She Said She Said

Travel back to December of 1965 as Jude Southerland Kessler, author of The John Lennon Series , Terri Crain author of Copyrighting The Beatles, and voice/actor-narrator Scott R. McKinley join forces with producer/artist Rande Kessler and special guest Lisa Southerland Allen to give you a special glimpse of The Beatles 1965 Homeland Tour of England, Scotland and Wales. You'll meet each of the boys'...

Join us for a great collection of rare music, videos, and photos as Jude Kessler of The John Lennon Series and Rande Kessler take you back to 12 October 1965 when The Beatles began Rubber Soul by recording "Run for Your Life." Then, the Rock and Roll Detective Jim Berkendstadt joins Jude for a lively discussion of the song's merits, answering the controversial question, "Why didn't John Lennon lik...

Lanea Stagg of The Recipe Records Series and Jude Southerland Kessler of The John Lennon Series chat with witty and entertaining journalist and author, Ivor Davis, announcing the 60th Anniversary re-release of his book, The Beatles and Me on Tour. Davis was the ONLY journalist to take the entire (Day One to Day End) 1964 North American Tour with The Beatles, and he also served as George Harrison's...

The effervescent lead singer and drummer for Cowboy Mouth, Fred LeBlanc, is interviewed by Lanea Stagg of The Recipe Records Series of rock'n'roll cookbooks and Jude Southerland Kessler of biographical narrative series, The John Lennon Series . In addition to video of two of the band's top charted songs, "I Believe" and "Jenny Says," Fred shares his musical tribute to John Lennon, a touching emoti...

Bob Wilson and Don Jeffries new book From Abbey Road to Strawberry Fields: A Billy Shears Story revisits the "Paul is Dead" controversy of the late 1960s, looking back through the eyes of those who know Paul best: his hairstylist (and only your hairstylist knows for sure!) Leslie Cavendish, band mate Laurence Juber, and 1964 traveling companion on the North American Tour, Ivor Davis! They all chim...

Join "She Said She Said" co-hosts, Recipe Records author Lanea Stagg and The John Lennon Series author Jude Southerland Kessler as they welcome noted author Don Jeffries to the show. Don and his talented co-author Bob Wilson have just released a brand new book on the "Paul is Dead" controversy. Entitled From Strawberry Fields to Abbey Road: A Billy Shears Story, this new and refreshing look at the...

It's been years in the making, but Sara Schmidt will be releasing her comprehensive history of The Beatles North American Fan Clubs, a work entitled Dear Beatle People at the New York Metro Fest for Beatles Fans, 31 March- 2 April. This week, Sara sat down with Recipe Records author Lanea Stagg and John Lennon Series author Jude Southerland Kessler to discuss this beautiful hardback collector's bo...

Let me take you back, 'cos we're goin' to 1963...with two of the most respected journalists of the year, London Daily Express foreign correspondent, Ivor Davis (author of The Beatles and Me on Tour ) and Westinghouse Network journalist, Art Schreiber (author of Out of Sight). Both were there on the scene...and because of their prominence were chosen to tour with The Beatles the following year. But...

This riveting interview with Jay Bergen, John Lennon's attorney in the Roots trial against mobster Morris Levy, is a true one-of-a-kind. Bergen discusses John, the man, John, the creative artist, and John, the superb witness. During the court proceedings, John was asked to discuss how he arranged songs in order on his LPs, why he valued the songs on his Rock'n'Roll LP that had been stolen by Levy...

Anna Frawley was the creator and host of the internationally acclaimed "Anna Frawley's Beatle Show" on Wnet in Warsaw, Poland. Broadcast every Friday and archived on MixCloud and Facebook (where she amassed 19,621 followers), Anna reached out to Beatles fans all over the world, accruing thousands of faithful friends and fans. Therefore, her sudden death in August of 2022 left a very real void in a...

Jude Southerland Kessler of The John Lennon Series and Lanea Stagg of The Recipe Records Series sit down with noted Beatles music expert and author Bruce Spizer as he discusses the latest book in his Beatles album series, From Rubber Soul to Revolver. Spizer explores the important events of 1965 and 1966 that inspired these two pivotal LPs. He looks at the transition of The Beatles from a stage ba...

The Beatles 1965 North American Tour was replete with exciting events: the unparalleled Shea Stadium concert, their meeting with Elvis, and Houston's near-tragic debacle when fans ran out onto the tarmac as The Beatles' plane was landing. Only the swift reactions of the American Flyers pilot prevented a tragedy. But the ordeal didn't end there: the fans held the boys captive inside the Electra II...

Esteemed Beatles historian, Lennon genealogist, and author, Philip Kirkland, stops by to talk with Lanea Stagg of The Recipe Records Series and Jude Southerland Kessler of The John Lennon Series about the interesting and colorful history of one of John Lennon's most colorful ancestors who served as a priest in the Liverpool diocese. This is not only a glimpse into John's heritage but also a look a...

Co-hosts Lanea Stagg of The Recipe Records Series  and Jude Southerland Kessler of The John Lennon Series sit down with noted authors Laura Cortner and Dr. Bob Hieronimus to discuss their new book, It's All in the Mind: Inside The Beatles' Yellow Submarine. This is the second volume that the two superb researchers have published on the making of Yellow Submarine, the artists involved, and the work...

"She Said She Said" co-hosts Lanea Stagg of The Recipe Records Series and Jude Southerland Kessler of The John Lennon Series give you a FAB "heads up" on everything happening at the upcoming New York Metro Fest at the Hyatt Regency, Jersey City, New Jersey, April 1-3. First, they talk with Mark and Carol Lapidos, the founders and directors of the Fest to hear about all of the Special Guests (such...

Hot on the heels of his bestseller, The Beatle Who Vanished, Jim Berkenstadt (The Rock and Roll Detective!) has just released a sure-fire hit, Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed! And this new book is riveting! Uncovering some of rock'n'roll's most whispered-about mysteries, Berkenstadt spent years doing intensive groundwork for this new volume. Find out who really discovered Elvis. Learn the trut...

If you had to select the 100 Most Pivotal Moments of The Beatles' career, what would you choose...and why? And by "The Beatles' career," I mean both their years together and their solo years. Quite a daunting task, isn't it? But that was the opportunity afforded to Goldmine writer and author of John Lennon: Life is What Matters, John Borack. John was recently asked to write a great new book, The B...

Join co-hosts Lanea Stagg, author of The Recipe Records Series, and Jude Southerland Kessler, author of The John Lennon Series, as they give you the opportunity to tour The Beatles' Liverpool, Hamburg, London, and New York from the comfort of your home via the magic of the new book The Beatles Fab Four Cities ! Distinguished authors, tour guides, and Beatles experts Dave Bedford (Liverpool and Ham...

For the fifth year, Lanea Stagg of The Recipe Records Series and Jude Southerland Kessler, author of The John Lennon Series host their lively "Best Beatles Books of 2021" show. (Number) Nine distinguished Beatles experts from all over the world discuss their new Beatles books and give you the inside track on getting these books and how to follow the authors on social media. You'll hear from Dr. Ke...

When do you think The Beatles first imagined Apple? And what was the original motivation behind their late Sixties business? The answers might surprise you! Join us as Recipe Record s author, Lanea Stagg, and John Lennon Series author, Jude Southerland Kessler sit down with noted historian and Executive Editor of Beatlefan magazine, Al Sussman, to "take a bite out of the Apple Corps." How many div...

If Stu Sutcliffe was John Lennon's best friend at Liverpool College of Art, Helen Anderson was his best female friend. John sought Helen out since she had painted a famous portrait of Lonnie Donegan, and the two became constant companions. Helen was also, throughout her life, an intimate friend of Cynthia Lennon, and the true insider stories that Helen tells could not be told by anyone else. In 19...

Leslie Cavendish, trained in London by Vidal Sassoon as a master stylist (truly an artist), became not only The Beatles' personal stylist, but also their trusted friend. He developed their post-Fabs look during the later Beatle years. They set him up in his own salon near the Apple Boutique. His days were spent in the Apple offices, and he was a member of the Magical Mystery Tour Bus! When George...

What was it like playing bass for John Lennon and Yoko Ono during New York City's most politically active days of the early 1970s? Gary Van Scyoc has all the true and unedited stories!!! Gary was an integral part of the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band that backed John and Yoko on "Some Time in New York City" and performed live with them at the Filmore East, on the "Dick Cavett Show," the "Mike D...

What was it like playing bass for John Lennon and Yoko Ono during New York City's most politically active days of the early 1970s? Gary Van Scyoc has all the true and unedited stories!!! Gary was an integral part of the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band that backed John and Yoko on "Some Time in New York City" and performed live with them at the Filmore East, on the "Dick Cavett Show," the "Mike D...