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Coffee Break: Beatles for breakfast

May 19, 1967:  The Beatles celebrate the completion of their new album, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' at a press conference held at the west London home of their manager Brian Epstein. The LP was released on June 1 of that year.
May 19, 1967: The Beatles celebrate the completion of their new album, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' at a press conference held at the west London home of their manager Brian Epstein. The LP was released on June 1 of that year.John Pratt/Getty Images

by Anna Weggel

June 25, 2020

Let's continue our yearly tradition of enjoying a Beatley breakfast on Global Beatles Day - marked annually on June 25 in honor of the Beatles' performing "All You Need Is Love" 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. Anything goes.

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
The Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
The Beatles - I'll Follow The Sun
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles - All My Loving
The Beatles - Think For Yourself
The Beatles - Rain