Some would argue that having half of the remaining Beatles perform together at the “Grammy’s Salute,” which is being recording the day after the Awards, would be much better than the Grammy Awards itself. I am not ashamed to say that I am one of those people, and we would have a pretty heated debate if you thought otherwise.
It is confirmed that Paul Mccartney (arguably the frontman of the group) and Ringo Starr (the drummer who was also known as the “funny Beatle”), are to perform together at the star-studded Grammy’s special “The Night that Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles.”
The performance will be recorded a day after the Grammy’s on Jan. 27 but will be aired on Feb. 9 on CBS, to mark the 50th anniversary of when the Beatles “Changed America” (hence the title “The Night that Changed America.”)
For those of you who don’t necessarily have an unhealthy obsession with the Beatles, or for those of you who are reading this and are thinking “what’s a Beatles?” The Beatles were one of the earliest, and considered by most, the greatest, widely popular British rock band who launched their career by appearing on the Ed Sullivan show on Feb. 9, 1964.
After their appearance on his show, they blew up all over America. At first we thought they were phonies who were trying to copy our doo-wop, rockabilly style that we were known for, but after their appearance on the show, we fell in love with them. We even started Beatlemania (a.k.a the birth of the screaming, fan-girl craze).
After the unfortunate deaths of John Lennon in 1980 and George Harrison’s death in 2001,most Beatle fans thought that whatever hope that was left for the Beatles reunion was gone. Have no fear my fellow Beatlemaniacs, half of the band is still better than none, right?
Not to mention, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart are reuniting as Eurythmics, and Alicia Keys, John Legend, Maroon 5, John Mayer, and Keith Urban will also be performing their “personalised” covers of some of the Fab Four’s greatest hits.
So not only will we get to witness the two surviving Beatles perform together in honor of their historic night, but we will also get to see memorable tributes of their number one hits, with a little help from their friends, of course.