BEATLES TRIVIA AND GAMES! Since July 30, 2012, trivia questions and games have been posted every Monday, and everyone has 2 weeks (through the 2nd Sunday) to submit their answers. One random winner is chosen every 2 weeks. Write to me with your answer(s) at everylittlething@att.net. Answers and winners names provided with every new trivia question! You can win once every 30 days!
NEW CHANGE IN OUR TRIVIA PAGE!!!: EVERY WEEK (until further announcement) MY BEATLES TRIVIA & GAMES PAGE CAN NOW WIN YOU ONE OF 10 PRIZES!!!!!!!!! CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 10 PRIZES BELOW!!! PRIZES MAY VARY FROM WEEK TO WEEK!
1) GWENT GARDENS--(CD)-Pete Ham - New collection of 18 demos recorded entirely by Pete, 14 of which were never released by Badfinger. Most of these songs are complete, had tremendous potential, and could have been placed on Badfinger albums. Pete plays all the instruments, except one song which had early member Ron Griffiths on bass. Only 1500 CD copies were made. Listen to my new interview with Badfinger archivist/historian TOM BRENNAN who helped to compile the songs for this new release HERE!!! (Only 1 copy available)
2) THE McCARTNEY LEGACY VOLUME 1: 1969-1973 ---The long-awaited book from Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair covering the end of the Beatles through the end of 1973, when Paul & Wings released their most successful album, "Band On The Run." Filled with so much information we never knew before, and several revelations. It is packed with details on all the recording sessions for every song, and information on Wings' early tours. This is a must-have for true McCartney fans!
3) GOODNIGHT VIENNA (VINYL)----Ringo's 1974 Top 10 album in the U.S. Includes the hits "Only You (And You Alone," "No No Song," "Snookeroo" (written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin) and the title track (written by John Lennon.) This reissue of the album was released in 2017.
4)SHE LOVES YOU ---Jude Southerland Kessler (PDF)---The 3rd in her series of books on the life of John Lennon, covering the period May 1963-March 1964 in detail. This book was recently made available as an audiobook. Also see prize #7---Jude's 5th book on Lennon "Shades Of Life Pt. 1." Watch my recent interview with Jude and narrator/voice over artist for "She Loves You" Scott R. McKinley on my You Tube channel KEN MICHAELS RADIO HERE!!!
5) McCARTNEY III IMAGINED (CD) --- Newer interpretations of songs from "McCartney III" by artists such as Beck, Domenic Fike, St. Vincent, Anderson.Paak, Phoebe Bridgers, and others!
6) IN YOUR MIND: THE INFINITE UNIVERSE OF YOKO ONO (T-Shirt) - For fans of the excellent book on Yoko from Madeline Bocaro, you can win a T-Shirt displaying the front cover of her book, size Large! And you can listen HERE to my recent interviw with Madeline covering John & Yoko's favorite songs of each other's! (Only 1 shirt available)
7)SHADES OF LIFE PART 1 --- Jude Southerland Kessler---The 5th volume of a proposed 10-book set on the life of John Lennon. Jude's mission has been to tell John's story as thoroughly and with as much detail as possible, and this book covers the period January-August 1965. Watch my new interview with Jude and narrator/voice over artist Scott R. McKinley discussing Jude's 3rd book SHE LOVES YOU, just made available as an audiobook on my You Tube channel KEN MICHAELS RADIO HERE!!!
8) ACT NATURALLY (Book) by Steve Matteo---A thorough look at all 5 of the Beatles films, with background information on all the actors and creative personnel. This is a real in-depth study of each film, also with a look at what was going on in the film industry in various parts of the world prior to the Beatles' film releases. Watch my new interview with Steve Matteo discussing "A Hard Day's Night" on my You Tube channel HERE!!!
9) THE ART OF McCARTNEY(2-CD)---2014 compilation of many legendary artists all covering Paul McCartney songs from both his Beatles and solo-career. Artists include Billy Joel, Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan, Steve Miller, Kiss, Jeff Lynne, Heart, B.B. King, The Cure featuring James McCartney, Smokey Robinson, Roger Daltrey and others!
10)WEEKLINGS -RASPBERRY PARK (CD)---The power-pop band that records a combination of original songs that are very Beatles influenced, along with covers of Beatles songs delivers their 4th studio album, which includes their versions of "I've Just Seen A Face," and "She's Leaving Home." Other highlights include their original, "Brian Jones," and "Mr Soul Satisfaction," a song that mixes the 2 classics from Buffalo Springfield and the Rolling Stones, with guest Peter Noone on lead vocals!
Can you tell me what solo-Beatles song contains all these forms of money currency from different countries?:
Dollar, Yen, Drachma, and Franc
Deadline for entering is April 28, 2024. Please write in with your mailing address, and indicate which prize you prefer. Write to Ken at everylittlething@att.net.
Tonight (April 15,) at 9pm (eastern) watch the live broadcast of TALK MORE TALK: A SOLO-BEATLES VIDEOCAST, when it's Pt. 2 of our look at Rolling Stones' list of the TOP 100 SOLO-BEATLES SONGS. We'll discuss songs 1-50, and share our thoughts on author Rob Sheffield's picks. Plus, the latest BEATLES NEWS! Please subscribe to our channel!
Watch my latest interview on KEN MICHAELS RADIO with TOM BRENNAN, who has helped organize the most recent releases on both Pete Ham and Badfinger, including the new CD of Pete Ham demos "GWENT GARDENS," currently a prize on this page! We discuss how he became involved in releasing previously unissued music on the group and Pete solo, and the songs on the new set of demos. You can see the interview HERE!!! You can also view my 2021 interview with Joey Molland HERE!!! And please subscribe to my channel! More new interviews coming soon!
Always check out my UPCOMING RELEASES page to find out past, present and future releases of all kinds on the Beatles (books, audio, video, etc.)
Archival Interview of the week: Top 3 Underrated McCartney Albums with guests author LUCA PERASI ("Music Is Ideas: The Stories Behind The Songs 1970-1989") and SAM WHILES (podcast, "Paul Or Nothing.") Watch the show HERE!!!
LAST WEEK'S BEATLES TRIVIA:
Figure out the following two titles of Beatles or Solo-Songs after I give you the first letter of each word in the song title (ie. BOTR=Band On The Run)
1) OBS 2) WWC
ANSWERS: 1) OLD BROWN SHOE (b-side to "The Ballad Of John And Yoko," 1969) 2) WHEN WINTER COMES (McCARTNEY III album, 2020) WINNER: JEFF HORNE (IL) - Wins "LIVING THE BEATLES LEGEND: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MAIL EVANS"--by Ken Womack (Congratulations, Jeff!!!)
Deadline for entering is April 14, 2024. Please write in with your mailing address, and indicate which prize you prefer. Write to Ken at everylittlething@att.net.
Tune in tonight (Monday, April 1) at 9pm (et) for the live broadcast of TALK MORE TALK: A SOLO-BEATLES VIDEOCAST when we take a look at ROLLING STONE'S recent list of the Top 100 SOLO-BEATLES SONGS!!! Join me, along with KIT O'TOOLE, JOE MAYO, TOM HUNYADY as we comment on the songs that made the list and whether we feel they deserve to be in this Top 100 survey. Plus the latest Beatles News!!!
View the most recent interview on my YOU TUBE channel, KEN MICHAELS RADIO with LUCA PERASI (author, "PAUL McCARTNEY: MUSIC IS IDEAS-THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS VOL. 1 (1970-1989)" when we discuss Paul's 1986 album, "PRESS TO PLAY." You can watch the interview HERE!