The film also featured a cover version of the вЂњWhite AlbumвЂќ song вЂњHoney Pie.вЂќ In 1978, Ringo Starr (No.63) returned the favor when he appeared in WestвЂ™s final movie, 1978вЂ™s Sextette. However, after The Beatles personally wrote to her explaining that they were all fans, she agreed to let them use her image. She was, after all, one of the most famous bombshells from HollywoodвЂ™s Golden Age and felt that she would never be in a lonely hearts club.

Mae West initially refused to allow her image to appear on the artwork. In August 1967, two months after the albumвЂ™s release, The Beatles had their first meeting with the Maharashi Mahesh Yogi, at the Hilton Hotel on LondonвЂ™s Park Lane, where they were invited to study Transcendental Meditation in Bangor, North Wales.ДЄ hugely prolific occultist and author who formed his own religion, Thelema, CrowleyвЂ™s central tenet was, вЂњDo what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. His prominent position in the top left-hand corner reflects George HarrisonвЂ™s (No.65) growing interest in Indian philosophy. The author of the 1894 book The Holy Science, which attempted вЂњto show as clearly as possible that there is an essential unity in all religions,вЂќ Sri Yukteswar Giri was guru to both Sri Mahavatara Babaji (No.27) and Paramahansa Yogananda (No.33).

PepperвЂ™s Lonely Hearts Club Band album coverвЂ¦Д¬lick here for an interactive version of the Sgt. To paraphrase the song, you might have known the band for all these years, so here we introduce to you, everyone else that featured on the Sgt. Those that made the final cut remain a fascinating cross-section of cultures, importance, and each individual BeatleвЂ™s own interests. Also notable by his absence is Elvis Presley, who, Paul McCartney later said, was вЂњtoo important and too far above the rest to even mention.вЂќ Looking to avoid any serious controversy, Jesus Christ and Adolf Hitler were deemed unsuitable for inclusion, while other choices, such as Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Gorcey, were removed for different reasons. Those chosen from a collective list drawn up by John, Paul, George, Peter Blake, Jann Haworth, and London art dealer Robert Fraser.

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