It Was 1 Year Ago Today...

It was 1 year ago today, Sept. 7th, that BeatlesLane.com went online! Nearly each month there are more page views than the month preceding it, so the site is growing slowly but surely. The year has gone by quick. I hope there are many more to come. Thanks for visiting!

Video: The Beatles - "The Long and Winding Road"

From the Beatles' Anthology DVD this is "The Long and Winding Road" from the 'Let It Be' sessions. Billy Preston is on keyboards.

Video: The Beatles - "Lady Madonna"

This is the Beatles video for "Lady Madonna" as it appears on The Beatles' Anthology DVD. In March 1968 "Lady Madonna" was released as a single, with "The Inner Light" as the B-Side.

Video: John Lennon "Instant Karma" from 'Top of the Pops'

This video is of John Lennon's Feb. 1970 performance of "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" on BBC-TV's `Top Of The Pops'.

This video is also included on the DVD 'Plastic Ono Band' [Amazon link].

Poll Results of "Which is your favorite 'REVOLVER' song?"

Here are the results from May's poll question "Which is your favorite 'REVOLVER' song?". It's kind of hard to read the graphic (even if you click to enlarge), but it shows that "Eleanor Rigby" had the most votes taking in 25% of the total. "For No One" had 15%, and "Here, There, Everywhere" and "I'm Only Sleeping" took in 12% apiece.

This month's poll is "Which is your favorite 'RUBBER SOUL' song?"

Video: The Beatles "If I Fell" (from 'A Hard Day's Night')

From the 1964 Beatles movie 'A Hard Day's Night', John sings "If I Fell" to Ringo.