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"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on 13 February 1967 as a double A-side single with "Penny Lane". It represented a departure from the group's previous singles and a novel listening experience for the contemporary pop audience.
"Strawberry Fields Forever" / "Penny Lane" was the first Beatles single since "Please Please Me" in 1963 to fail to reach number 1 on Record Retailer ' s chart (later the UK Singles Chart). [121] With "Penny Lane" as the side favoured by the chart, [ 122 ] the single was held at number 2 behind Engelbert Humperdinck 's " Release Me ", [ 123 ...
Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) landscaped section in New York City's Central Park, designed by the landscape architect Bruce Kelly, that is dedicated to the memory of former Beatles member John Lennon. It is named after the Beatles' song "Strawberry Fields Forever", written by Lennon.
Lennon purchased the poster on 31 January 1967 at a Sevenoaks antiques shop while the Beatles were filming promotional films for "Strawberry Fields Forever" in Sevenoaks, Kent. [10] Lennon claimed years later to still have the poster in his home. [11] "Everything from the song is from that poster," he explained, "except the horse wasn't called ...
Dedicated fans of the legendary John Lennon converged on Strawberry Fields in Central Park on Sunday to dance, sing and remember the icon’s tragic death 44 years ago.
Strawberry Field is a Salvation Army property and visitor attraction in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton. It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005. The house and grounds had originally been built as a private residence in the Victorian era , before being acquired by the Salvation Army in the 1930s.
The strawberry’s story wouldn’t be complete without an element of intrigue, and this tale certainly has one. It began in 1712 when King Louis XIV sent French Army Intelligence Corps engineer ...
1. Gen. George Custer. West Point, New York The Civil War general most famous for his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn can be found in the West Point Cemetery alongside many other ...