“Penny Lane” brought the Beatles a number one in the charts – and John Lennon’s old neighborhood a tourist boom.
“We had just completed the work on ‘Strawberry Fields’,” says George Martin, “And” Penny Lane’ was the result of what John can do, I can also attitude. “Strawberry Fields’ was such a hit that Paul went home to get the optimum out of his song idea. And both songs were important, both treated their childhood. ”Originally as part …
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