It was 40 years ago today that The Beatles animated feature film Yellow Submarine premiered at The London Pavilion. The Beatles themselves had very little to do with the film (other than the music of course.) They made a cameo appearance at the very end of the movie but they did not voice their characters. […]

The Beatles worked on two new George Harrison penned songs in Abbey Road studios on June 16th of 1969. Those two songs would end up on the album Abbey Road released later that year.
Those two songs? “Something” & “Here Comes The Sun.”
“Something”
This video features the girlfriends/wives of each of The Beatles at the time. […]

The Nowhere Man EP featured 4 songs from 1965’s Rubber Soul. It was released just a month before their next album, Revolver. Quite a curious release considering that the songs had already been released on Rubber Soul quite some time ago and Revolver was about to come out. I’m guessing it was their record company […]

The Beatles 1966 single “Paperback Writer” has always been one of my favorite Beatles rock n roll tracks. Here’s a few reasons why:
+ The main guitar riff rocks.
+ The bass is bad ass.
+ The harmonies are insane.
+ The crazy reverb on the vocals.
+ “Frere Jacques.”
If you don’t know what I mean by “Frere Jacques” listen […]

Probably the most interesting track on The Beatles 2006 remix album Love is this mix of “Within You Without You” (from Sgt. Pepper’s) and “Tomorrow Never Knows” (from Revolver)

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Ah yes. The “Groovy Songs” series takes a turn into the “Summer of Love.” Earlier entries: 1977, 1995, 1996.
The Beatles - “I Am The Walrus”
Magical Mystery Tour

The Pink Floyd - “Bike”
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Back in the mid ’90s when The Beatles Anthology CDs were released there were many young music fans who were first getting into The Beatles through these collections of Beatles outtakes and alternate versions of their classic songs. I do not recommend this. The Beatles Anthology is a great collection for those who are already […]

Paul McCartney was born 66 years ago today on June 18, 1942.
McCartney was one half of the most successful songwriting team in popular music history (Lennon/McCartney) and when combining his Beatles songs with his solo (and Wings) output he is considered to be the biggest selling songwriter of all time (according to Guinness.) His […]

Yesterday I wrote an article about how The Beatles hits of 1964 compared to the other hits of that year. But I think it makes even more sense to take a look at what was popular in the US the year before.
My point in doing this is to bring context to The Beatles guitar rock […]

Almost everyone knows that The Beatles came to the United States in 1964 and became the most popular band of all time. They had 6 #1 singles that year (”I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Love Me Do,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” & “I Feel Fine.”)

The Beatles - […]