title: Help! 50 songwriting, recording and career tips used by the Beatles
author:  David Rowley 
description: David Rowley has spent 20 years working out what made the Beatles tick, he also wrote the song-by-song guide Beatles For Sale
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  **About the Author**
  
  
  
  
  
  Mike Oldfield rose to prominence with his first album, _Tubular Bells_ , which
  was written and recorded during his teenage years. Once it reached the number
  one spot, it spent a total of 250 weeks in the UK album charts. It was also
  used as the theme tune to the film _The Exorcist_ and won a 1974 Grammy Award
  for Best Instrumental Composition. Together with The Beatles and Bob Dylan,
  Mike is one of only three artists to have ever knocked themselves off the
  number one spot in the UK – for Mike it was with his second album, _Hergest
  Ridge_. Mike has released over twenty albums in his career, and has packed out
  major venues such as Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Albert Hall. He is one of
  the most successful recording artists ever.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **About the Book**
  
  
  
  
  
  **Mike Oldfield was just nineteen when his first album, _Tubular Bells_ ,
  catapulted him into stardom and made him one of the most successful recording
  artists of all time. It was to be a journey