Maureen Cleave
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Maureen Cleave is an English journalist who worked for the London Evening News
and London Evening Standard in the 1960s, conducting interviews with famous musicians of the era, including Bob Dylan
and John Lennon
.
In her interview with Lennon on March 4, 1966, she quoted him as saying that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus
now".
According to the Bob Spitz
biography of the Beatles, Lennon admitted to a liaison with Cleave, inspiring the Beatles song Norwegian Wood
.
London Evening News
The London Evening News was a newspaper that was first published on 14 August 1855.Usually when people mention the London Evening News they are actually referring to The Evening News, that was published in London from 1881 to 1980 when it was incorporated into the Evening Standard.A newspaper under...
and London Evening Standard in the 1960s, conducting interviews with famous musicians of the era, including Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
and John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
.
In her interview with Lennon on March 4, 1966, she quoted him as saying that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus
More popular than Jesus
Angry reactions flared up in August 1966, after John Lennon's remark that The Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus" was quoted by the American teen magazine, Datebook. Lennon originally made the remark when an English newspaper reporter, Maureen Cleave, interviewed him at home for a...
now".
According to the Bob Spitz
Bob Spitz
Bob Spitz is an American journalist and author best known for his celebrity biographies, including the New York Times best seller The Beatles: The Biography....
biography of the Beatles, Lennon admitted to a liaison with Cleave, inspiring the Beatles song Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood is a 1965 song by The Beatles.Norwegian Wood may also refer to:* Norwegian Wood , an annual music festival in Oslo, Norway* Norwegian Wood , by Haruki Murakami...
.