Before the screaming crowds at JFK, a split-second studio exchange between Lennon and McCartney snapped a song into focus—and gave the Beatles their first US number one.
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Before the screaming crowds at JFK, a split-second studio exchange between Lennon and McCartney snapped a song into focus—and gave the Beatles their first US number one.
Before Beatlemania, a gentle instrumental from a Somerset-born trad jazz musician quietly topped the US charts. The accidental origins of Acker Bilk’s “Stranger on the Shore” trace back to a soldier’s boredom overseas.
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