In 1965, Beatlemania was in full swing. That year, the Beatles played their monumental show at Shea Stadium, performed for the last time on the Ed Sullivan Show, and capped off the year by releasing ...
In 1965, John Lennon bought a Swiss-Made KB Discomatic and created a personal, portable playlist, filling the antediluvian music box with 40 of his favorite 45s to keep him “company” on tour with the ...
The Beatles’ 1965 track Run for Your Life became a song John Lennon disliked, revealing surprising regrets years after its ...
In addition to being expert songwriters, The Beatles also had a strong b.s. detector. They wrote nearly two dozen No. 1 hits in the United States but also walked away from music they knew wouldn’t ...
In the later years of his career, John Lennon stopped wearing rose-tinted glasses when it came to the Beatles' songs — in particular, his own. He continued to hold a warm spot for some of the group's' ...
The new book "John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs" traces the relationship between Lennon and McCartney through their tunes. When Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday,” it was a new day for The Beatles — ...
John Lennon and Paul McCartney made up the legendary songwriting duo that fueled most of The Beatles' hits. In 1972, Wilfred Mellors captured the essence of their partnership, saying, "Opposite poles ...