A 12-string guitar played by Beatles stars John Lennon and George Harrison and thought to have been lost for almost 60 years is going up for auction. According to California-based auction house Julien’s Auctions, the acoustic Framus Hootenanny was used by the band in 1965, featuring in recordings, sessions and performances of songs including “Help!”, “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” and “It’s Only Love,”.
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Greates hits of all time : The Beatles
The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of 600 million units worldwide. They are the most successful act in the history of the US Billboard charts. They hold the record for most number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart (15), most number-one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (20), and most singles sold in the UK (21.9 million). The band received many accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 documentary film Let It Be) and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and each principal member was inducted individually between 1994 and 2015. In 2004 and 2011, the group topped Rolling Stone‘s lists of the greatest artists in history. Time magazine named them among the 20th century’s 100 most important people.
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Now Playing Movie : Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a 2023 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy is now playing worldwide. It is the final installment in the Guardians of the Galaxy film trilogy, the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014 and Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 in 2017, and the 32nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
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Today in Music’s History
On January 09 2005, Elvis Presley went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Jailhouse Rock.’ The single sold just 21,262 copies to reach No.1, the lowest sales ever for a UK chart topper since data began in 1969. The single was released to celebrate the 70th anniversary of his birth, a previous Elvis chart topper was re-released each week.
