Claim: A photograph used for a Beatles album cover ("Yesterday and Today") authentically showed the four band members with bloody dolls and cuts of raw meat. Rating: About this rating TrueFor years, claims have spread online that British rock band The Beatles' 1966 album "Yesterday & Today" featured dismembered baby dolls and cuts of raw meat on its cover. Attached to the post was the alleged album cover. The original album cover was captured by the late British photographer Robert Whitaker. According to Whitaker's 2011 New York Times obituary , the controversial album cover was "one of his most talked-about works," adding that the album cover:… showed the Beatles, wearing white butchers' coats, festooned with chunks of raw meat and dismembered dolls.

Source: New York Times May 17, 2024 19:43 UTC