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When The Beatles came to Hong Kong in June 1964, and screaming teenagers welcomed the Fab Four at Kai Tak airport | Post Magazine | South China Morning Post

    When The Beatles came to Hong Kong in June 1964, and screaming teenagers welcomed the Fab Four at Kai Tak airport | Post Magazine | South China Morning Post

“They’re coming: YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” So trumpeted the headline in the South China Morning Post on March 14, 1964, as “Beatle­mania”, now at fever pitch worldwide, swept into Hong Kong.

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The Beatles’ Ties To Scientific Discovery And NASA | uDiscover

    The Beatles’ Ties To Scientific Discovery And NASA | uDiscover

When The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band fifty years ago, they inspired an entire generation of artists, musicians and, as it turns out, scientists. One of the

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The Beatles: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band racing to UK No 1 | Music | Entertainment | Express.co.uk

    The Beatles: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band racing to UK No 1 | Music | Entertainment | Express.co.uk

The iconic album, which marked something of a change of tune for The Beates, was last No 1 in the UK back in 1968.Released on May 26, 1967, it spent

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Ranking the greatest Beatles songs, from No. 1 to No. 188 | For The Win

    Ranking the greatest Beatles songs, from No. 1 to No. 188 | For The Win

It was 50 years ago today …Actually, no. In the United States, Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on June 2, 1967. It was instantly one of rock’s

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Ringo Starr, Keith Urban and Peter Frampton lead tributes after Gregg Allman dies aged 69 – Mirror Online

    Ringo Starr, Keith Urban and Peter Frampton lead tributes after Gregg Allman dies aged 69 – Mirror Online

A host of music’s biggest stars have paid tribute to Gregg Allman after his tragic passing.Ringo Starr, Keith Urban and

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Pink Floyd, David Crosby Watch the Beatles Get Goofy on ‘Lovely Rita’: The Story Behind Every ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Song

    Pink Floyd, David Crosby Watch the Beatles Get Goofy on ‘Lovely Rita’: The Story Behind Every ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Song

  The term “meter maid” is an American expression, not an English one. The Brits call the same people “parking

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Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: Inside ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’ – Rolling Stone

    Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: Inside ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’ – Rolling Stone

  The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which Rolling Stone named as the best album of all time,

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Influencing America

    Influencing America

Influencing America by Bill Harry The Beatles and the British bands inspired American youth resulting in more homegrown groups, rather

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Judy Chicago on the Beatles: ‘They represent things we have lost – hope and freedom’ | Art and design | The Guardian

    Judy Chicago on the Beatles: ‘They represent things we have lost – hope and freedom’ | Art and design | The Guardian

When American artist Judy Chicago accepted an invitation earlier this year from the Tate to paint a large-scale public mural

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Lennon and McCartney Show Modern Pop Stars How To Brush Off A Controversy In This Exclusive Clip From New Beatles Doc | HuffPost UK

    Lennon and McCartney Show Modern Pop Stars How To Brush Off A Controversy In This Exclusive Clip From New Beatles Doc | HuffPost UK

Many a pop star has faced a public controversy over the past five decades – an unfortunately timed Tweet here, an interview aside there – but, arguably, none has weathered

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