What Beatles album features a song that gave the name to a popular Norwegian festival in Oslo?
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Norwegian Wood (music festival) Norwegian Wood is an annual music festival in Oslo, Norway held in Frognerbadet. The name of the festival refers to the famous Beatles song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)".
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Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney and was first released on the album "Rubber Soul" on 3 December 1965. Musically influenced by the introspective lyrics of Bob Dylan, "Norwegian Wood" is considered a milestone in the Beatles' progression as complex songwriters. In addition, the recordings of studio musicians during the "Help!" filming sessions, and Ravi Shankar inspired lead guitarist George Harrison to incorporate the sitar into the song.
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Carry That Weight "Carry That Weight" is a song by the Beatles. Released on "Abbey Road" and part of the long, climactic medley that closes the album, it features vocals from all four Beatles (a rarity in their songs). It is preceded by "Golden Slumbers", and segues into "The End".
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Oslo Jazzfestival Oslo International Jazz Festival (established 1986 in Norway) is a Norwegian music event, held in August, with a focus on music form the jazz genere, performed on stages in Oslo.
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Only a Northern Song "Only a Northern Song" is a song by English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album "Yellow Submarine". Written by George Harrison, it was recorded mainly in February 1967 during the sessions for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" but the Beatles chose not to include it on that album. Instead, it was one of the four new songs that the band provided for the 1968 animated film "Yellow Submarine", to meet their contractual obligations to United Artists.
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The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and released by the Beatles on their 1968 album "The Beatles" (also known as the "White Album").
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Another Day (Paul McCartney song) "Another Day" is a song recorded by Paul McCartney in New York in 1970, during the sessions for his album "Ram". Although it was the first single of McCartney's solo career, "Another Day" was written and previewed during the Beatles' "Let It Be" sessions in 1969. It was released on 19 February 1971 in the UK, with "Oh Woman, Oh Why" as the B-side. Neither song was included on the "Ram" album.
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Beatlesongs Beatlesongs was a 1982 compilation album released by Rhino Records, containing novelty songs and parodies of the music of the Beatles.
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The Number Ones The Number Ones is a compilation album of hits by The Beatles released in 1983 by EMI on the Parlophone Records label in Australia (PLAY1024). Released on both LP and cassette, it is an alternative version of the album titled "20 Greatest Hits" in most of the world. Due to timing problems, EMI included a three-track bonus EP (A-980), with the 20-track LP. The cassette version contains all 23 tracks as cassettes do not have the length limitations which LPs have. The album spent one week at the top of the Australian album charts in 1983.
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Manhattan Skyline (song) "Manhattan Skyline" is a song by the Norwegian pop band A-ha. It was the third single from their "Scoundrel Days" album, and reached #13 in the UK Singles Chart.
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A Hard Day's Night (film) A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British musical comedy film directed by Richard Lester and starring the Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—during the height of Beatlemania. It was written by Alun Owen and originally released by United Artists. The film portrays several days in the lives of the group.
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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" is a song by the Beatles from their 1968 album "The Beatles" (often called "the White Album"). Although credited to Lennon–McCartney, the song was written solely by Paul McCartney. It was released as a single that same year in many countries, but not in their native United Kingdom, nor in the United States until 1976.
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Marsha Albert Marsha Albert (born 1948) is credited with being the person who jump-started the early 1960s phenomena known as Beatlemania in the United States when as a 15-year-old girl, on 17 December 1963, she introduced for the first time on American radio a song written and recorded by The Beatles titled I Want to Hold Your Hand (the Beatles' best-selling single worldwide), and that Beatles historian and author Bruce Spizer noted, in 2004, by his stating "Marsha Albert's actions forced a major record company to push up the release date of a debut single from an unknown band during the holiday season, a time when record companies traditionally released no new product."
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Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night is the Beatles seventh official EP, released on 6 November 1964. This EP contains four tracks from the album that were not featured in the film. Its catalogue number is Parlophone GEP 8924. It was also released in France.
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The Living Daylights (song) "The Living Daylights" is a song performed by Norwegian pop group A-ha for the 1987 James Bond film of the same name. It was written by guitarist Pål Waaktaar. After first appearing in the context of the film, a revised version was included in the band's "Stay on These Roads" studio album, which came out in 1988.
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Los Beatles (album) Los Beatles is a compilation album by The Beatles released originally in Argentina in 1965 (Odeon POPS Exitos Permanentes DMO 55506). It collects various songs from various singles and EPs. It was the first compilation LP released in Argentina.
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The Beatles' Story The Beatles' Story is the sixth album by the Beatles in the United States, issued on 23 November 1964 by Capitol Records in both mono and stereo formats (although the mono was merely a fold-down of the stereo mix). It is a documentary double album featuring interviews, press conferences, snippets of original or orchestral versions of Beatles songs with voice-overs. The easy listening excerpts were created, produced and arranged by Stu Phillips with the Hollyridge Strings originally recorded for the first Capitol Records' "Beatles Song Book".
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Live in Japan (George Harrison album) Live in Japan is a live double album by English musician George Harrison, released in July 1992. Credited to "George Harrison with Eric Clapton and Band", it was Harrison's second official live album release, after 1971's Grammy-winning "The Concert for Bangladesh". The album was recorded during his and Clapton's joint Japanese tour in December 1991, and it contains a selection of Harrison's hits as a solo artist alongside some of his best-known Beatles songs. Aside from the 2001 reissue of "All Things Must Pass", with previously unavailable bonus tracks, "Live in Japan" was Harrison's last release before his death in November 2001.
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Synchronicity (The Police album) Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by English rock band The Police, released in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1983. The band's most successful release, the album includes the hit singles "Every Breath You Take", "King of Pain", "Wrapped Around Your Finger", and "Synchronicity II". Much of the album's material was inspired by Arthur Koestler's "The Roots of Coincidence", which inspired the title and concept of the album. At the 1984 Grammy Awards the album was nominated for a total of five awards including Album of the Year and won three. At the time of its release and following its tour The Police were hailed as the "Biggest Band in the World".
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What Goes On (Beatles song) "What Goes On" is a song by the Beatles, featured as the eighth track on their sixth British album "Rubber Soul". The song was later released as the B-side of the US single "Nowhere Man", and then as the tenth track on the North America-only album "Yesterday and Today". It is the only song by the band credited to Lennon–McCartney-Starkey.
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Every Night (Paul McCartney song) "Every Night" is a song written by Paul McCartney while he was on holiday in Greece, and first released on his "McCartney" album on April 17, 1970. McCartney first performed this live, in Liverpool, on 23 November 1979.
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Tell Me What You See "Tell Me What You See" is a song by the Beatles that first appeared in 1965 on their album "Help!" in the United Kingdom and on "Beatles VI" in the United States. As with all Beatles compositions by either of the two, the song is credited to Lennon–McCartney. Regarding the song's authorship, Paul McCartney said, "I seem to remember it as mine. I would claim it as a 60-40 but it might have been totally me." Lennon said, in his interviews with "Playboy" (1980) and "Hit Parader" (1972), that "Tell Me What You See" was written completely by McCartney.