Wednesday, November 24, 2010 6:59AM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
In the aftermath of last week’s big deal that finally delivered the Beatles to iTunes, a whopping 450,000 albums and 2 million individual songs were sold on Apple’s digital store worldwide, according to Apple.
Among the catalog of 13 Beatles studio albums released last week, the best-selling album was Abbey Road and best-selling song was “Here Comes the Sun.” Sadly, “Here Comes the Sun” failed to finish the week in the top ten.
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Monday, November 15, 2010 6:35PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Apple on Monday posted a message on the iTunes homepage that it would make “an exciting announcement” Tuesday morning.
Well, Tuesday morning isn’t here yet, but already speculation is that Apple will announce that it would soon start carrying the Beatles’ music catalog.
An agreement for legal downloading of the group’s catalog of music from 1962-1970 is about to be announced by Steve Jobs’ Apple Inc., the Beatles’ Apple Corps and EMI/Capitol Records, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010 1:30PM - By Mali
For all you Beatles fans our there, you’ve got quite a fun film experience coming your way! Not long ago we sat down to talk to Aaron Johnson the actor who plays the young John Lennon in director Sam Taylor-Wood’s upcoming film Nowhere Boy about the life of the Lennon when he was just some kind strumming a guitar with a whole lot of issues. One of the biggest challenges Johnson faced was having to actually sing and perform songs from the band live in front of an audience. Those are some big shoes to fill!
Check out more about how Johnson transformed himself into Lennon, performing live, and why he won’t be making the swap to “actor-turns-rock-star” any time soon…
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Thursday, August 26, 2010 5:55PM - By Seraphina L.
Rolling Stone Magazine has rated Beatles songs for the first time and put “A Day in the Life” at the #1 spot for best Beatles song this Wednesday. The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and was released in 1967 and beat out other hits such as “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “Strawberry Fields.”
The list was compiled in honor of the Fab Four’s 40th anniversary of the twelfth and last album, Let It Be, which was released in 1970. The list which highlights the top ten Beatles songs according to them will be released in a special collector’s edition of the magazine.
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Monday, June 7, 2010 10:00AM - By Seraphina L.
A new Nike Ad has appeared in support of the Lakers and it features no other song than the classic Beatles song, “All Together Now.” The only thing is, it isn’t actually the Beatles song but a cover of the song performed by Andre 3000 (aka 3 Stacks). Although we assume he only had good intentions for the ad (aside from making some extra cash), we’re not too happy with his rendition.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:20PM - By Seraphina L.
The Beatles disbanded long ago and Paul McCartney has had an incredible solo career so far with Ringo Starr attempting to follow close behind. However, the end of the Beatles era may truly be turning into a reality very soon. The famous recording studio on Abbey Road is up for sale because of EMI‘s severe financial problems.
Yes, we’re talking about the famous studio in London where the Beatles recorded their last album. Yes, we’re talking about the album that made that zebra striped crosswalk famous. Most importantly, when we’re talking about Abbey Road we’re almost always talking about the Beatles! However, EMI has gotten themselves into such a rut that they may be selling the pop culture landmark to a buyer who will turn it into an apartment complex. Excuse us, flats.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:30PM - By Seraphina L.
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! Some cynics may say it’s just a Hallmark holiday, but it’s generally a nice way of celebrating love on one day all around the world. Love is never a bad thing, no matter what your definition of the term may be. Couples, you know what we mean. Single guys and gals, well you all know how great temporary love can be as well. (Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.)
Cupid and his holiday may come with its clichés, but you can’t deny how much fun you can have on this day either. To honor Valentine’s Day, we here at BeatCrave have put together the perfect playlist to get down (and dirty) to on the big day. Need to set that mood for your man or your special lady? Oh, we got you! Count down our favorite songs for the occasion with us and take a listen below…
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:19PM - By Seraphina L.
Earlier in the year, our sister site ScreenCrave brought the remake of Yellow Submarine, to our attention. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the animated film will be starring the Fab Four once again for our generation who are spoiled with lavish films in conjunction with Walt Disney Studios and Apple Corp. Ltd.
It was back in August when this news was something to be excited about. Now, we have a few more details on the production. Who will be playing the Beatles in this highly anticipated remake? More info after the jump!
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Monday, December 21, 2009 3:38PM - By Seraphina L.
At first glance, John Lennon‘s Hollywood star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame looks as if it has been stolen. LAist reports that the star mysteriously disappeared leaving only an empty outline of the star which is currently covered with a trash bag.
The Los Angeles online magazine got a tip through an e-mail and fans on the Beatlestweets site are claiming that it is “missing.” The question is… Has it been stolen or is there some type of construction in regards to the star that the public just doesn’t know about yet?
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