The Beatles Channel Playlist

Lakeside is best known for their 1981 number-one R&B hit Fantastic Voyage. I've been listening online to Memphis R&B oldies station WDIA. Today they played Lakeside's soulful rendition of I Want To Hold Your Hand. I hadn't heard it before. This got to #5 on the R&B chart and #102 on the Bubbling Under chart in February 1982.

 
Beatles '64, directed by David Tedeschi and produced by Martin Scorsese, focuses on the Beatles' appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and their concerts at Carnegie Hall and Washington Coliseum. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and new interviews with Paul and Ringo and premieres November 29 on Disney+. Here is the preview, released today:

 
Ringo is mostly associated with the Beatles tracks I don't like (Octopus's Garden among others, although don't have many issues with his solo stuff) but his new country album tracks get played on Outlaw Country quite often, and actually aren't bad!
 
In 1965, Pete Best released an album titled Best Of The Beatles on Savage Records. Among its 12 songs are Last Night, Wait & See, Some Other Guy, Shimmy Like My Sister Kate and a remake of the Ikettes' I'm Blue. Along with Best on drums, the album featured Wayne Bickerton on bass and vocals, Tony Waddington on guitar and vocals, and Bill Burton and Trevor Barker on sax.

Many Beatles fans who bought the album complained that it contained no Beatles songs. The New York Bureau of Consumer Protection launched an investigation but ultimately decided against filing charges. There was no fraud. Best was indeed "of the Beatles."
 
Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey and his group Mantra Of The Cosmos, which includes Oasis bassist Andy Bell and Happy Mondays members Mark "Bez" Berry and Shaun Ryder, today released a new single, Rip Off. Paul McCartney's son James and John Lennon's son Sean share vocals with Shaun Ryder. Zak posted a clip on his Instagram page. The song will soon be available for streaming.

 
Sam Mendes' Beatles biopic, The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, will open in theaters in April 2028. Paul Mescal will play Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson will play John Lennon, Joseph Quinn will play George Harrison, Barry Keoghan will play Ringo Starr, and.......

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Game of Thrones’ Harry Lloyd to play George Martin in Beatles films

Harry Lloyd attends the 69th BFI London Film Festival press launch at BFI Southbank on September 3, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/WireImage) We now know who’s going to be playing The Beatles producer George
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The 1995 eight-episode documentary series The Beatles Anthology has been restored and remastered, the music has been remixed and a ninth episode has been added. The Beatles Anthology will premiere November 26 on Disney+. Here is a preview:

 
In 1995, the Anthology films were really what took me from casual fan of The Beatles to someone who then took great interest in their music, and really their story and their history. Might be fun to watch it again.
 
In 1966, Hollywood record label Quest released The Girl I Love by "The Beatles." The group was actually the Lytations, comprised of members of the Ly-Dells and the Quotations. One of the writers was "J. Lemmon" (like John Lennon). The publisher was "Maclen" (like McCartney and Lennon). I have no idea why the Beatles didn't file a lawsuit over this.

 
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