Jan 27: A Beatles Lyrics Tour of the World

The Beatles are amongst the most significant and influential musical acts ever, although I've never really played their music yet, but have of course heard a lot of their music over the decades. They are synonymous with the city of Liverpool, and the 1960s, although they went through a number of phases before their last performance on the roof of Apple Records in London on 30th January 1969. 

This was at 3 Savile Row, which was just next door to #1 where the Royal Geographical Society had their HQ between 1870 and 1912.

This map shows the locations of all the places featured in their lyrics.

Take yourself on a tour of lyric locations in The Beatles songs. From Eleanor Rigby's gravestone in Liverpool to Abbey Road in North London, see the locations behind The Beatles lyrics throughout England, France, Russia, India, the United States, and more countries, covering 25,510 miles around the world.

Image: Alan Parkinson, shared on Flickr under CC license

Another Beatles map was made by Brendan Conway. Using ESRI's StoryMap it looks at Sgt. Pepper's Places.

Brendan will be making several contributions to the blog as the year goes on - see his other StoryMap posted yesterday.

The inspiration of places had become an integral part of their music. The geographical locations linked to Sgt. Pepper and their other work in 1967 provide the focus for this Story Map.