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the original version of "Blackbird" was written and recorded by McCartney himself during June 1968 sessions for the Beatles' self-titled LP – later nicknamed the White Album. He'd turn 26 the ...

EMI respected his idea at first but then gave up on it. The final album has a white cover with the name The Beatles on it. The White Album turned out so well that even John liked it. The book All ...

As the 60s swung about them and their iconic mop-tops grew increasingly shaggy, The Beatles enjoyed ... a week after the White Album, wrapped in the most unflattering nude cover in the history ...

John Lennon didn’t want to elaborate much on a song from The Beatles’ The White Album. The original version of the song was not a hit. Paul McCartney’s solo cover of the song became popular.