Here are ๐ฏ lesser-known facts about your favorite Band โค๏ธ
1. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ชฒ
The band liked the idea of using the name of an insect as a band name, and they were fans of Buddy Holly and the Crickets. Because John Lennon loved puns, he altered the spelling of โBeetlesโ to โBeatlesโ.
2. ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฏ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐บ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ ๐จ
The Beatles met Bob Dylan during their 1964 tour of the United States, and the singer-songwriter offered them some cannabis to smoke. They enjoyed the experience, and all four Beatles began smoking marijuana on a regular basis.
3. ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฅธ
John Lennonโs father, Alfred Lennon, was a merchant mariner who had a stormy relationship with Lennonโs mother and was gone for most of his sonโs youth. John Lennon was mostly raised by his aunt.
When the Beatles exploded on the pop scene, Alfred Lennon tried to reconnect with his son and also made a novelty recording that was somewhat successful to capitalize on the fame of the Fab Four.
The Beatles Sketch by - Jova Cheung https://www.flickr.com/photos/jova1701/8093393504