The balalaika is mentioned in both The Beatles ' song " Back in the U. S. S. R ." and the Scorpions ' song " Wind of Change ".

Since diamond also consists of carbon arranged in a crystalline lattice ( though of a different configuration ), scientists have nicknamed this star " Lucy " after the Beatles song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band is seen playing its song " Death Cab for Cutie " ( also performed in The Beatles ' film Magical Mystery Tour ) in the DVD, Episode 7.

Astronomers named this star " Lucy " after The Beatles ' song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ".

" John Lennon borrows these same words as lyrics for The Beatles song, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

George Harrison ( of the Beatles ) played the sitar on the song " Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown )" in 1965, which sparked interest from Shankar, who subsequently took Harrison as his apprentice.

The Beatles song " Norwegian Wood ", which first appeared on the band's 1965 album Rubber Soul, was the first western pop song to actually incorporate the sitar ( played by lead guitarist George Harrison ).

* 1970 – " The Long and Winding Road " becomes the Beatles ' last US Number 1 song.

In 2002, he recorded a version of the Beatles ' classic " When I'm Sixty-Four ", a song from Sgt.

Orton was cremated at the Golders Green Crematorium, his maroon cloth-draped coffin being brought into the west chapel to a recording of The Beatles song " A Day in the Life ".

In 1976, Moon covered the Beatles ' song " When I'm Sixty-Four " for the soundtrack of the film documentary All This and World War II.

* 1974 – Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40 % complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed " Lucy " ( after The Beatles song " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds "), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.

Some of British punk rock's leading figures made a show of rejecting not only contemporary mainstream rock and the broader culture it was associated with, but their own most celebrated predecessors: " No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones in 1977 ," declared The Clash song " 1977 ".

Later rockabilly acts, particularly performing songwriters like Buddy Holly, would be a major influence on British Invasion acts and particularly on the song writing of The Beatles and through them on the nature of later rock music.

* George Harrison's 1975 song " This Guitar ( Can't Keep from Crying )", a lyrical sequel to his Beatles track " While My Guitar Gently Weeps ", references the magazine in its second verse: " Learned to get up when I fall / Can even climb Rolling Stone walls ".

Harrison used this guitar on the song " If I Needed Someone " and during The Beatles ' 1966 tours.

She also recorded a cover version of the Beatles ' song " Mother Nature's Son " for the film I Am Sam.

He also wrote comedy songs, including " Purple Aeroplane ", which was a parody of The Beatles ' song " Yellow Submarine ".

Highlights of the album are a reggae version of the Beatles song " I Will ", a rendition of " Wake Nicodemus " featuring the Pipes and Drums of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, and a bar-room ballad, " Alan ", composed by Canadian singer / songwriter Tony Kosinec.

Travelling circuses, like Pablo Fanque's, dominated the British provinces, Scotland, and Ireland ( Fanque would enjoy fame again in the 20th century when John Lennon would buy an 1843 poster advertising his circus and adapt the lyrics for The Beatles song, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite !).

Lennon detailed this period in The Beatles ' song " The Ballad of John and Yoko ".

Although the song was written by Lennon during his tenure with the Beatles it was both written and recorded without the help of the band and released as Lennon's first independent single under the " Plastic Ono Band " moniker.

In 1995, after the Beatles released Lennon's " Free as a Bird " and " Real Love " with demos provided by Ono, McCartney and his family collaborated with her and Sean Lennon to create the song " Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue ", which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of that Japanese city.

During the January 1969 sessions for the Let It Be album, the Beatles played a slow impromptu version of " Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues " — although not written by Holly, it was popularized by him — with Lennon mimicking Holly's vocal style ; the recording was eventually released in the mid-1990s on Anthology 3.

With the ascendance of rock and roll, a watershed moment occurred between 1962 and 1964 when the Surfaris released " Wipe Out ," and when Ringo Starr of The Beatles played his Ludwig kit on American television ; events that motivated legions to take up the drums.

John Lennon played harmonica on early Beatles ' hits as " Love Me Do ", " Please Please Me ", " I'll Get You " and " I Should Have Known Better ", in the later songs such as " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

In a 2001 retrospective review of " Forever Changes ," Andrew Cowen of The Birmingham Post ( UK ) wrote, " This 1967 masterpiece ... is the nearest the Americans came to having their own ' Sgt Pepper ' and, in true American style, it was largely overlooked by the mainstream audience which, at the time, was hanging on every note played by The Beatles.

At Tampa Stadium, Florida, they played to 56, 800 fans ( breaking the record set by The Beatles at Shea Stadium in 1965 ), and grossed $ 309, 000.

He saw The Beatles perform at the Cavern Club when he was 16, then played guitar along to their first album, Please Please Me, learning the chords.

Lennon played this guitar for The Beatles ' famous 1964 debut on The Ed Sullivan Show ( as well as for their third Sullivan appearance, pre-taped the same day but broadcast two weeks later ).

At post game, " In My Life " by The Beatles is played featuring a sousaphone solo while the band sings.

The original bassist of the five-member Beatles, he played with the band primarily during their days as a club act in Hamburg, Germany.

The original drummer of The Beatles, he played with the band during their time as a club act, in both Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany.

In the immediate wake of The Beatles ' momentous Australian tour, many local groups that had formerly played guitar-based instrumental music recruited singers and took up the new ' beat ' style.

Before Evensong each evening, hymn tunes are played on a baton keyboard connected with the bells, but occasionally anything from Beethoven to the Beatles may be heard.

* The Beatles: The Garden is the only venue that each of the four former members of The Beatles played solo concerts after the breakup of the band – although not at the same time.

Lewisohn also reports that, in the case of " Back in the U. S. S. R .", also recorded during Starr's absence, the three remaining Beatles each made contributions on bass and drums, with the result that those parts may be composite tracks played by Lennon, McCartney and / or Harrison.

Hill also formed his own band, The Conrods, which was active between 1999 and 2003 and played cover versions of well known songs from The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and The Kinks.

Clapton played on the track " City Blues ," and McCartney's collaboration on " A Friend Like You " fulfilled for many a fantasy union of the legendary Beatles with the legendary Beach Boys.

Relocated from central London in 1966, the studios played host to many of rock and pop's greatest stars down the decades, from The Beatles, who recorded the original tracks of " All You Need Is Love " in Barnes, to The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Queen, Eric Clapton, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Nilsson, The Verve, Massive Attack, Duran Duran, Coldplay, Madonna and Björk.

He boasted of being the only man to lose money on both The Beatles who he booked at Met Stadium in 1965 and The Rolling Stones who played Danceland sloppily in 1964 to about 300 people.

On August 21, 1965, The Beatles played Metropolitan Stadium, their only stop ever in Minnesota.

Harper, a noted fan of The Beatles, played the piano and sang a rendition of " With A Little Help From My Friends " while Ma accompanied him on his cello.

After Lennon played the song for the other Beatles on his acoustic guitar, the band recorded the first take.

A 3. 2 million year-old, 40 % complete fossil skeleton of an Australopithecus afarensis specimen discovered in 1974 was named " Lucy " because the Beatles ' song was being played loudly and repeatedly on a tape recorder in the camp.