Director Sam Mendes is getting ready to dive into the ambitious project of chronicling the life of The Beatles in a four-part ...

Today in Music History for July 17: In 1674, Isaac Watts, innovative pioneer of modern English hymn writing, was born. Among his many beloved sacred compositions are: "At the Cross," "Joy to the World ...

Songwriters have long leant on the giants of classical music for inspiration: A Whiter Shade of Pale – among the bestselling ...

Quite a few songs out there have been written in a short amount of time, but three minutes is cutting it pretty close.

McCartney and Starr are the two surviving members of The Beatles following the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison ...

A look at how The Beatles may have been the kings of the 1960s, yet shared the airwaves with many forgotten acts and bands ...

Here is a look at the life of Ringo Starr, musician and member of the Beatles. Personal Birth date: July 7, 1940 Birth place: Liverpool, England Birth name: Richard Starkey Jr. Father: Richard Starkey ...

MCA bought Motown Records; The Who's bass player was chosen as the best; The Jackson 5 was at the top of the charts with "The ...

With the recent passing of Brian Wilson at age 82, I return to my lifelong dispute on the erroneously accepted narrative of popular music during the early sixties before the Beatles showed up as a ...

A firm indicator of a song’s popularity is the number of recorded cover versions it has. In the case of Yesterday by the ...

The Beatles released 123 songs between 1962 and 1970 and while some of the tunes may not as be as famous as Yesterday or Here ...

Recorded for 1965’s ‘Help!’ album, “If You’ve Got Trouble” was the first song the group wrote for drummer Ringo Starr. It was almost immediately consigned to the vault ...