On Friday, The Beatles will release a limited-edition 45 of their first single, ‘Love Me Do,’ on the 50th anniversary of the song’s release.
Here's a little excitement during the remaining "Frog Days Of Summer". Sir Paul McCartney reportedly accompanied his wife Nancy Shevell on a business trip this past Wednesday to a trucking firm in the Syracuse area.
The Beatles already own at least a dozen Guinness World Records, including Most Recorded Song (‘Yesterday,’ natch), Most No. 1 Singles on the U.S. Chart (an even 20 between 1964-70), and Biggest All-Time Sales for a Band. And on Oct. 5, fans will gather in Liverpool to try and add one more record to the list.
The British Film Institute has announced that they’ll screen the Beatles classic ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ with a new behind-the-scenes BBC TV ‘Arena’ series feature titled ‘Magical Mystery Tour Revisited.’ The Examiner reports that the event comes Oct. 2, a week before the rumored release of a Blu-Ray and restored DVD surrounding the film.
If you’re looking for a reason to stay in tonight, PBS has it as their ‘My Music’ series served up ‘Ed Sullivan’s Top Performers.’ The special, airing on PBS stations across the country, takes a look back at the longtime variety show host’s top music acts.
Just over 45 years ago, the Beatles told us “there’s nothing you can do that can’t be done” — and it surely felt that way for the fans and competitors in attendance at the Olympics on Saturday (August 4), when the stadium joined together in a massive singalong rendition of ‘All You Need Is Love.’
Do you remember? Hard to believe more than 30 years have gone by, but it was on this date back in 1981 that Mark David Chapman submitted a guilty plea for the murder of John Lennon. Chapman was charged with second degree murder.
When The Beach Boys' new reunion album, That's Why God Made the Radio, bowed at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart this past week, the pop-rock legends made history in more ways than one. Besides being the group's highest-ever debut on the Billboard tally, the album also helped the band eclipse a record set by none other than The Beatles.
The date was August 15th, 1965. They would play in front of a huge crowd at New York's Shea Stadium. The Beatles would only be on stage for about 30 minutes, but the footage will live on forever. Check out this memorable clip.