As The Beatles' entire back catalogue is re-released and Beatles Rock Band hits the shelves, the UK braces itself for another bout of Beatlemania.
If you think you know everything there is to know about the Fab Four, then read on and see how many of these Beatles facts you know.
1. The Daily Mirror coined the term Beatlemania in a show review in 1963
2. At 2:58 in Hey Jude Paul McCartney can be faintly heard saying "Oh, f***ing hell" after he made a mistake during the recording of the song
3. Some foods mentioned in Beatles records include: Truffles, cornflakes, honey, turkey, octopus, strawberries, eggs, peppers, pies and marshmallows
4. The Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night was named after an off-the-cuff remark Ringo Starr made in an interview with DJ Dave Hull in 1964. “We went to do a job, and we'd worked all day and we happened to work all night. I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said, 'It's been a hard day...' and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, '...night!'”
5. Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on the George Harrison penned song While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the band’s 1968 album The Beatles. The rest of the band were ready to ditch the song from the album when Harrison came up with his masterstroke and invited Slow Hand to play the lead
In 2008 a topiary tribute to The Beatles was unveiled on a traffic island in Liverpool. Unfortunately someone chopped Ringo’s head off after he admitted he misses nothing about his hometown
7. Before she became Cher, singer Bonnie Jo Mason recorded the novelty song I Love You Ringo about The Beatles’ drummer
8. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is the first British rock album to have the lyrics for every song printed on the back cover
9. The Beatles’ studio album A Hard Day’s Night is the only one to contain only songs penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
10. The Beatles earned $90,000 in 35 minutes for their Minneapolis show in August 1965www.realty-dejavu.com
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