not only did you get george harrison, you got eric clapton. >> it got dylan out of hiding.the stage again. it was unparalleled at the time and may still be unparalleled. ♪ ♪ >> a great deal of music of the '70s was people who had succeeded in the '60s finding new ways to express themselves in the '70s. >> do you have any idea why your group particularly has lasted as long as it has? >> because we stay together, i suppose. >> for a few years, the rolling stones had taken a lot of casualties. >> even brian felt that he wasn't going to be around that long. not everybody makes it. >> they were fighting for like where do we secure our foothold now? ♪ ♪ >> 1971, the rolling stones leave their home for tax purposes to go live in france. and record this record. "exile on main street." in a very hot, uncomfortable, muddy-sounding studio. ♪ ♪ >> that record is the embodiment of a band making masterpieces on a daily basis. and i remember reading the review saying this was a debauched album. i didn't know what debauched means, but i've got to get some of this debauchery stuff. ♪ ♪ >> h

in the audience, john lennon, george harrison and ringo starr, and at the press conference that launcheddol to come to his little event, never expecting him to say yes. this is the field, this was the arena. 50 years on, we met at the site and the big question — why did dylan come here, and not woodstock, which was, after all, where he lived? the fact that woodstock was taking place in his back garden annoyed him no end. he was in a reclusive situation in an artist retreat. it was peaceful and quiet, nobody knew about. suddenly the woodstock festival is dumped on it. he resented it enormously. it compares to woodstock favourably, because we had the biggest star. they didn't get their prize. we got their big star and that amounted to all the other stars put together, as far as i was concerned. and the organisers were a bunch of friends just out of school. peter harigan here was in charge of press. so this was just a sea of people. yes, absolutely, and so was the road coming down here. a sea of people. and all you lot were in charge. how old were you? iwas 20. did you know what you were do

its famous because 50 years ago today the beatles —john lennnon, ringo star, paul mccartney and george harrisone name. this morning, beatles fans filmed themselves on the crossing. later, police had to intervene as crowds blocked abbey road when a tribute band recreated the moment, just after 11:30, when the original photo was taken. millions of people visit the mountains of snowdonia every year. but until recently few local residents were getting involved with the opportunities offered by all those visitors. a charity stepped in to help people from deprived communities find jobs and take part in outdoor pursuits themselves. it has been such a success it's now going to be tried out eleswhere. sian lloyd reports. getting the adrenaline pumping in the mountains of north wales, an area where the adventure tourism market has been growing. but taking the leap into working in the outdoor activity sector has been challenging for some. growing up in north wales, there were very few opportunities to take part in outdoor activities. there was certainly no outdoor club in my community so we grow up. we do

and luckily and very unusually, george harrison was in the office ahead of me, and i explained what hadhat, 26,000,003 days? i don't know. and you never apologised. no. it is a real pleasure to speak with you. thank you so much for the choice you made all those years ago. —— 26 million in three days. pleasure to speak to you, happy anniversary. kosh was creative director responsible for the album which is known as the beatles' abbey road album. more people than ever before are waiting for routine operations in england like hip and knee replacements. there were more than 4 million people on a waiting list injune. that is a record. figures also show that accident and emergency attendances last month were the highest they have been since records began. nhs england says the heatwave was one factor, but overall demand has also increased. our health editor hugh pym reports. les has been running pet businesses in devon, but work got more and more difficult as he struggled with pain from his hip, which needed a replacement. that should have happened in months, but he waited for more than a year

and that night, i booked ringo starr, paul mccartney, george harrison and john lennon for three shows four white guys who are british, to come out of nowhere and be everywhere was quite unbelievable. >> the beatles are a bunch of guys from liverpool. i mean, people in london would have looked down at liverpool back then, but liverpool was a port town, and these port towns become places where all sorts of contraband gets exchanged, and one of them at that point was great music. >> a lot of the sailors and people that were coming back from america were bringing back these records. some were pop records, some were called race records because they were by black artists. ♪ oh, maybelline, why can't you be true ♪ ♪ oh, maybelline, why can't you be true ♪ >> the level of influence that american rock and roll, blues, country and western, motown had on those kids growing up in england was really amazing. ♪ all my love, all my kisses, you don't know what you've been missing, oh, boy ♪ ♪ when you're with me, oh, boy >> so i would listen to buddy holly and gene vincent and jerry lee lewis, fats d

in the audience, john lennon, george harrison and ringo starr, and at the press conference that launched years on, we met at the site and the big question — why did dylan come here, and not woodstock, which was, after all, where he lived? the fact that woodstock was taking place in his back garden annoyed him no end. he was in a reclusive situation in an artist retreat. it was peaceful and quiet, nobody knew about. suddenly the woodstock festival is dumped on it. he resented it enormously. it compares to woodstock favourably, because we had the biggest star. they didn't get their prize. we got their big star and that amounted to all the other stars put together, as far as i was concerned. and the organisers were a bunch of friends just out of school. peter harigan here was in charge of press. so this was just a sea of people. yes, absolutely, and so was the road coming down here. a sea of people. and all you lot were in charge. how old were you? iwas 20. did you know what you were doing? no — we were making it up as we went along. newsreel: on the edge of the 16—acre arena, where the con

in the audience, john lennon, george harrison and ringo starr and at the press conference that launchedist retreat. suddenly the woodstock festival is dumped on it. he resented it enormously. in comparison to woodstock, favourably, because we had the biggest star. they didn't get their prize. we got their big star and that amounted to all the other stars put together as far as i was concerned. and the organisers were a bunch of friends just out of school. peter harrigan here was in charge of press. so this was just a sea of people. yes, absolutely and so was the road coming down here. a sea of people. and all you lot were in charge. how old were you? i was 20. did you know what you were doing? we were making it up as we went along. where the concert is being staged, fans queue for tickets. and they did rather well but it was all a bit mind blowing. especially for chris colley, who was told he was going to be bob dylan's driver. it was overwhelming. everywhere you looked, there was something new. gallons of foam suddenly appearing and people swimming about in the foam. and as they prepar

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there was reason for this, george washington, andrew jackson and william harrison had all been generals and became president, but in the process, polk made enemies with both his generals and he congratulated himself on remaining non-partisan. and his efforts failed to prevent zachary taylor from succeeding in this president. polk wound up the mexican war and brought the troops home before leaving office, but he survived his presidency by only three months and he died of cholera in nashville in 1849. taylor lived just a year longer, dying in office in 1850. his successor was millard fillmore. throughout the 19th century, the mexican war was deplored and james polk was vilified for it. historians of that era and many of the generals during the civil war have been junior officers in that war and just thought it was morally reprehensible, the whole affair. polk's reputation improved nearly the 20th century of the rise in nationalism and today historians rate james polk as one of the ten best u.s. presidents and it remains one of the most obscure. as harry truman had thomas jefferson and and

george washington, andrew jackson, and william henry harrison had all been generals who became presidents. but in the process, polk made enemies of both his generals. yet congratulated himself on remaining nonpartisan. his efforts failed to prevent zachary taylor from succeeding him as president. polk wound up the -- leading troops home. but survived his presidency by treemonts. he died of cholera in nashville in 1849. taylor lived a yearlonger. dying in office in 1850. his successor was millard fillmore. throughout the 19th century, the mexican war was deplored. and polk was vilified for it. historians of the era. and many generals during the civil war who were junior officers thought the whole affair was morally reprehensible. but polk's reputation improved with the rise of american nationalism. today, historians rate james polk as one of the ten best u.s. presidents. he remains one of the most obscure. as harry truman observed in ranking polk with george washington, thomas jefferson, and andrew jackson, quote, he said exactly what he was going to do and he did it. and this is true. pol

when george heard he was enraged at the potential slight to his reputation, he wrote harrison and all of his siblings defending himself in his behavior towards his mother and accusing her of imaginary needs and no sense of propriety. historians use this as damning evidence of her greed, insensitivity and perhaps the worst of many indignities that he had to indoor at her hands. george said that he did not know what difficulty she labored, he not seen her for seven years. and he said she could not labor under difficulties because the whole family was ready to take care of her. the half of her family had just died. but he cannot take care of her because she was 7000 pounds and debt. johnny wasn't paying any attention at all. and it was a nightmare. and mary did not know what to do. george -- spent the war at the top commander-in-chief of the continent army and although he endured many difficulties and dangers he was never in danger of starving for these issues of inflation. it did not affect him in a personal way. it took him a long time when he came back to fredericksburg to understand

in the audience, john lennon, george harrison and ringo starr, and at the press conference that launchedhe edge of the 16—acre arena, where the concerts are being staged, fans queue for tickets at £2 and ten shillings for the two days. and they did rather well but it was all a bit mind blowing. especially for chris colley, who was told he was going to be bob dylan‘s driver. it was overwhelming. everywhere you looked, there was something new. gallons of foam suddenly appearing and people swimming about in the foam. and as they prepare for their anniversary concert, it‘s a chance to reflect on a moment, a shared spirit that was reflected both here and in woodstock. # we are stardust...# it was about more than just music, wasn‘t it? oh, absolutely, yes. it was about other ways to make this world work. the counterculture being people who were coming on pilgrimages to the isle of wight festival. believing that there was a better world to be found. # back to the garden. # david sillito, bbc news, the isle of wight. someonejust someone just asked someonejust asked me if i remembered it and i wi