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In 1968, The Beatles established their APPLE RECORDS Company, and in addition to release their own group and solo tunes signed, many first-time artists to their label, including Ronnie Spector, Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, Billy Preston, and many others. Here are all of the non-Beatles singles released on APPLE in 1972-1976, followed by their release dates. Enjoy! APPLE SINGLES (NON-BEATL...

APPLE RECORDS SINGLES (NON-BEATLES) 1971-1972 In 1968, The Beatles established their APPLE RECORDS Company, and in addition to release their own group and solo tunes signed, many first-time artists to their label, including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, Billy Preston, and many others. Here are all of the non-Beatles singles released on APPLE in 1971-1972, followed by their release dates. E...

APPLE RECORDS SINGLES (NON-BEATLES) 1970 In 1968, The Beatles established their APPLE RECORDS Company, and in addition to release their own group and solo tunes signed, many first-time artists to their label, including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, Billy Preston, and many others. Here are all of the non-Beatles singles released on APPLE in 1970, followed by their release dates. Enjoy! MARY...

APPLE SINGLES (NON-BEATLES) 1968-1969 In 1968, The Beatles established their APPLE RECORDS Company, and in addition to release their own group and solo tunes signed, many first-time artists to their label, including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, Billy Preston, and many others. Here are all of the non-Beatles singles released on APPLE in 1968-1969, followed by their release dates. Enjoy! MA...

Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer DONOVAN has released close to thirty albums throughout his career...On another edition of his ALBUM CUTS: DEEP DIVE, host Bill Ludwig feels that too many of Donovan's album cuts may have been overlooked. So Bill spins MANY of these overlooked DONOVAN tunes in the latest DEEP DIVE - DONOVAN...

23 covers of Beatles songs by 23 artists in 75 minutes ~ And these are not your typical note-for-note cover songs. These artists from around the world push the envelope & come up with some interesting sounds...Enjoy!

The Bee Gees achieved their greatest commercial success during their "disco/dance" period. But Bill maintains that their best non-hit songs are from their pre- and post-disco output. He offers 27 TUNES to prove his point. Hear what you may have been missing!

The Beatles covered about 25 songs by other artists on their commercially released studio albums (& not counting the BBC Recordings & Decca Audition songs). We've chosen the top 8 songs [one for each day in a Beatles Week] covered by the Fabs (in a totally subjective list)...Yeah Yeah Yeah

Steve Ludwig, host of Steve Ludwig's Classic Pop Culture at PlanetLudwig.com, chooses his totally subjective Top Ten Garage Songs of the 60's. He'll count down the list from 10 to 1, and afterwards Steve will tell you who's who and who sang what, just in case you needed a reminder. Enjoy!

You wanted more twist instrumentals, you've got five more twist instrumentals!

Five instrumentals with "TWIST" in the title...

Five twist songs, all by Mr. Twist himself, Chubby Checker!

Yet more twisting songs for the twisting inclined!

Five more songs to twist to!

Let's Twist Again!

Twist List # 4 ~ Five more songs to twist to!

It's another group to twist to! Twist List # 3

Let's twist again with a new group of twist songs!

In our never-ending Beatles Quest to share Beatle-y stuff you've never heard, we bet you'll hear a thing or two for the first time on Beatles Hour # 75...

Before many British musicians became household names, they were in other bands during the British Music Invasion years of 1963 to 1966. Here are 20 songs by British musicians such as David Bowie, Ian Gillan, Dave Mason, Lemmy from Motorhead, Mike D'Abo, Ian Hunter, Alan White, and many others. Host Steve Ludwig tells us what groups they were in before they became famous, and then he'll play a rela...

"Apple Scruffs" is George Harrison's love-letter-in-a-song to those fans who would wait outside the Apple Corps Building (as well as other locations), hoping to catch a glimpse of one or all of The Beatles coming and going. "Apple Scruffs" appeared on George's 1970 ALL THINGS MUST PASS album. Come with us into the recording studio as George goes through take after take, working out the kinks of wh...

Steve Ludwig, of PlanetLudwig.com, combines The Moody Blues' song, "Isn't Life Strange" (from their 1972 album, SEVENTH SOJOURN) with Tom Waits's recitation of Charles Bukowski's "The Laughing Heart." Waits is heard at around the 4-minute mark...

The rock opera, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, celebrated its 50th Anniversary of the release of the original vinyl album in 2020. Here is a rare 1970 interview with its creators, Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Tim Rice (lyrics & book), & Ian Gillan ("Jesus Christ" & lead singer of Deep Purple). Join host Steve Ludwig as he takes on the roll of interviewer in this open-ended interview from 1970. Plus, the...

What's "weird"? What's "pop"? If it's 75 minutes of music with Julian Cope, Sonny Bono, Moondog, The Osmonds, a little bit of Lennon, Boom Pacha Boom, The Shining, The Exorcist, Dee Dee Ramone, actor Robert Mitchum, The Shaggs, and about 15 other musical "things," then this collection might be it...Relax...Enjoy...

In this edition of The Beatles Hour with Steve Ludwig # 73, as in Beatles Hour # 71, host Steve shares some of his vast collection of non-commercially-released Beatles audio, much of which we're sure you've never heard before. No theme, just random Beatles coolness. No rhyme or reason - We play The Beatles simply BECAUSE...BECAUSE they're THE BEATLES! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!