Paul McCartney was named “songwriter of the year” at 29th annual awards put on by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awarded Paul McCartney the songwriter of the year honor at a gala dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Wednesday 14 October 2009. McCarntey was given this prestigious award in recognition for the songs “All You Need Is Love”, “Hello Goodbye” and “Come Together” (Hey, I though John wrote Come Together!).

The Awards recognized the most performed works for last year by writer and publisher members of the U.K collecting society ‘Performing Rights Society’.

Other winners included Coldplay for Song of the Year with Viva La Vida and AC/DC’s Brian Johnson for “Back in Black” and “You Shook Me All Night Long”. Also awarded were Def Leppard and Mutt Lange (”Pour Some Sugar On Me”), Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters (”Money”), The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger & Keith Richards (”Start Me Up”)

Champagne for the nights winners, tissues for the losers.

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Paul McCartney Named Songwriter of the Year

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Julian Lennon was in NYC recently recording with James Scott Cook, a new artist partner of Julian Lennon’s new company ‘theRevolution’.

Initially, Julian was scheduled to sing a few background vocals on one of James’ songs titled ‘LUCY’, but during the recording, and with the news of Lucy Vodden’s passing fresh on everyone’s minds, Julian suggested that the track be released as a digital charity single, in honor of the memory of Lucy, with proceeds being donated to charities that support research for a cure for Lupus, in Lucy Vodden’s name. (Lucy Vodden, is a childhood friend of Julian who inspired Julian to draw a picture of her, that later inspired his father John Lennon, to pen the song ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’.)

Once agreed upon, the producer, Todd Meagher, suggested that the song become more of a duet, which seemed more fitting under the circumstances.

Both Julian and James Scott Cook have records scheduled for release early next year.

James Scott Cook stated “I am honored to be a part of a song that might help people remember Lucy Vodden, bring some attention to Lupus and hopefully add a chapter to the unique story of inspiration that Lucy came to represent. Not to mention working with Julian Lennon was awesome.”

Julian’s new company ‘theRevolution’ is a partnership with Michael Birch, founder and former CEO of Bebo, that “is focusing on turning the MUSIC business into the MUSICIANS’ business.” The company assists artists in setting up their own music companies and then invests in those companies.

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Julian Lennon Honors Lucy in the Sky

Who would take such a course? The university says it’s good for people working in the fields of popular music studies, cultural studies, social anthropology, politics and musicology. Personally, I think it’s good for people looking to meet chicks. But, maybe that’s just me. Wonder if I can get a job as a Beatles-ologist. That would be gear!

Canadian Music Teacher, Mary Lu Zahalan, signed up for the course and believes she is the first coming from Canada (Sorry, Mary you may be the first and only Canadian in class.) George Burton, who plays in a 60s band says and academic look into the Beatles is probably long overdue. Other students told the Associated Press that they think the degree in Beatles will be a great experience.

Berklee college for music in Boston has two Beatles classes. “The Music of The Beatles” studies technical aspects of the Beatles songs such as lyrics, melody, harmony, and rhythm. But, it also takes a look at the history of each Beatle to better understand the groups music. Also the social environment will be addressed to better understand the group’s musical development.

Berklee also has a course on the Guitar Styles of the Beatles. This course obviously studys the guitar riffs, leads and grooves of the Beatles. But also looks at a concept they call “Mini-Orchestration” in the Beatles guitar layering.

Tuition for Berklee is $14,600 for the quarter. Liverpool Hope University’s Beatles Course lasts 12 weeks and costs around $6000. So far 20 people have signed up at Hope U. Hmm, quick math that’s $120,000 for the University. Maybe I should start charging for my Beatles blog posts. Volunteers?

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Earn a Degree in Beatles School?

Yoko said, “I was prepared that Sean might become an archaeologist or something. John didn’t even want to tell him that he was a Beatle.” According to Yoko, the famous musical couple were also so desperate to keep their son from being a musician that they didn’t talk about music at home.

Yoko adds, “Sean found out from someone else. One day, he asked John, ‘Were you a Beatle’?” “When Sean was in his 20s, I found out that he knew all of the Beatle’s songs, all John’s songs, and all my songs – every lyric.”

From the perspective of Sean Lenon, his parent’s didn’t have to worry, he enjoys being a musician now. Sean said he feels no pressure being a musician in his famous father’s shadow. He realizes no on can compete with the Beatles. Sean says, “But honestly, I don’t play music in terms of trying to compete with my dad because I don’t think I could play if I did that. But I take comfort in knowing I’m not the only one who will never be as successful as the Beatles”.

Sean Lenon told the View, “I know when people look at me they see my father, I can’t help it I look like him, I look like my Mom too.”

Sean Co-produced a new album “Between my Head and the Sky” with his Mom and the newly christened, “Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band”. Sean told the View as the Album’s Producer, “Working with your parent is kind of awkward because you’re used to you’re parent telling you what to do.” The subject matter was difficult because the subject matter was very personal and touching for his family. In the end, he’s very proud of the album and sees his mother as being vindicated by the album’s positive reviews.

Whoopi Goldberg asked Yoko what broke the Beatles up. Yoko gave a convincing argument, “All four of them are very complex, strong powerful people. I couldn’t break it up with just my little hand. There were so many complex reasons.” When Barbara asked if she wanted the Beatles to break up, she replied “No I didn’t particularly, no”. Sean made a very valid point that the women of the view wouldn’t all throw the show out the window because they didn’t like one of their husbands. The idea seems ridiculous now in hindsight.

Yoko and Sean’s new album on Amazon here… Between My Head and the Sky – Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band

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Beatles Son Didn’t Know Dad was a Beatle

Olivia Harrison

Despite objections from neighbors around George Harrison’s 38 acre Oxfordshire estate, widow Olivia Harrison plans to replace a razor-wire fence. Permission was granted by South Oxfordshire District Council to replace the eight foot high fence to maintain security.

The fence had been installed in 1999 after a 33 year old schizophrenic man broke into the home and stabbed George seven times. Olivia hit the attacker in the head with a fire poker and table lamp. George died of cancer just two years later. Olivia Harrison put in an application to the town asking to replace the 10 year old rotting fence. The town was worried the fence was un-neighborly and detrimental to the town’s character. Letters to the town authorities said the fence made it look like the perimeter to a German prisoner of war camp. Neighbors also argued that the fence is “unnecessary and inappropriate”.

One neighbor, actor Rodney Bewes, told the press that the fence injured his cat named Maurice. (Hmm maybe it was a cat burglar on the prowl). The 70 year old actor, who starred in the sixties comedy “The Likely Lads”, says the fence is responsible for almost killing his cat and cost him thousands at the vet. Bewes told the BBC, “Is the razor wire necessary? Our cat has been caught three times, once severing an artery, and we know of three other cats which have been injured.” He argues the fence is ineffective for human intruders since they could easily more the razor wire from the wooden fence and enter under the razor wire. He says his biggest sadness is coming home and seeing razor wire and all it stands for in the world. His wife added, “Lots of people have nice houses around here and none of us wants to be burgled, but we don’t all go and put razor wire up. I think it’s wrong, it looks like a war zone.”

Despite losing the fencing duel, civic leaders hope to get Mrs. Harrison to scale down the fence. (I think they mean make it smaller, and they aren’t suggesting she scale down the side of a razor fence.)

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Paul McCartney was a winner even at an early age. His essay placed first in the under age 11 category and won him a gift certificate for books. McCartney wrote favorably about the Queen in his essay saying that the “present day royalty rules with affection rather than force”. All you need is love indeed. He also refers to her as “our lovely young queen”. Eventually, the Queen would return the favor by knighting Sir Paul McCartney. (When you graduate, you get a graduation cap. When you’re knighted do they give you a knight cap?)

The essay was discovered by author Kevin Roach in therecords at Liverpool’s Central Library where he works. He was researching his book on the McCartney family at the time. Roach commented how advanced the young McCartney’s handwriting was for a ten year old. Perhaps he really did have aspirations to wanna be a Paperback Writer. Roach told the Sun Newspaper that it looks more like the hand writing of a fourteen or fifteen year old. He comments that, “I’m not surprised that it was pro-royalist, bearing in mind attitudes of the time and because his father, James, was a royalist”

The 300 word essay, which was probably unseen by the public in over 50 years, are sure to be one of the earliest pieces of evidence of McCartney’s creative mind. Paul’s brother Mike recalls how nervous his brother was when receiving his book certificate from the mayor.

McCartney has a little spelling error when he writes “souveniers for any tourists who come to see this marvelous spectacle.” His comment is ironic considering the amount of Beatles souvenirs that would be available a decade later. And his teacher corrected his overuse of the word “But” to start two sentences. But hey, no creative piece is without it’s flaws. Especially one created by a ten year old. I’m lucky I could finger paint at that age.

Yet-to-be-Sir Paul finishes off his essay about the Queens Coronation nicely by saying “After all this bother, many people will agree with me that it was well worth it.” Yes Paul, I agree, after all the bother it was well worth it.

- Beatles Geek Pete
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Beatles Her Majesty Foreshadowed in 1953

Variety reports that there is going to be a film made about Brian Epstein’s life. It’s going to be called “A Life in A Day”. Hmm, that title sounds familiar-ish but backwards. Producer David Permut is currently attempting to secure the rights to the Beatles music for the film. The film is said to concentrate on the early years of the Beatles forming. The film hasn’t begun shooting yet.

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New Brian Epstein Movie Coming

Director Robert Zemeckis and Disney are in negotiations to remake Yellow Submarine, the 1968 psychedelic animated film based on the music of The Beatles. The potential deal would combine cutting-edge 3-D feature technology with the latest reinterest in The Beatles.

A report in Variety states that Disney is working on a complicated rights deal that would clear sixteen Beatles tunes for use in the film. The report doesn’t say how close Zemeckis would  like to stick to the original, but song availability could have a lot to do with it. He won’t need the voices of Paul or Ringo, however, as even in the original the Fab Four were primarily played by voice actors.

Zemeckis plans to make the new “Yellow Submarine” in the same cutting-edge 3-D process he has used for other films like “The Polar Express,” “Beowulf,” and his upcoming version of “A Christmas Carol.”

The original psychedelic cartoon told the tale of Pepperland, a musical paradise under the sea that’s protected by Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It’s a happy place until it’s attacked by the music-hating Blue Meanies.

It could be great like the movie Across the Universe, or it could be another Sgt. Pepper with the Bee-Gees disaster. The original was a phenomenal bit of cartooning contrasts which included rotoscoping incorporated into free form visions of a dying Victorian landscape, unusual Nazi-like villains whose horrors seem slightly surreal and almost laughable. It would be interesting to see what they can do with the story with today’s technology. It may all come down to a better script and not more bells and whistles.

The deal would reportedly include rights for Disney to turn the film into a Broadway musical, like the company has already done with “The Lion King,” as well as a Cirque du Solil. To be honest, I expected the Beatles Love Cirque show to more Yellow Submarine-like. So, hopefully they’ll pull off that magical world in a second Beatles Cirque collaboration.

The goal is to have the Yellow Submarine remake ready for the July 2012 Olympics in London. That is if the new Yellow Sub can make it off the ground.

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New Yellow Submarine Disney Remake?

The ex-Beatle sat down with Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner shortly after the Fab Four broke up and revealed a few home truths about the real reasons behind the split – something the four former Beatles have rarely spoken about. Wenner released the tapes for celebrated rock journalist Mikal Gilmore’s study on what tore the band apart, which appears in the upcoming issue of the publication.

In the interview, John comments on feeling “sick” over selling out as a band as well as being “fed up” playing sidekick to Paul, a feeling that Lennon says was mutual for Ringo and George.

The musician also spoke about the band’s disrespect towards his wife Yoko Ono, saying that the other Beatles despised her and that It seemed he had to be happily married to them or Yoko and he chose Yoko. He added that George insulted her right to her face and he didn’t hit him, he wonders why. Lennon says that Ringo was alright but the other two really gave it to John and Yoko. He said he’d never forgive them.

But ultimately, Lennon suggests the Beatles break-up was a long time coming. By the time they made it big in the early 1960s, Lennon said that the music died and that they never improved from that point forward.

Lennon is definitely at his most bitter in the Rolling Stone interview tapes. I believe his feelings changed as a little time was put between the bitter breakup. I also believe Lennon was trying to distance himself from the huge shadow of the Beatles in an effort to forge a new solo career.

The Why The Beatles Broke Up article appears in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.

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Billboard Magazine reports that Paul McCartney may get back some of his Beatles songs in the next decade. A U.S. Copyright Act lets songwriters regain copyrights after 56 years. So, Paul McCartney could begin regaining control over songs he wrote in 1962 in the year 2018. Then, over the next 8 years, additional McCartney-penned songs may go back under his control. Nice retirement money!

The copyright act has different rules if the songwriter dies. Some of John Lennon’s song rights were up for grabs as early as 1990. It’s been reported that Lennon’s heir, Yoko Ono, struck a deal with publisher Sony/ATV so they would retain Lennon’s portion of the song publishing. That would have been ironic if Yoko had gained control over the Lennon and McCartney copyrights before Paul.

The Beatles original publishing company, Northern Songs, was set up by Brian Epstein and publisher Dick James along with the Beatles. Epstein, James, Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr each had some shares in the publishing company. McCartney said that the four Beatles signed all the contracts Epstein presented to them without reading them first. John says they had complete faith in him when he was running us. To them, Epstein was the expert.

After Epstein’s death in 1967, John and Paul failed at renegotiating their publishing deal with Dick James. Early in 1969, Dick James abruptly sold his majority shares in Northern Songs to Britain’s Associated TeleVision (ATV). He gave the Beatles no notice, and no opportunity to buy the shares.

Unfortunately, Lennon and McCartney were still legally bound by their Northern Songs publishing agreement to continue writing songs until 1973. Unhappy with their deal, they wanted out of their songwriting obligation, and out of the Beatles. The simplest way out was to give in and sell their song shares to ATV. Lennon and McCartney sold their Northern Songs stock in October 1969 for £3.5 million.

So, Lennon and McCartney lost control over the Beatles/Northern Songs copyrights to ATV Music. ATV was later sold to billionaire Robert Holmes a Court. Then in 1985, Michael Jackson outbid Paul McCartney and bought ATV and the Beatles publishing rights for $47.5 million. In the need for some cash, Micheal Jackson later sold half the rights to Sony and formed Sony/ATV.

It was rumored early this year that Jackson had put McCartney in his will and was giving his old friend back the Beatles songs. No one could imagine when that story was reported in the British press that Jackson would be dead within the year. Unfortunately the story proved to be false. Jackson did not include Paul McCartney in his will.

Micheal Jackson reportedly had debts totaling $500 million when he died, so it’s unclear if his half-ownership of the Beatles song catalog will go to pay off some of his debtors. Stay tuned!

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Abbey Road Ward Councilor Lindsey hall says that since the year 2000, there were 22 accidents at the Abbey Road Crossing. She adds, “Maybe it’s time to end this once and for all and move the zebra crossing.” Another government official, Judith Warner stated, “I have asked our transport department if the crossing is in the most appropriate place.” A spokesman for Westminster City Council debated, “There is nothing to indicate any more cause for concern than any other road.”

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Well here’s a silly suggestions, how about a traffic light? Break out your calculators and figure out how much money the Beatles bring in tourism. Now subtract the cost of a traffic light that would give fans half a minute to snap a photo. Still a big number.

And, do you think that fans aren’t going to still cross the road if the stripes aren’t painted there? It’s not like they are the same stripes as the original album cover anyway. The tourist attraction is the spot in the road, not the paint on the pavement.

This all just after the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the photographing of the Abbey Road album cover. Thousands of fans visited the spot on the anniversary. The Beatles tribute band “Sgt Peppers Only Dartboard Band” dressed in replica clothing and crossed the road to recreate the famous pose.

Photographer Iain Macmillan took the original photograph. He was chosen because of work he had done for Yoko. The photographer only had about fifteen minutes to take the album cover photograph. He stood on a ladder in the middle of the road and snapped only about 8 photos of the John, Ringo, Paul and George crossing in front of Abbey Road Studio while a policemen held traffic.

There was no writing on the album cover. Not even the band’s name. Creative director at Apple records, Josh Kosh, insisted the Beatles were the most famous group on earth and they did not need their name on the cover. The record company said they’d never sell albums unless they said who the band was. I suppose it all worked out all right in the end.

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Government Moving Beatles Abbey Road Crossing?

The four Beatles walked across the road outside the Abbey Road Studios, at 11.35am on August 8 1969, for the album cover photo of their last recorded album.

While brainstorming for a title and cover concept for their final album, the Beatles thought it should be something grand. They came up with “Everest” after looking a the packet of Everest cigarettes that belonged to their recording engineer Geoff Emerik. The world-famous Beatles planned to end big and and take a trip to Mount Everest to photograph themselves in front of the world-famous mountain.

Outakes of the Beatles Abbey Road Photo Shoot Below…

Abbey Road Album Cover Outtakes

But, the recording process dragged on for longer than the soon-to-be-spit Beatles patience. So John Lennon sarcastically quipped, instead of calling it Everest and flying to bloody Mount Everest, why don’t we just call it Abbey Road and take the picture in front of Abbey Road. Paul McCartney, the planner, sketched the Beatles road crossing image in stick figures and the plan was set.

Photographer Iain Macmillan was chosen because of work he had done for Yoko. He was only given about 15 minutes to get the shot. Standing on a ladder in the road, He took only about eight pictures of the Beatles crossing in front of Abbey Road Studio while a policemen held traffic.

The Volkswagen Beetle that was coincidentally parked in front of the studio belong to someone who lived on the street. The car was sold in 1986 auction for only $23,000 and is currently on display at the Volkswagen museum in Germany.

The man standing on the sidewalk learing at the Beatles is Paul Cole, an American tourist who was waiting for his wife who was lingering in a museum. Cole remembers, “I just happened to look up, and I saw those guys walking across the street like a line of ducks. A bunch of kooks, I called them, because they were rather radical-looking at that time. You didn’t walk around in London barefoot.”

The man who stepped into history didn’t know he was in the shot until a year later when his wife was learning “Something” on the organ. Trying to convince his children that it was him on the Beatles new album cover, he told them to get out the magnifying glass. Paul Cole died just last year at 96 years old.

Unusual for an album cover, there is no writing. Not even the name of the band. Josh Kosh, creative director at Apple records, insisted the Beatles were the most popular band in the world and didn’t need their name on the cover. EMI said they would never sell albums if they didn’t say who the band was. I guess it worked out selling OK in the end anyway.

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Album Cover for the Beatles Abbey Road

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The Beatles Abbey Road Album Cover Photo 40 Years Old

The Beatles clothing line will include fashion elements like a 60s inspired paisley print with a modern edge, the Beatles iconic font, and silhouettes of the Beatles from Help. The navy-colored Harrington jacket will have an interior with the Beatles faces in pop art colors. (Trivia alert: The Harrington Jacket was named after Rodney Harrington which was Ryan O’Neal’s character on the 1960s TV show Peyton Place.)

Ben Sherman’s creative director Mark Maidment says, “This is an ideal time for us to bring a new Beatles clothing collection to market, our own evolution into a complete lifestyle brand has meant that we can more strongly emphasize quality fabrics and authentic style. The classic Beatles imagery resonates with all consumers at all levels.”

The Benn Sherman company was founded in 1963 by Arthur Bernard Sugarman. He was the owner of a shirt factory who had realized that early 1960s London jazz fans were eagerly buying the American button-down shirts worn by visiting American jazz artists like Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Oscar Peterson. At the time, the English could only buy the shirts from official importers who had cornered this growing fashion market.

Sugarman, a one time American citizen, decided to produce a version of these shirts in England. The 60s English mods responded immediately, particularly because Sugarman was using better fabric than the imported shirts. He created the Ben Sherman Originals label. Today, The Ben Sherman brand is one of the most popular men’s casual wear brands in England.

Caroline Mickler, who is the official Beatles licensing representative, believes, “Ben Sherman and The Beatles are a perfect match, combining a genuine British heritage with powerful, worldwide brand recognition. She adds, “With The Beatles Clothing Collection Ben Sherman has brought together its real feel for The Beatles and their iconic status with a highly individual, highly sophisticated approach to these classic clothing styles. The market is very excited about this collaboration – and so are we.”

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New Beatles Clothing Line by Ben Sherman

McCartney’s Buddha-like drummer Abe Laboriel Jr. told the Boston Globe that Sir Paul somehow manages to play as if he were still that teenager with the mop top haircut back in Liverpool. McCartney’s Drummer adds that Sir Paul does not need to tour but he is playing live because he wants to. According to Laboriel, Paul loves to tour and it keeps him young, every time he sits down he’s reborn, he’s like a seventeen year old who is thrilled to be there in the moment.

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A few songs into the Fenway Park set McCartney removed his Beatle-ish jacket to reveal Larry-King-ish red suspenders. Later in the show he joked about having a weak heart and not being able to continue with the stadium-shaking Live and Let Die firework explosions. All kidding aside the ex-Beatle still goes out on tour with the enthusiasm of a much younger man. Few aging rock stars show this much freshness in their performances. McCartney obviously loves his chosen profession.

In addition to “Live and Let Die”, McCartney rocked out his Les Paul to the Wings classic “Let Me Roll It”. He ended the hard rocker with a bit of Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady”. After the song Paul retold the story of how the Sgt. Pepper album had come out on a Friday and by Sunday he had seen Hendrix play in a club. Hendrix surprised the Beatle with his own Hendrix rendition of the Sgt. Pepper Reprise.

The Paul McCartney Fenway Park show also had quieter moments when the band left McCartney to do his solo acoustic guitar finger picking. McCartney introduced the White Album classic “Blackbird” as a tribute he had written in the sixties to the American Civil Rights Movement. He also performed the touching “Here Today” which he described as an imaginary conversation with his late friend John Lennon. George Harrison also had his moment when McCartney performed George’s “Something” on a Ukelele that the late Beatle had given Paul. I guess Ringo will have to wait until he passes for McCartney to dedicate a song to him in concert.

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Paul McCartney Hits Home Run at Fenway Park