21-25 Beatles Facts
21. The Beatles were considering to name their 1969 album Everest and even flying to the Himalayas to shoot the cover photo. Instead, they named it Abbey Road and shot the cover photo in front of the studio. – Source
22. During the week of 4 April 1964, the Beatles held the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles simultaneously. This feat hasn’t been accomplished by any other artist to date, the closest being 50-Cent, who placed three titles simultaneously. – Source
23. John Lennon wrote the Beatles song ‘Dear Prudence’ for Prudence Farrow (Mia’s sister) while studying TM in India. The group became worried about her because she spent the majority of her time alone in her room practicing meditation, so John wrote her a song to persuade her to socialize more. – Source
24. The Beatles once bought a private island with plans to all live together in peace away from screaming fans, but later sold it as they were breaking up. – Source
25. Mad Men paid $250,000 for the master recording of “Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles, played for just two minutes during a season 5 episode. – Source
26-30 Beatles Facts
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26. In the Beatles song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” neither George Harrison nor John Lennon plays the lead guitar part. Eric Clapton does. – Source
27. In Soviet Russia, due to strict censorship of music, there was a black market for Beatles records that had been etched onto used x-ray film. Some would sell for an entire month’s salary. The records earned the name “music on the bones.” – Source
28. When the Beatles were at a British Embassy reception in Washington D.C., someone cut off a lock of Ringo’s hair as a souvenir. Ringo told an interviewer, “These diplomats just don’t know how to behave.” – Source
29. Some of The Beatles first gigs were eight hours long and fuelled by stimulants. – Source
30. Across the Universe, by The Beatles, is the first song aliens will hear (it was beamed into deep space by NASA). – Source
31-35 Beatles Facts
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31. The Beatles used a cash register for effect on “Yellow Submarine.” – Source
32. The Beatles song “A day in the Life” has an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for the enjoyment of his Shetland sheepdog. – Source
33. The Beatles concerts were said to smell heavily of urine due to overexcited girls. – Source
34. The Beatles had to dodge jelly beans thrown at them on stage because fans heard George Harrison liked them. – Source
35. Israel disallowed the Beatles to have a show there because they thought that “The Beatles have an insufficient artistic level and cannot add to the spiritual and cultural life of the youth in Israel.” – Source
36-40 Beatles Facts
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36. The Beatles’ album “Rubber Soul” returned to album charts 22 years after its initial release, then again ten years later. – Source
37. In January 1967 The Beatles recorded a 14-minute avant-garde performance that remains unreleased to this day, known as “Carnival of Light” and is considered the holy grail of missing Beatles’ songs. – Source
38. “Her Majesty” by the Beatles is 0:23 long and is one of the first hidden tracks. – Source
39. Before changing the lyrics in Yesterday by The Beatles, they were originally “scrambled eggs, oh baby how I love your legs, but not as much as I love scrambled eggs.” – Source
40. The BBC banned The Beatles’ “Come Together” because the mention of Coca-Cola violated the BBC’s policy against product placement. – Source
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The Beatles concerts did not smell of urine. If you click on the source, you will see that rumor is debunked.
If you click on the sources source you only have one account by someone that claims it could be true but was not at the concert they attended. That doesn’t debunk anything.
If you click on the sources source you only have one account by one person of one concert they attended. And that person even says it could be possible. That doesn’t debunk anything.