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☆ Marisa Abela took singing lessons every day for four months to sound like Amy Winehouse in 'Back to Black'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMarisa Abela embodies late music icon Amy Winehouse in the new biopic "Back to Black," and yes, the actor really sings in the film. Here's how Abela transformed her voice for "Back to Black" — and why the film controversially uses her vocals instead of Winehouse's. Abela wasn't a trained musician prior to 'Back to Black'Actor Marisa Abela and director Sam Taylor-Johnson on the set of "Back to Black." According to the "Back to Black" production notes, Abela took two-and-a-half-hour singing lessons every day for four months. AdvertisementThe decision to use Abela's vocals instead of dubbing in Winehouse's wasn't made lightlyMarisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in "Back to Black."

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☆ Here's how the cast of 'Back to Black' compares to the real-life people they're playing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

"Industry" star Marisa Abela plays Amy Winehouse. Marisa Abela, left, as Amy Winehouse in "Back to Black." Amy Winehouse, right, performing for the 2008 Grammys. She also recorded Winehouse's music at Abbey Road studios with the late singer's real band and wore two of the musician's real pieces of clothing in the movie. In a recent interview with Stephen Colbert, Abela said that playing Winehouse was "daunting," especially because she's not a singer.

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Titled “Now and Then,” the almost impossible-to-believe track is four minutes and eight seconds of the first and only original Beatles recording of the 21st century. But there were technical limitations to finishing “Now and Then.”On Wednesday, a short film titled “The Beatles — Now And Then — The Last Beatles Song” was released, detailing the creation of the track. On the original tape, Lennon's voice was hidden; the piano was “hard to hear,” as Paul McCartney describes it. “Like we would do that anyway.”“This is the last track, ever, that you’ll get the four Beatles on the track. John, Paul, George, and Ringo,” he continued.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release next week of what is promised to be the last “new” Beatles song. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison worked on “Now And Then” in the same sessions, but technological limitations stood in the way. Later in the month, expanded versions of the Beatles' compilations “1962-1966” and “1967-1970” will be released. “This is the last track, ever, that you’ll get the four Beatles on the track. John, Paul, George, and Ringo,” Starr said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.

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☆ ‘Revolver Special Edition’ Review: The Beatles’ Best
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Allan Kozinn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Until about a decade ago, it was generally agreed that “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1967) was the Beatles’ creative peak, with “Abbey Road” (1969) a close runner-up. But in recent years, “Revolver,” released in August 1966, has started to eclipse “Sgt. Pepper,” not only as a fan favorite, but also as the band’s most innovative album. The new “Revolver Special Edition,” released by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe on Oct. 28, makes a solid case for that reconsideration.

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