Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. This article is more than 2 years old. 392279 03: (FILE PHOTO) The ...

Beginning in the early 1960s, The Beatles enjoyed a string of hit songs that dominated the charts and the radio soundwaves. By 1968, they had established themselves as the biggest band of the decade.

In 1964, The Beatles appeared in the United States for the first time, playing on “The Ed Sullivan Show” to the delight of more than 73 million viewers. But it was a year later, in 1965, that they ...

On a February night in 1964, a veteran TV host and four young musicians from England changed music, broadcasting, popular culture … they changed everything. The Beatles first appeared on American TV ...