For me the death of John Lennon was one of the frozen moments like 9/11. I was still a kid sharing a room with my little brother. He was listening to the radio and told me that John Lennon was dead. Only recently becoming an obsessed fan of the Beatles, and not yet that much of a fan of it’s componets, I was still greatly saddened by this news. To the die hard Beatles, there was always the chance that they would get back together. John said in an interview that when Lorne Michaels offered The Beatles $3000 to appear…
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Susan Boyle and The Beatles
Singing sensation Susan Boyle has a No. 1 album in the United States and the U.K. simultaneously for the second time in a year — a feat not achieved for more than 40 years. Her record label, Sony, says she is the first woman to reach the milestone achieved previously by the Beatles in 1969 and The Monkees in 1967.-AP My little brother was really into music stats at one time. He bought Billboard magazine and keep up with the Top 40, Top 100, and Top 200 charts. Back then there were only a handful of charts to worry about. …