The Beatles have been called many things – including pioneers, innovators and icons. One thing they have rarely been called, however, is heavy metal. Still, that’s exactly what John Lennon labeled the ...

Of all the Beatles songs that made it to #1 in the US — and there were so, so many of them — “Ticket To Ride” is, for my money, the best. It’s the one where it suddenly became obvious, to anyone ...

The Beatles, you won't be surprised to learn, have slipped the usual bounds of music-group greatness and entered the land of legend in myriad ways. People study the most famous band of all time's ...

The mark of a great pop song is that it has several meanings or ways into the song, but everything in the song, every component, is synthesized seamlessly. By that definition, the Beatles’ single, ...

Paul McCartney discussed changing the melody for The Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” with John Lennon. Paul said one part of the song “was very effective, but it was quite cheeky.” The former Beatle called ...

After spending a hard day’s night deciding whether or not to cancel a planned outdoor Beatles tribute concert because of threatening weather, organizers jammed more than 150 fans of the Fab Four into ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Of all the ...

Of all the Beatles songs that made it to #1 in the US — and there were so, so many of them — “Ticket To Ride” is, for my money, the best. It’s the one where it suddenly became obvious, to anyone ...