60's

nei Yahya Sinwar , Peter Jackson is releasing a film next year about the 1969 Get Back sessions which were eventually abandoned and released as the Let It Be album a year later. They were famously very tense sessions that were seen as the beginning of the end for the band. It's put together from 56 hours of unseen footage, it's really funny footage and it seems like they were just having loads of fun. They all had a great sense of humour. Maybe a bit of a whitewash, but does seem to challenge a lot of narratives that have set in.

Some more from Sir Tom.

One of Paul's best pieces of songwriting. Very un-Beatle-like with its classical baroque arrangement and depressing lyrics. It was written about the redhead in the video, Jane Asher, who was his girlfriend at the time.

One of only a handful of songs to make use of an instrument called a Clavioline. Invented by a French engineer in 1947, it was an electronic keyboard that was the forerunner to the modern synthesizer.

It had a strange sound, kind of exotic. Perhaps because Lennon had it set it to sound Indian.

This one is good too. So old that it was created when they were still living in Australia.

I used to think Rick Astley was black for like 5 years until I saw the rick roll video (my mum had a lot of 80s CDs so I heard his songs a bit before I used youtube.) I'm sure many other people thought the same

The Beatles promoting their new single, Hey Jude, live on the BBC in 1968. One of only two live performances by them after they retired from touring in 1966. Very uplifting footage.

The record label were reluctant to release the song as a single, fearing that long run time would stop radio stations from playing it, Lennon said, "They will if it's us". He was right, the song turned out to be their biggest hit, topping charts around the world for months. At over 7 minutes long, it was at the time the longest song ever to top the charts.

Weird dynamic when the bass player is the best guitarist in the band. Some would say the best drummer, too.

The original wave of Rock 'n Roll was an American thing, young people in Britain obsessed over it. Very few UK bands had big hits in the genre. I've read that Britain only produced 3 truly great Rock n' Roll classics, the last on my list is from the 1950's btw. Cliff Richard is easily our most enduring star. The first British rock star, and still famous today. He had number 1's in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, & 90's. They say the only reason Wimbledon built a roof was to stop him from singing during rain delays

My favourite is Shakin' All Over, actually one of the my favourite songs in any genre.