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Fans were so relentless in stealing the "Penny Lane" street signs that Liverpool switched to painting the street name directly on buildings rather than replacing them.
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Beatles producer George Martin called the decision not to include Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane on Sgt. Pepper the "Biggest mistake of his professional life."
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Paul McCartney says he saw a tv show which claimed Penny Lane featured 9 simultaneous piano parts, while he remembered there being only 1. He was inspired by the show to overlay multiple instruments in his latest songs.
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When Michael Jackson was buying the Beatles catalog, he threw in a charity concert in Perth for the catalog's Australian owner. Michael aslo gave "Penny Lane" as a birthday gift to the owner's daughter named Penny. This sealed the deal & catalog was sold at $47.5 million in 1985.
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Before giving Michael Jackson the entire Beatles in 1985 catalogue, against McCartney's wishes, Robert Holmes à Court allowed his sixteen-year-old to keep one of the songs. In spite of her father's wishes of "Yesterday" due to high royalties, she chose "Penny Lane" because it was her favorite.
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The piccolo trumpet solo in Penny Lane by the Beatles was added because Paul McCartney listened to a performance of J.S. Bach's Second Brandenburg Concerto
