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Getting Better

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"Getting Better" is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney, with lyrical contributions from John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney). [1]

61 relations: Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline, Abbey Road Studios, All This and World War II, Allies (band), Back in the World (tour), Bee Gees, Better Homes and Gardens (TV series), Capitol Records, Cheap Trick, Conga, Contemporary Christian music, Cover version, Davey Graham, Double tracking, Dr. Seuss, Driving World Tour, Drone (music), Elio e le Storie Tese, EMI, Fear of a Black Planet, Fionn Regan, George Harrison, George Martin, Gomez (band), Hat (album), Hunter Davies, Ian MacDonald, India, Jimmie Nicol, John Lennon, Kaiser Chiefs, Kowalski, Lennon–McCartney, Les Fradkin, Lovely Rita, Lysergic acid diethylamide, Mojo (magazine), Parlophone, Paul McCartney, Penny Lane, Peter Frampton, Philips, Pianet, Pop rock, Public Enemy (band), Ringo Starr, Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father, Sgt. Pepper Live, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film), ..., Smash Mouth, Status Quo (band), Steve Hillage, Stimulant, Studentessi, Tanpura, The Beatles, The Cat in the Hat, The Cat in the Hat (film), The Wedding Present, Virginals. Expand index (11 more) »

Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline

Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline is a 2000 compilation of previously unreleased material, including BBC Radio 1 studio sessions, outtakes and B-sides by UK band Gomez.

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Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios (formerly known as EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England.

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All This and World War II

All This and World War II is a 1976 musical documentary that juxtaposes Beatles songs, performed by a number of musicians, with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century Fox films from the 1940s.

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Allies (band)

Allies was a Christian rock band.

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Back in the World (tour)

The Back in the World Tour was a European concert tour by Paul McCartney in 2003.

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Bee Gees

The Bee Gees --> were a pop music group formed in 1958.

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Better Homes and Gardens (TV series)

Better Homes and Gardens is an Australian television program which is broadcast on the Seven Network.

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records, Inc. is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.

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Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1974.

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Conga

The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba.

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Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music (or CCM—and occasionally "inspirational music") is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Davey Graham

David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham (originally spelled Davy Graham) (26 November 1940 – 15 December 2008) was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival.

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Double tracking

Double tracking or doubling is an audio recording technique in which a performer sings or plays along with their own prerecorded performance, usually to produce a stronger or "bigger" sound than can be obtained with a single voice or instrument.

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Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring more than 60 children's books under the pen name Doctor Seuss (abbreviated Dr. Seuss).

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Driving World Tour

The Driving World Tour was Paul McCartney's first concert tour of the 21st century and of any kind since 1993's New World Tour.

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Drone (music)

In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece.

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Elio e le Storie Tese

Elio e le Storie Tese (literally "Elio and the Troubled Stories"), often abbreviated EelST, was an Italian comedy rock band from Milan, formed in 1980.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and also referred to as EMI Records Ltd.) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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Fear of a Black Planet

Fear of a Black Planet is the third studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy.

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Fionn Regan

Fionn Regan (born 1981) is an Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter.

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 19268 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician.

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Gomez (band)

Gomez are an English indie rock band from Southport, comprising Ian Ball (vocals, guitar), Paul "Blackie" Blackburn (bass), Tom Gray (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Ben Ottewell (vocals, guitars) and Olly Peacock (drums, synths, computers).

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Hat (album)

Hat is an album by British musician Davy Graham, released in 1969.

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Hunter Davies

Edward Hunter Davies, OBE (born 7 January 1936) is a British author, journalist and broadcaster.

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Ian MacDonald

Ian MacCormick (known by the pseudonym Ian MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003) was a British music critic and author, best known for both Revolution in the Head, his critical history of the Beatles which borrowed techniques from art historians, and The New Shostakovich, a study of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jimmie Nicol

James George Nicol (born 3 August 1939), known professionally as Jimmie Nicol or Jimmy Nicol, is a British drummer and business entrepreneur.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.

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Kaiser Chiefs

Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, 22, in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year.

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Kowalski

Kowalski (feminine: Kowalska, plural Kowalscy) is the second most common surname in Poland (140,471 people in 2009).

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Lennon–McCartney

Lennon–McCartney was the songwriting partnership between English musicians John Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) and Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) of the Beatles.

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Les Fradkin

Les Fradkin (born 1951) is an American MIDI guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, and record producer.

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Lovely Rita

"Lovely Rita" is a song by the Beatles performed on the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, written and sung by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.

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Lysergic acid diethylamide

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known as acid, is a psychedelic drug known for its psychological effects, which may include altered awareness of one's surroundings, perceptions, and feelings as well as sensations and images that seem real though they are not.

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Mojo (magazine)

Mojo is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom.

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Parlophone

Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German-British major record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer.

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Penny Lane

"Penny Lane" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles.

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Peter Frampton

Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is a British rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist.

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Philips

Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips, stylized as PHILIPS) is a Dutch multinational technology company headquartered in Amsterdam currently focused in the area of healthcare.

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Pianet

The Pianet is a type of electro-mechanical piano built by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.

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Pop rock

Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is rock music with a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude.

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Public Enemy (band)

Public Enemy is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, Khari Wynn, DJ Lord, and the S1W group.

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Ringo Starr

Sir Richard Starkey (born 7 July 1940), known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

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Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father

Sgt.

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Sgt. Pepper Live

Sgt.

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt.

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)

Sgt.

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Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth is an American rock band from San Jose, California.

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Status Quo (band)

Status Quo are an English rock band who play a brand of boogie rock.

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Steve Hillage

Stephen Simpson Hillage (born 2 August 1951) is an English musician, best known as a guitarist.

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Stimulant

Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and invigorating, or drugs that have sympathomimetic effects.

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Studentessi

Studentessi is a 2008 studio album by Italian rock band Elio e le Storie Tese.

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Tanpura

The tanpura (तानपूरा; or tambura, tanpuri) is a long-necked plucked string instrument found in various forms in Indian music.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and first published in 1957.

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The Cat in the Hat (film)

The Cat in the Hat (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat) is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Bo Welch.

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The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group originally formed in 1985 in Leeds, England, from the ashes of the Lost Pandas.

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Virginals

The virginals or virginal is a keyboard instrument of the harpsichord family.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Better

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