In 1983, the British comedian Jasper Carrott made an unhelpful contribution to Beatles legend when he coined a joke that would go down in history: “Ringo isn’t the best drummer
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- In 1963, John Lennon gave George Harrison a song to sing. It was hardly a compliment The Beatles were always meant to be a united front. While people like to think that Ringo Starr lucked into the role of a lifetime in more ways than one,...
- Beatlemania Has a New Home: Rare Fab Four Treasures on Display in Florida Beatlemania Has a New Home: Rare Fab Four Treasures on Display in Florida The Penny Lane Beatles Museum has expanded into a new downtown location in St. Petersburg, Florida, after...
- In 1971, George Harrison was taken to court for his songs. Five years later, he made fun of the whole thing George Harrison didn’t ever want to worry about the business side of music after The Beatles.Business was what brought down the Fab Four in the end, and while so many...
- Beatles biopic cast recreates famous 1963 beach photographs Beatles biopic cast recreates famous 1963 beach photographs The four stars of Sam Mendes’ upcoming Beatles films have been photographed recreating the band’s playful 1963 seaside photo session. Paul Mescal...
- In 1963, John Lennon gave George Harrison a song to sing. It was hardly a compliment The Beatles were always meant to be a united front. While people like to think that Ringo Starr lucked into the role of a lifetime in more ways than one,...
- In 1968, Paul McCartney wrote a song Ringo Starr almost didn’t show up for. It’s now been played 800,000,000 times In the grand story of The Beatles, it’s hard to think of a time when Paul McCartney was considered the villain. A lot of that may have been carefully crafted...
- Beatles-Signed Morecambe and Wise Script Discovered in Suitcase Beatles-Signed Morecambe and Wise Script Discovered in Suitcase A rare 1964 television script signed by all four Beatles has emerged after spending approximately 60 years in a suitcase. The script,...
- The “genius“ 1960s record that peaked at 10 in the US. But John Lennon and Paul McCartney both agreed was the “greatest album ever made” Two pertinent quotes spring to mind when defining the whirlwind era of the 1960s. The first comes from Hunter S Thompson.“[It was] the kind of peak that never comes again,”...
- The 1960s song George Harrison and Joan Baez agreed Bob Dylan could’ve retired after, and still been a legend The folk landscape was a pretty straightforward arena prior to the arrival of the brooding troubadour, Bob Dylan. Like many legends who all but shake up the entire course of...
- In 1969, The Beatles turned down Woodstock. Years later, Ringo Starr revealed they “regretted” not being there Standing on the cold rooftop of London’s Apple Corps headquarters, a select group of lucky punters and policemen gathered round to watch The Beatles play their last-ever gig in 1969....
- Everything Fab Four Fest Everything Fab Four Fest Everything Fab Four Fest, running November 5–8 at Monmouth University and the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, with a Revolver 60th-anniversary focus and guests including...
- The 1968 Beatles song John Lennon called Paul McCartney’s “masterpiece”. But, was it all about him? John Lennon always had somewhat of a love/hate relationship with Paul McCartney’s music.As much as they may have been a phenomenal songwriting team as a part of The Beatles, Lennon...
- Mal Evans’ Lost Beatles Memoir Finally Emerges After 50 Years Mal Evans’ Lost Beatles Memoir Finally Emerges After 50 Years The long-unpublished memoir of Beatles road manager and confidant Mal Evans is finally being published, half a century after his...
- In 1980, John Lennon heard a new wave classic. Months later, it made him come back to music No one could really blame John Lennon if he had wanted to permanently retire from music by the late 1970s. He had done his fair share of partying, and even...
- Horst Fascher, Beatles’ Hamburg Ally and Star-Club Pioneer, Dies at 90 Horst Fascher, Beatles’ Hamburg Ally and Star-Club Pioneer, Dies at 90 Horst Fascher, the legendary Hamburg music figure closely associated with the Beatles’ formative German years and the co-founder of...
- The Time John Lennon Cut His Beatles Bandmates Out of a Classic Track: “For a Moment I Thought There Was Going To Be an Explosion” – American Songwriter It’s no secret that The Beatles weren’t seeing eye to eye by the end of their tenure. That tension was especially a shame in the collaborative partnership between John Lennon...
- 3 George Harrison Songs That Show a Different Side of the Rock Icon – American Songwriter George Harrison’s songs were typically spiritual, folk-leaning, and harmony-driven. But that’s not the whole story of the former Beatle’s solo career. His sound is as varied as his other Beatles...
- The Night the Beatles Played for the Ghosts of Abbey Road The Night the Beatles Played for the Ghosts of Abbey Road A Halloween Tale from McCartney Times The following is a fictional Halloween story inspired by the mythology, music and...
- In 1970, The Beatles split up. Here are the best songs Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote immediately afterward The Beatles were always destined to split up.The band had a good run, they released some decent songs, made a bit of cash, and, oh, that’s right, completely changed the...
- 3 Classic Rock Songs From the 1960s That We Know Put You To Sleep – American Songwriter Normally, when you think about classic rock music, you likely think about those big, bombastic tunes that are capable of blowing the roof off your neighbor’s home. But classic rock...
The publisher of Rolling Stone has announced it has put its controlling stake in the magazine up for sale.The 50 year-old magazine is best known for covering music and popular
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The Rolling Stones’ “Their Satanic Majesties Request” album is an outlier in the band’s canon. The music was a clean break from the Stones’ trademark blues-based hard rock, so it
Police are trying to find the owners of thirty drawings by John Lennon seized from a gallery and thought to
On Sept. 29, a wall-to-wall guitar gallery will take up space on the museum’s second floor previously occupied by the
This week’s column features my thoughts on two different Eagle Rock Entertainment video presentations, the second of which is a
SHAKE IT UP BABY. by Bill Harry When Virginia and I moved to London in 1966 it was ostensibly to
By Patrick Scott September 13, 2017, 12:08 AM PDT Paul Saltzman was stoned—not on drugs, but on inner peace—as he
“They had no idea how to operate the mixing console or the tape recorders; they didn’t want to know, any
