Beatles music consists of 237 original songs, spanning 23 albums, 63 singles and five live albums produced from 1962 through 1970.
Beatles Hit Story (1963) 50 years ago this month, the Beatles arranged a tour of the UK with one of their greatest idols, Roy Orbison. Originally, Roy was slated as the headliner. However, the Fab Four’s popularity was growing by leaps and bounds and by the time they finally began the tour shared top billing. Roy [...]
Beatles Related Press (2013) The editors of Britain’s Uncut music magazine have gathered the best special stories the original writers composed during the heyday of Beatlemania in the 60's. This 148-page edition contains choice bits of trivia for every Beatles fan! It’s a very thorough review as only the British press can generate for its own [...]
Beatles Hit Story (BHS) “Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for May 10th, 1963.” “OK, Mr. Peabody, but what’s so special about that particular date?” “That, my dear boy, was when a song by the guitar-oriented pop band, the Beatles, “Please Please Me,” enters its 7th week in the Top 10 on the UK’s New Musical Express [...]
Beatles Hit Story (1966) 47 years ago this week, the Beatles breakthrough “folk-rock” album, “Rubber Soul” marked its 22nd week in the UK top 10 New Music Express chart. Recorded in just four weeks, it’s now ranked #5 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the top “500 Greatest Albums of all Time.” Note: The stereo mix [...]
Lennon and McCartney Spread the Songs Around Q: How many songs did the Lennon-McCartney song writing team give away? A: A short list of early Lennon-McCartney songs boosted the careers of British Invasion artists such as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Peter and Gordon, The Fourmost and Cilla Black. Most of John Lennon and Paul [...]
Beatles Music Hit Story (1966) In England the singles, "Paperback Writer" b/w "Rain" and "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" hit #1. opera mini apk update Critics call "Rain" their finest B-side, for its slowed-down rhythm track and backwards vocals, both of which were a hint of studio production tricks to come. "Yellow Submarine" was quite a production, using [...]
