The Beatles Today in Beatles History

The Early Beatles is The Beatles’ sixth album on Capitol Records, and their eighth album for the American market, released on March 22, 1965. It reached #43 on the Billboard LP’s chart. The Early Beatles resembles more of an early compilation because all of the tracks had previously been featured …

The Lennons celebrating “Thanksgiving” at Cold Spring Harbor in 1979.Photos of Fred Seaman, the personal assistant to John Lennon and Yoko Ono, during the late Beatles years, when John and Yoko lived at The Dakota in NYC.

in the United States, Immigration and Naturalization Service Judge Ira Fieldsteel orders that John Lennon must leave the United States within 60 days or face deportation. He also makes the decision to grant Yoko Ono tenure. Supporting John in his case are John Lindsay, the Mayor of New York, Lord …

“I was very scared. I didn’t want to give up, but it was a mess, it was unreal, and I had to handle this all by myself. There was no choice. I had to try. We had two children, we’d just been married a year and my husband didn’t want …

“The train bit embarrasses us now,” said John. “I’m sure it’s less noticeable to people watching in the cinema, but we know that we’re dead conscious in every move we make, we watch each other. Paul’s embarrassed when I’m watching him speak and he knows I am. You can see …

John’s inspiration for the song came when Julian showed him a nursery school drawing he called “Lucy—in the Sky with Diamonds.” According to John and Ringo, who witnessed the event, Julian first uttered the song’s title upon returning home from nursery school.

Such a shame the hotel that The Beatles stayed in for 5 days when on tour with Gerry & the Pacemakers burnt down. The boys had such a great time there in July 1963 as they could still walk around relatively unknown apart from signing autographs. The were on the …

Tucked away in the depths of side two of the first disc of The Beatles (1968) is “Blackbird”, a quiet, unassuming acoustic number that in truth ranks as one of the album’s best songs. Like many tracks on “The White Album”, “Blackbird” is a showcase for one Beatle instead of …

Once upon a time, around 1958, the beginning of an odyssey in the art of songwriting! The Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do,” was also one of the first songs Lennon and McCartney wrote together. They were just teenagers in 1958, scribbling songs in a school notebook, dreaming of stardom, …

Fats Domino had a lasting impact on a number of musicians. His music and the sound of New Orleans R&B made its way around the world, and artists took inspiration from his style and songs. One of the most influential groups to incorporate Domino’s style into their music was the …