It is 60 years since the group topped the charts with “From Me to You” in 1963, writes the BBC. Thus, The Beatles have the longest stay between two first places for a band. But the records for The Beatles’ last and final hit, “Now and Then”, are many more than that: The Beatles are the oldest band to take first place on the Official UK Singles Chart. The band has a total of 18 number one singles – the most of any British band. “Now and Then” is the century’s fastest-selling vinyl single. The Official UK Singles Chart reflects the UK’s biggest singles of the week, based on audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl. Found on a forgotten cassette Their latest winning song “Now and Then” is primarily called a nostalgia trip by news’s music critic. After John Lennon was shot and killed in the open street in 1980, two cassettes were left in a drawer for his widow Yoko Ono. Sometime in the nineties, she passed the cassettes on to Paul McCartney. The surviving band members dusted off “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love”. 1964: The Beatles John Lennon (from left), George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney arrive in Liverpool on 10 July 1964 for the premiere of the film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. Photo: AP The last song on the cassettes was very scrappy. Nevertheless, the band made an attempt. They eventually had to leave it because the recording was too bad. George Harrison, who died in 2001, also called the song “damn rubbish”. Artificial intelligence But many decades after Harrison and Lennon’s death, Lennon’s voice is resurrected with the help of a new technologist. SUPERFAN: Beatles fan John Lennon, who even changed his name with the first copy of the recently released final Beatles song at HMV in Liverpool on November 3. Photo: Peter Byrne / AP – We could take out John’s voice with AI. So we could mix the song as we normally would, said Paul McCartney in a BBC Radio interview this summer. – Paul called me and said he wanted to work on “Now And Then”. He put on bass, and I put on drums, says Ringo Starr in the trailer for the song. The first bars of the song were written by John Lennon in 1978 and it was finally completed last year. – It is shocking. It has taken me by storm. It is also a very emotional moment for me. I love it!, says McCartney. – Lasting appeal The Beatles last topped the charts with “The Ballad of John and Yoko” in 1969, and have now passed Kate Bush’s 44 years between “Wuthering Heights” (1978) and “Running Up That Hill” (2022). – The return of John, Paul, George and Ringo with the last ever Beatles single has cemented their legend by breaking a number of records, says Martin Talbot. 18 AND 15 POUNDS: The single for sale in a record store in London. Price depends on black or clear vinyl. Photo: Kin Cheung / AP He is the head of the Official UK Singles Chart and he goes on to say: – It underlines the extraordinary scale of their enduring appeal, across all generations, with a large number of streams, downloads and vinyl singles.
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Topping the list 60 years after the first hit – news Culture and entertainment
