I’m starting up a new series on The Beatles called “Beatles Better In Mono” (that’s the tag I’m using) where I highlight the songs that I think aren’t just “different” in mono (which to a Beatles freak like me, is still plenty of reason to be curious about the mono mixes released in the The [...]

Picking up where I left off yesterday (Help!) with my series on who contributed more to each Beatles album, John Lennon or Paul McCartney? So far John is up 5-0 but it should be pointed out that it was very close on a couple of occasions and that Paul won the “Who Wrote More #1 [...]

Picking up where I left off (Beatles For Sale) with my album by album series on who contributed more to each Beatles album, John Lennon or Paul McCartney? So far John is up 4-0. Help! (1965) Help! doesn’t seem to get highlighted as often as A Hard Day’s Night does but personally I think it’s [...]

One of the coolest things about The Beatles Mono Box Set (out on 9/9/9 but available for online pre-order now) is that it will include the original mixes of Help! & Rubber Soul (both mono & stereo) on CD for the very first time. The first release of these two albums on CD was in [...]

Andre Young (Dr. Dre) was born on February 18th of 1965 in Los Angeles, California. He is well known as a record producer and as a rapper (solo, with Snoop Dogg, and with NWA.) N.W.A. was active from 1986 through 1991. The group featured Dr. Dre along with Ice Cube, Eazy-E, DJ Yella, and MC [...]

“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” by The Righteous Brothers hit #1 on the US singles charts on February 6 of 1965. It stayed at #1 for two weeks. It had gone to #1 on the UK singles charts just 2 days earlier (2/4/65) and stayed there for two weeks as well. It was written by [...]

Michael Diamond (Mike D) was born on November 20th of 1965 in New York City. Mike D founded the band The Young Aborigines in 1979 (yes he was about 14 years old at the time.) In 1981 Adam Yauch (MCA) joined the band and they changed their name to the Beastie Boys (on the suggestion [...]

43 years ago today, August 14th of 1965, The Beatles 5th album Help! hit #1 on the UK album charts. The album stayed at #1 for 9 weeks. It hit #1 on the US album charts on September 11, 1965 knocking Out of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones off the top spot. The album [...]

The Beatles Help! movie premiered on July 29, 1965 in London. That’s 43 years ago today. Among those in attendance? The Queen of England. Watch the entire movie right here:

“Norwegian Wood” is the second track from The Beatles 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was their first song that made use of a sitar. Sitar, which is an Indian instrument that George Harrison had become fascinated with in ’65, would also be featured on 1966′s Revolver and 1967′s Sgt. Pepper. The song has a mature [...]