Dion

01/17/25 • 44 min

Dion is one of only five people still alive who are on the cover of Sgt. Pepper. He was one of John Lennon’s musical heroes. Dion was also supposed to be on the plane with Buddy Holly that fateful night in 1959 - and he tells us that heartbreaking story. He also gives the best description of Buddy Holly that I’ve ever heard.

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May had an 18-month relationship with John Lennon when he separated from Yoko in the mid-70s. She tells us about her relationship with John & Yoko, how John had one of his most fruitful musical periods with her, and how she found out John had been murdered on that fateful night.

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Canadian Beatles historian Piers Hemmingsen

Not many people know that Canada discovered the Beatles one full year before the States did. Piers Hemmingsen is probably the foremost Canadian expert on the Beatles, and he is a curator of the "From Me To You: The Beatles in Canada 1964-1966" exhibit at the National Music Centre in Calgary, Alberta.

And he has a great story to tell.

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