by Super Admin - 9 years ago
I am curious that in your obituary for George Martin (10 March) you fail to mention the band that gave him his first No 1 hit, the Temperance Seven’s You’re Driving me Crazy, which was significant for both George and us. We went on to enjoy consider...
by Super Admin - 9 years ago
Photograph: Julien M Hekimian/WireImage for Coach Mark Ronson Amy Winehouse, Adele, Paul McCartney “It’s impossible to go into a studio and not have traces of what the Beatles did with George Martin. The very idea of taking a three-minute po...
by Super Admin - 9 years ago
Ghostbusters hits the screens this summer and the classic tale of spooky events in New York gets a reboot, 30 years on, with a new cast. Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy play two authors who write a book suggesting ghosts are real, which is mocked....
by Super Admin - 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 Mar...
by Super Admin - 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...
by Super Admin - 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 s...
by Super Admin - 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 p...
by Super Admin - 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 cl...
by Super Admin - 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...
by Super Admin - 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 t...
by Super Admin - 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 – bu...
by Super Admin - 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 Barba...
by Super Admin - 9 years ago
A super-rare 78rpm acetate disc containing two songs from The Beatles' unsuccessful audition for Decca Records is to be auctioned in March. The disc contains recordings of Till There Was You and Hello Little Girl, credited in manager Brian Epstein's...
by Super Admin - 9 years ago
A new organisation has been launched with the aim of maximising tourism revenue in Liverpool generated by The Beatles' legacy. The Beatles Legacy Group will be chaired by Peter Hooton, former frontman of The Farm. Its first official meeting will take...
by Super Admin - 9 years ago
Paul McCartney has announced his first live performances for 2016. < --more--> The two festival appearances will take place in the summer. McCartney will appear at Pinkpop in Landgraaf, Netherlands on 12 June, and at Rock Werchter in Werchter, Belgiu...