The relationship between albums and the songs that live on them is interesting. Back in the days before streaming services and shuffle buttons, that connection was tied tight. Unless a...
George Harrison’s Creative Frustration: The Quiet Beatle Who Refused to Be Silenced For much of The Beatles’ historic rise, George Harrison was known as “the quiet Beatle” — thoughtful, soft-spoken,...
There’s always a certain type of magic that comes with someone coming out with a great song. Not everything is suited to be said out loud, but if you have...
Way back in the early days of the British invasion’s imminent American pop conquest, The Rolling Stones’ manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, was faced with a marketing conundrum. Merseybeat’s rising stars,...
“The First Ballad I Impressed Myself With”: The Beatles Release ‘And I Love Her’ / ‘If I Fell’ on This Day in 1964 On July 20, 1964 — exactly 61...
When the distorted ebb of the lyrics “I’d love to turn you on” first garbled its way through the airwaves in 1967, it represented the mounting of a summit of...
The Beatles – ‘You Really Got A Hold on Me’ (1963) It didn’t take long for Motown to become the defining sound of the pop charts in America, but the...
Sgt Peppers – The Beatles There was always a big question hanging in the air as to where The Beatles could go after giving up the road. No other rock...
“When the Music Mourned: The Night Queen Turned ‘Imagine’ Into a Prayer for John Lennon” The world stopped on December 8, 1980, when news broke that John Lennon, one of...
At a recent auction in Los Angeles, a DA Millings & Son custom suit worn by John Lennon in 1963 was sold for a staggering $102,480. Other high-selling items included...
