{"id":1620,"date":"2019-08-06T13:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T13:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somethingaboutthebeatles.com\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2019-09-04T23:25:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T23:25:25","slug":"173-ray-connolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/s-s-webdesign.online\/beatles\/173-ray-connolly\/","title":{"rendered":"173: Being Ray Connolly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9413\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1620-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/traffic.libsyn.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/SATB173.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/traffic.libsyn.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/SATB173.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/traffic.libsyn.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/SATB173.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/traffic.libsyn.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/SATB173.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/s-s-webdesign.online\/beatles\/?powerpress_pinw=1620-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/traffic.libsyn.com\/somethingaboutthebeatles\/SATB173.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"SATB173.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:36:45 &#8212; 221.5MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/something-about-the-beatles\/id1483392342?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6R7h1svTADtIYE7FC9Dz0e\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/s-s-webdesign.online\/beatles\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1621\" src=\"https:\/\/s-s-webdesign.online\/beatles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Paper.1751-1800.80-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s-s-webdesign.online\/beatles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Paper.1751-1800.80-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/s-s-webdesign.online\/beatles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Paper.1751-1800.80-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/s-s-webdesign.online\/beatles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Paper.1751-1800.80-1024x768.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Few professional scribes received access to The Beatles like Ray Connolly. As a journalist with the <em>Evening Standard<\/em>, he found himself in the right place at the right time to cover the group during their final years. (It was to him that John confided that he&#8217;d quit the group; it was to Ray that Paul divulged: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t leave the Beatles &#8211; The Beatles left the Beatles.&#8221;)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>He later scripted the films\u00a0<em>That&#8217;ll Be The Day<\/em> and <em>Stardust<\/em>; he also wrote radio plays and biographies.\u00a0 In 2018, he published <em>Being John Lennon: A Restless Life<\/em>. His e-book, <em>The Ray Connolly Beatles Archive<\/em> is essential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">We discuss John as he knew him, abetted by Lennon biographer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnlennonseries.com\/\">Jude Kessler<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Ray&#8217;s site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayconnolly.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.rayconnolly.co.uk\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;In My Life&#8221; performed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnreA6aS1F3EjCqMiAbf5uQ\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mary Ruane<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">(Talent scouted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisa-rene.com\/\">Lisa Kasco<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few professional scribes received access to The Beatles like Ray Connolly. 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