Thursday, September 3, 2015

Beatles & Black

With the Beatles is their second album.


8 songs are their originals. 6 are cover songs.
Among 6 cover ones, 5 tunes are from “black music.”
I’d like to write on this topic.

The Beatles were the first white artists to ever admit that they grew up and honed themselves on black music. (Smokey Robinson)

1 comment:

  1. Released in the U.S. as "Meet the Beatles," with the same cover photograph. The black and white cover shot with half-shadowed faces is iconic. Iconic!!

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