Lead image by Lili Emtiaz. All other illustrations by Alley CatIt was while Gillian McCain and I were working on sixty-nine: An Oral History, our new book on the 60s
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- The “incredible” guitarist George Harrison wanted everyone to hear By the time George Harrison left The Beatles, he had stopped trying to compete with every guitarist in the world.He didn’t like the idea of playing the most technical solos...
- The Beatles tease major announcement with cryptic countdown The Beatles are teasing an announcement on July 29th at 2pm BST.Today (July 28th), at 2pm BST, The Beatles sent out an email to fans on their newsletter, as well...
- The time the Beatles spiked George Martin‘s tea | GuitarPlayer In George Martin, the Beatles had a producer who excelled at thinking outside the box. Martin‘s innovative studio techniques and openness to new ideas made him the ideal producer for...
- The artists George Harrison said The Beatles corrupted One of the first songs of The Beatles that really managed to capture the hearts of listeners was ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’.It was already a hit in the...
- The 1971 song John Lennon didn’t want to play forever John Lennon was usually the hardest person to please when working on some of The Beatles’ greatest songs.It’s not that he was meticulous about getting everything exactly right when he...
- The 1964 Beatles classic that offended George Harrison The back half of The Beatles’ career tends to be where everything gets slightly ugly. From artistic differences to management problems, the Fab Four had clearly grown into completely different...
- The 1963 Beatles song that changed John Lennon forever It was the eleventh hour for The Beatles. After a full day of recording songs for their debut album, Please, Please Me, they were down to their last song. The...
- All Together Now Brings Every Beatles Song To Wilmington Across Six Nights – Town Square Delaware LIVE The Rock Orchestra’s Signature Festival Takes Audiences Through All 217 Officially Released Beatles Songs in Chronological OrderBeatles fans will have a rare opportunity to experience the band’s complete musical journey...
- Mick Jagger reveals why John Lennon stopped him meeting Elvis The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has shared his regret at not meeting Elvis Presley.Jagger did have opportunities to meet Presley, too. However, after John Lennon had a bad experience...
- 3 Memorable George Harrison Songs for Your Next Spiritual Quest – American Songwriter George Harrison was a lot more than just a pop songwriter. He was a musician on a spiritual quest. Here are three of his most reflective songs, to help you...
- The 1960s shows John Lennon never wanted to play again John Lennon never had the most comfortable relationship with the live stage after The Beatles broke up.The entire point of them performing just for the hell of it and having...
- ‘We can’t beat you up for peace’: Ringo Starr shares a universal message on his 86th birthday Ringo Starr, the drummer for The Beatles, celebrated his 86th birthday on July 7 and, as he has done for the past 18 years, asked the world to join him...
- Happy Birthday Jim McCartney and Ringo Starr! Happy Birthday Jim McCartney and Ringo Starr! Yes, they share the same birthday. Form all of us here at McCartney.com we wish them a very happy birthday. ...
- The 1971 solo George Harrison was never happy with Every musician tends to be a little bit of a perfectionist when they go into the studio. Although trying to create the perfect song out of nothing seems like chasing...
- The “ridiculous” 1973 number one hit Ringo Starr rejected Ringo Starr likely has few regrets, but it’s hard to envisage him not being haunted by the dismissal of one of the decade’s biggest hits.The fact is, 1973 was a...
- The one singer John Lennon knew would never get old Most critics of today only wish that they could have been as cynical and cutthroat as John Lennon was in his prime.You’d hardly find a better hater of The Beatles...
- The 1969 song that became a nightmare for The Beatles No artist can claim to get everything right in the studio. Although some songs might lend themselves well to being recorded live, other tracks can take months before coming to...
- This Beatles Hit Was Originally Written To Be a Children’s Song – American Songwriter In 1966, The Beatles released “Yellow Submarine”. On their Revolver record, “Yellow Submarine” is written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Out in 1966, the song became one of The...
- The 1969 George Harrison song that predicted The Beatles split George Harrison always had it hard in The Beatles, persistently overshadowed by the ever-productive songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The result of that, though, was that when...
- The 1968 Beatles song Paul McCartney tried to have removed “I’m prejudiced, I like my own, you know. [laughs] I like ‘Revolution #9’,” John Lennon explained in an interview discussing his favourite songs from The Beatles‘ oeuvre.The track represents one...
Five women who wrote rockWhen rock music was being invented in the 1960s, so was music journalism as we know it. These five women, profiled in Radio 4 documentary The
If you like documentaries, this is your week, as a number of fascinating subjects are deftly explored on newly released DVDs.“Soundbreaking” (Athena, 2016, three discs, eight episodes, featurettes, 20-page booklet).
On Dec. 10, Sotheby’s will bring to the auction block some of the most historically important artifacts of rock history. The New York auction will include lyric manuscripts, instruments, photographs, posters and personal
In 1945, when he was 11 years old, John Loengard started taking photographs. He would borrow the camera his father,
Leonard Lewis, who has died at the age of 78, worked as a hairstylist for Stanley Kubrick’s films and the
Ask a random person on the street to list The Beatles and you’ll likely hear George Harrison named third, right after some
From the invention of music recording in the late 19th century through the early 1960s, most artists, producers and listeners
MEXICO CITY — When it comes to the Beatles, Mexicans just can’t seem to let it be.The group split up
At first, photographer Harry Benson said no to taking pictures of The Beatles. It was 1964 and the Scottish-born photojournalist
