The Beatles singer John Lennon was a huge fan of Chuck Berry, so much so he called him his "hero" John and "the greatest rock ...
During his time in the Beatles ... song of mine that I never thought much of.” But later down the line, the feeling switched. In the band’s later years, when Lennon was checking out of his interest in ...
Paul McCartney knew how to write hit songs without The Beatles — he just struggled to write good hit songs without The Beatles! Only one of his solo No. 1 singles is genuinely worthwhile.
Micky Dolenz says the Monkees weren't a band, they were a TV show about a band. The Beatles got it. To John Lennon, they were like the Marx Brothers.
It’s quite a good song; it has always surprised me how with just the two of us on it, it ended up sounding like The Beatles." Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn said the session tapes from 'The ...
Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s songwriting drove The Beatles to monumental heights, reinventing popular music in the process. The two wrote the vast majority of the band’s songs with ...
Still, it’s a great little song. It kicks off with an absolutely stellar piano introduction and a thumping bassline from McCartney that could easily make any list of The Beatles’ most hard ...
Drummer Zak Starkey has said he felt he was “picked up and carried by the music” when performing at the Liverpool venue where his father, Sir Ringo Starr, started out with the Beatles.
The expansive album and film sessions for Let It Be reveal the slow disintegration of the world’s greatest rock band. Though The Beatles were gradually breaking up, some of their most intriguing ...
and Johnny was there to see us off.” Starr, 84, remembers it vividly, like many of his encounters over the years with country music royalty, from Willie Nelson to Waylon Jennings. The Beatles ...
The most coveted awards in music are coming up in just a couple of days. That's right, the Grammy Awards are being broadcast on February 2, with all of the year's most popular artists being nominated ...