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Had John Lennon not died in 1980, this year he would have celebrated his 70th birthday on Oct. 9. And a month later, he would have seen the Beatles catalog appear on iTunes for the first time. In one week, Apple sold 1.4 million Beatles songs. “Just imagine that we could live our favorite melodies,” Carly Paige [...]

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[ed. note: updated November 2, 2011; continuation of Love Them? We Do.] Fans around the world uploaded these covers of songs by The Beatles. The Marvin Berrys perform “Love Me Do.” Kevin Coonan of Canada plays “Love Me Do.” ortoPilot of the UK sings “I Saw Her Standing There.” Tiago Rosa from Brazil sings “I [...]

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Global Idol

The world’s a stage, and I’m your ticket. My playlists: “Blackbird” covers, Blackbird Fly. “Moon River” covers, Audrey Hepburn, You Heart Breaker. ”I Will” covers, Your Song Will Fill the Air. Folk songs, Shady Grove, My Little Love. “Ue o Muite Aruko” covers, Tears Falling in Japan. Love songs, Meet Me in Montauk. Beatles covers, Love Them? We Still Do. And Flash Mobs.

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[updated April 21, 2011] In the little-known 1986 film Echo Park, a character complains that he’s sick of how everyone he meets in Los Angeles has a day job, but they’re really looking for their big break. A bartender (played by Susan Dey) disagrees. “I love that everyone is really an actress, is really a [...]

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