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'Hidden meanings' found in some of the Beatles' greatest hits
The Beatles penned some of the greatest songs of all time, but it seems as though some of their most famous tunes also have ...
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What The Beatles and Beyoncé's 'Blackbird' means to this Little Rock Nine member
Beyoncé's recent cover of The Beatles classic "Blackbird" was especially profound to listeners who know that the song pays homage to the Little Rock Nine — a group of Black students who were at ...
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What Beyoncé's cover of the Beatles' "Blackbird" means to Black history and music
This is especially felt in her delicate cover of the British rock band Beatles hit "Blackbird" from the 1968 "White Album." The musician takes what is a classic Beatles hit and transforms it ...
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“Blackbird” Revisited: How The Beatles’ Civil Rights Anthem Has Been Inspiring Artists for More Than 50 Years
Beyoncé also sampled the original Beatles backing track—that’s McCartney’s guitar and foot tapping you hear on her version—and in an Instagram post, McCartney said he was “so happy ...
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Beyoncé Used Original Beatles Backing Track for ‘Blackbird’ on New ‘Cowboy Carter’ Version, With Paul McCartney’s Blessing
If the backing track on Beyoncé’s new recording of the Beatles’ “Blackbird” sounds especially familiar, there’s good reason for that. It turns out that the cover version she recorded ...
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Beyoncé’s ‘Blackbird’ cover ‘awakens so much,’ Little Rock Nine member says
When Melba Pattillo Beals heard Beyoncé sing a line from the Beatles’ “Blackbird” on her new album last week, she was transported back to a morning in September 1957, when she and eight ...
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Beyonce says The Beatles made 'one of the best songs of all time'
Beyonce was overwhelmed as she performed a "full circle" moment during her recent tour, as she thanked Sir Paul McCartney for ...