40th Birthday Stories

Music lovers are celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of the most acclaimed pop music albums of the century. Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the 1960′s pop icon — The Beatles — came to symbolize the era and shaped the musical landscape for the baby-boomer generation. The Beatles’ most famous musical offering took rock and pop music to a new artistic level and continues to shape music 40 years after its release. Following in the footsteps of John, Paul, George and Ringo, from around the world, Beatles fans flock to London’s Abbey Road, the street where the “Fab Four” turned their memorable lyrics into music a generation cannot forget. It was at the Abbey Road studios where, perhaps, the Bealtles’ most famous album was born. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was an immediate critical and popular sensation — described by fans, music critics and fellow musicians as innovative in every sense. It was an adventure in concept, sound, song writing, studio technology — not to mention Sir Peter Blake’s eye-popping artwork on the cover. Released on June 1st, 1967 the album launched the “Summer of Love” — the psychedelia, spirituality, and acid craze that swept the globe. At the time of its release The London Times newspaper described Sgt. Pepper as “a decisive moment in the history of Western civilization.” On its 40th birthday Sgt. Pepper came in number one in a Capital Gold radio poll in the UK. The radio network’s DJ, David Jensen says the album will …

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