covers one of your songs, but not in the case of George Harrison and the Hollies. In late 1965, the Manchester harmony merchants released their version of George's "If I Needed Someone" as a single. George didn't like it and said so, most notably in a New Musical Express article published on Dec. 15. The Hollie's Graham Nash, in the same story, lashed back at George. You can read the exchange in the article excerpt below. The Hollies' single was released on Dec. 3, 1965, the same day as the George-sung version came out on Rubber Soul . Maybe this was part of George's irritation. Here, a version of his song was out as a single, while his own rendition was tucked away near the end of side 2 of the Beatles' newest LP, hidden amongst great new tunes by John and Paul. In America, Capitol didn't even include the song on its version of Rubber Soul , holding it until 1966's Yesterday and Today ...

History: The Tornados talk Beatles, July 1963

The Tornadoes were the first British pop band to the U.S. charts, with the space-age instrumental hit, "Telstar," written and produced by the legendary Joe Meek. By 1963, the band had lost considerable ground to the Shadows in the UK instro-pop stakes and the emergence of Mersey Beat. Here, the group weigh in on the Beatles' prospects in the U.S. From Disc , July 13, 1963 "Listen," said Clem. "When we cut 'Telstar', did the Americans say what a great British sound? They didn't. They just said: 'We like the sound of The Tornados. It's their own sound.' "Well, this is what I'm saying about The Beatles and all the other Liverpool groups that have made it big. It's not a special Merseybeat rhythm and blues, or big beat. It's a special sound belonging to the group that thought of it. "And good luck to them. It's different, new and exciting."

Artifacts: John Lennon's Daily Howl

The Daily Howl was a mock newspaper John Lennon created and shared with his friends while he was a student at Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool. Full of "Goon Show"-influenced prose and grotesque and sometimes offensive cartoons, it landed him in trouble, but also helped earn him entrance into art school. You can also see the roots of his later writings and drawings collected in his two books of the 1960s: "In His Own Write" and "Spaniard in the Works."

Coming up: "Vinylology: The Beatles Solo - The Ultimate Guide to U.K. LP pressing variations 1968-2000

Via Apcor Books: The Beatles’ U.K. album discography basically covers just seven sweet years (1963-1970, not counting the numerous compilations and archive editions released since), and has been analyzed in many publications. A lot of people tend to forget that since the split, the four members have kept making music and releasing records, which are being collected all over the world. Strangely enough, the U.K. album output by John, George, Paul and Ringo has never been documented properly in book form. Denis Shabes has compiled the ultimate guide to the solo Beatles U.K. LP pressing variations released since 1968. From John and Yoko’s experimental Two Virgins to George’s excellent Wonderwall Music and from Paul’s The Family Way film soundtrack to Ringo’s Sentimental Journey, each and every LP is discussed in great detail, & spiced up with hundreds of colour photographs. Every insert, inner sleeve and even hype sticker is included, as is information on matrix numbers, ho...

Beatle "bodyguard" recalls 1964 Australian tour

Via the Sydney Daily Telegraph : Mr Scarborough didn’t see anything “scandalous” occur but he was aware one of the band had an “Adelaide girlfriend” for his entire time in South Australia. “Jimmy Nichol, ended up with a girlfriend that he kept bringing back into the hotel,” he said. “The guards used to put one of their hats on his (Nichol’s) head so people didn’t realise it was him coming and going at all hours.”

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