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Coffee Break: Beatles for breakfast

The Beatles at St. Pancras Old Church in London on July 28, 1968.
The Beatles at St. Pancras Old Church in London on July 28, 1968.Apple Corps Ltd

June 25, 2019

There are a lot of reasons and a lot of days set aside to celebrate the Beatles and today is one of them.

It's Global Beatles Day - marked annually on June 25 in honor of the Beatles' performing "All You Need Is Love", broadcast to an international audience on the BBC program "Our World" in 1967.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from the world of the Beatles do you want to hear?

We're talking Beatles songs, Beatles-adjacent songs, covers of Beatles songs, etc.

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive. Or, when you register for a Minnesota Public Radio account, you can send requests via Alexa, too Just say "Alexa, ask The Current to play Song by Artist" e.g. "Alexa, ask The Current to play Left of the Dial by The Replacements."

Songs played

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
William Shatner - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Lucy Michelle and The Velvet Lapelles - Sexy Sadie
George Harrison - Beware Of Darkness
Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun
Willie Nelson - Yesterday
Badfinger - Come And Get It
Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - I'm Looking Through You
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love