What year did the Beatles release a song which mentions performer and circus proprietor Pablo Fanque?
William Batty William Batty (1801–1868) was an equestrian performer, circus proprietor, and longtime operator of Astley's Amphitheatre in London. Batty was one of the most successful circus proprietors in Victorian England and helped launch the careers of a number of leading Victorian circus personalities, such as Pablo Fanque, the versatile performer and later circus proprietor (best known today from his mention in The Beatles song "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"), and W.F. Wallett, one of the most celebrated clowns of the era. Also, while in operation for only two years, Batty's most lasting legacy is probably Batty's Grand National Hippodrome, also known as Batty's Hippodrome, an open-air amphitheate he erected in 1851 in Kensington Gardens, London, to attract audiences from the Crystal Palace Exhibition nearby.
Only a Northern Song "Only a Northern Song" is a song by English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album "Yellow Submarine". Written by George Harrison, it was recorded mainly in February 1967 during the sessions for "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" but the Beatles chose not to include it on that album. Instead, it was one of the four new songs that the band provided for the 1968 animated film "Yellow Submarine", to meet their contractual obligations to United Artists.