“In June of 1967, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band came out. Brian Wilson is said to have heard it and wept. Wilson, the Beach Boys’ main songwriter, producer, erstwhile bass player, and singer-of-high-harmonies, knew he’d lost the race with the Beatles.”
“I was just so impressed by George when he told me that that was what he’d been thinking,” she said. “But I was not ready to be killed. That’s when I came in with the fire poker.”
The widow of the Beatle great recounts in more detail than ever before the stabbing incident in her home that nearly left her and George dead.
Olivia Harrison on the New George Harrison Documentary—and That Terrible Night in 1999 - Vanity Fair
Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s new documentary on the quiet Beatle (side note- George was called ‘the quiet Beatle’ because when they landed at JFK in 1964, he had a sore throat and didn’t talk much during the press conference. Though, as we’ll probably see in this doc, George was actually quite vocal).
According to Apple, the “day you will never forget” is the day the Beatles were added to iTunes. Big whoop.
(via ringoknowsbest)
