Sheet music cover for 'Can't Buy Me Love' by The Beatles (Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr; George Harrison; John Lennon)

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Sheet music cover for 'Can't Buy Me Love' by The Beatles (Paul McCartney; Ringo Starr; George Harrison; John Lennon)

published by Northern Songs Ltd, after (Dezider) Dezo Hoffmann
halftone reproduction, published 1964
11 in. x 8 1/2 in. (278 mm x 215 mm) paper size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Reference Collection
NPG D48344

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  • (Dezider) Dezo Hoffmann (1912-1986), Photographer, photojournalist and cameraman. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.
  • Northern Songs Ltd, Music publisher. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits.

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Sheet music cover for 'Can't buy me love' by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Sheet music attached.

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Current affairs

Harold Wilson narrowly wins the general election for the Labour Party, the first of his four election victories.
Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans become the last people to be executed in the United Kingdom before capital punishment was abolished in 1965.
The Sun newspaper replaces the Daily Herald.

Art and science

Top of the Pops begins its reign as the longest running television music show. The first broadcast was presented by Jimmy Savile and included the Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, The Hollies and The Beatles, who were the show's first number 1 with I Want to Hold Your Hand.

International

The Civil Rights Act is passed in the USA, outlawing discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex or national origin. The Act abolished the 'Jim Crow Laws' in the Southern States, making forced segregation illegal.
After spending two years in prison Nelson Mandela is sentenced to Life in Prison for the crimes of sabotage and crimes equivalent to treason against the Republic of South Africa.

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