Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Album:
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band entered the Kent album charts in the #1 position on 5 August 1967. It remained on top for the next 30 weeks. The album was in the Top 20 for 95 weeks (almost 2 years).
Songwriters:
John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Producer:
George Martin
Record label of Australian release:
Parlophone
Wikipedia – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band:
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the Beatles. It was lauded by critics for its innovations in songwriting, production and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art, and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture. Its release was a defining moment in 1960s pop culture, heralding the Summer of Love, while the album’s reception achieved full cultural legitimisation for pop music and recognition for the medium as a genuine art form.
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Wikipedia – A Day in the Life:
Credited to Lennon–McCartney, the verses in A Day in the Life were mainly written by John Lennon, with Paul McCartney primarily contributing the song’s middle section. It is widely regarded as one of the finest and most important works in popular music history.
Lennon’s lyrics were mainly inspired by contemporary newspaper articles, including a report on the death of Guinness heir Tara Browne. The recording includes two passages of orchestral glissandos that were partly improvised in the avant-garde style. In the song’s middle segment, McCartney recalls his younger years, which included riding the bus, smoking, and going to class. Following the second crescendo, the song ends with a sustained chord, played on several keyboards, that sustains for more than forty seconds.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life
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