On February 9, 1964, The Beatles stepped onto the stage at CBS Studio 50 in New York City to open an episode of The Ed Sullivan Show. "Their lyrics (punctuated by nutty shouts of “yeah, yeah, yeah!”) ...
On February 9, 1964, a group of four 20-something musicians from Liverpool made their debut on U.S. television and forever changed popular music. The Beatles’ appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” that ...
While The Beatles may have initially dominated charts around the world, France were slow to accept the Fab Four as the next big thing. Read more here.
What would music be without the Beatles? It’s a question we certainly don’t enjoy pondering because the legacy the Beatles created in just 10 years is nothing short of astronomical. It is interesting, ...
The Beatles came together for their final live performance on this day in history, August 29, 1966. The concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco was never announced as the band’s last dance, but ...
Just as The Beatles were teetering on the cusp of international fame, their manager, Brian Epstein, received a letter from a schoolboy named David Moores (per BBC News). The manager recognized that ...
You know you’ve got something when you get too famous to tour. That was the case with the British-born rock band the Beatles at their height in the mid-to-late 1960s existence. The group was too ...
An hourlong recording of the Beatles performing live in April 1963 has surfaced, making it the earliest known full recording of the band. The tape was made by 15-year-old John Bloomfield, a student at ...
On Aug. 29, 1966, the Beatles took the stage at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. The performance marked the end of touring for one of the greatest and most influential acts of the rock era. Aside ...
During a soundcheck concert in Santa Barbara, California, on Friday night, Paul McCartney played the iconic Beatles 1965 hit Help! for the first time in 35 years ...