Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 9 years ago
So now we have it. Modernisation equals longer hours and reduced working conditions: “John Lewis is planning to shut staff canteens and introduce longer shifts for hundreds of delivery drivers to cut costs and modernise its business” (Report, 10 March).Peter NicklinNewcastle upon Tyne • Not only di...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 9 years ago
The world of music paid homage to the late Sir George Martin on Wednesday, with Midge Ure remembering a man who was “a cross between your favourite schoolteacher and a father”. On ITV’s Good Morning Britain, the Ultravox singer and producer recalled: “He was one of the most wonderful people I’d eve...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 9 years ago
I’m so sad to hear the news of the passing of dear George Martin. I have so many wonderful memories of this great man that will be with me for ever. He was a true gentleman and like a second father to me. He guided the career of the Beatles with such skill and good humour that he became a true fr...
John Lennon / Info générales - 9 years ago
March 09 2016, With a little help from John Lennon, students at Astoria High School got their chance at musical fame this week.
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 9 years ago
If a bad workman blames his tools, the superlative artisan chooses their instruments with exquisite care. Thus it was with Sir George Martin, the “fifth Beatle”, whose great contributions to the group began when he signed them, and continued as he produced almost every track in their catalogue, and...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 9 years ago
I do so empathise with Lucy Mangan’s keep-fit antipathy (Get off the couch!, G2, 8 March), but pilates might just help. I took this up when I was 48, at a time when I ached on getting out of bed and felt so unfit. An hour a week at a good pilates class, with its gentle yet consistently rigorous reg...
John Lennon / Info générales - 9 years ago
The music came from the Beatles – but it was George Martin’s willingness to step outside the boundaries of what was acceptable that helped make them specialThere is a theory that George Martin was a man who got incredibly lucky the day he met the Beatles. It’s a theory that was sometimes posited by...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 9 years ago
Sir George Martin, producer of the Beatles, has died aged 90. Martin signed the Beatles to Parlophone records when others had turned them down and produced all but one of their albums. He became and remained one of the most influential producers in popular music history and was often described as t...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 9 years ago
Related: George Martin obituary George Martin, one of the most influential producers in popular music history, has died aged 90. He was dubbed ‘the fifth Beatle’ having produced all but one of their albums, taking the credit for signing the band to Parlophone records, when others had turned them...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 9 years ago
1. Bernard Cribbins – Hole in the Ground (1962) Let’s imagine, if we can, that George Martin had been a staff producer at EMI, but the Beatles had never happened. Would he still be remembered as a great record producer? Probably by fewer people – but, yes, he would. He was Abbey Road’s Joe Meek or...
John Lennon / Info générales - 9 years ago
The legendary producer was often referred to as the Fifth Beatle due to his work with the iconic band. Beatles drummer Ringo Starr first revealed the tragic news on his Twitter.com page, writing: "God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family ... Thank you for all your love and kindn...
Beatles / Tout sur les Beatles - 9 years ago
Sir George Martin, producer of The Beatles, has died at the age of 90. Sir George died on the night of 8 March 2016. His death was announced by Ringo Starr on Twitter: God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family love Ringo and Barbara George will be missed xxx ?????? — #Ringo...
John Lennon / Info générales - 9 years ago
The thank you card the late Beatles star wrote to his Aunt Harriet is expected to go under the hammer for $42,400 (£30,000). The scrawl on a fold-out note card was written shortly after Christmas, 1951. In it Lennon thanked his relative for the presents she sent him, including a book about ships....
John Lennon / Info générales - 9 years ago
The widow of John Lennon was hospitalised at Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital in New York on Friday (26Feb16) with flu-like symptoms, according to her publicist Elliot Mintz. Son Sean tweeted on Saturday (27Feb16) that his 83-year-old mother had now been released and the reason for her hospitali...
John Lennon / Info générales - 9 years ago
Did Kanye West hide the message ‘I am Lord Voldemort’ in his tweets? No. Here are five more ‘stories’ that fooled the worldThe internet rarely lets truth get in the way of a good story, which can spread worldwide before anyone checks the facts. The beached dolphin that died this month while Argentin...