Listening Comprehension – English language level: intermediate/upper inter
Why were they called The Beatles?
Why the strange spelling?
Listen to singer Dusty Springfield interviewing John Lennon.
- Dusty is confused about how The Beatles got their name.
- John says he has been asked about naming The Beatles thousands of times.
- John says he invented the name.
- Everyone now agrees how The Beatles got their name.
- The Beatles were previously called The Quarrymen.
- Stuart Suctliffe thought of the name ‘The Silver Beetles’.
- John took the name from the film The Wild One.
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