This superb compilation, often called "the red album", brings together the majority of the Beatles' hits from the earlyto mid '60s. Consequently, it plays like an overview of thesome of the most popular and indelible rock songs of all time. From the "yeah, yeah, yeah"'s of "She ...
My 10 favorite Beatles songs From the infectious, sing-song-y hooks of early hits like “Please, Please Me” and “I Want To Hold Your Hand” to the deeper, moodier observations of life on later tunes such as “Eleanor Rigby” and “Here Comes The Sun,” the Beatles catalog spanned ...
It seems hard to believe, but it’s true. As was common for pop songwriting of the late '50s and early '60s, this being the template for Lennon and McCartney’s early songwriting, the subject of choice for The Beatles’ original material always seemed to center around a relationship betwee...
The Beatles had a special love for the music of "girl groups" of the early '60s.When in a pinch for time in the final three of hours of recording their first album, they hurriedly chose some cover tunes which they particularly loved and enjoyed playing.Out of the six cover songs they ...
“Very rudimentary,” George said. “I didn’t know how to tune it properly, and it was a very cheap sitar to begin with. So ‘Norwegian Wood’ was very much an early experiment. By the time we recorded ‘Love You To’ I had made some strides.” ...
But–as with many of these early rockers–the studio sadly saps a lot of the energy. 165. Love You To from Revolver The first song on which they really put the sitar to use. It doesn’t have quite the appeal of the other sitar-songs, though. This is due mostly to the fact that ...
final album. save save by 1969, the dream was ending. since their early-’60s arrival as a mesmerizing foursome of elvis and everlys-inspired child savants, the beatles had continuously and spectacularly leveled up: from chipper and prolific chart dominators in england to beloved liverpool ...
When "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released in 1967, it was the first album to feature printed lyrics of all songs on its sleeve. Trademarks Wore suits and ties and sported "mop-top" hairstyles in their early years Nicknames The Fab Four Mop-tops Those lads from Liverpool...
Angela Lansburyand Billy Dee Williams) and as an award winning movie in 1961.The controversial subject matter, which included single motherhood, sexuality, race and even homosexuality, reflected the social changes in attitude that were taking place in Britain during the late '50s and early '60s....
On December 6th, 1994, "Live At The BBC" was released, which was a compilation of many Beatles tracks recorded especially for British radio in the early '60s. Although the highlight of the album was the plethora of songs never before commercially recorded by the group, "Can't Buy Me Lov...