Rubber Soul is often marked as the turning point in the Beatles‘ career, the moment where they transcended the pop confines of Beatlemania and became serious artists. The first steps toward that ...

60 years ago, on August 6, 1965, The Beatles released Help!, and it soon became one of their most iconic albums in their discography. From “Yesterday” to “It’s Only Love,” the Fab Four came together ...

From early on in the run of The Beatles, the group set aside songs on albums (and in live shows) for drummer Ringo Starr to sing. Whether he got a Lennon-McCartney original or chose a cover he wanted ...

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr began filming the second Beatles movie on Feb. 23, 1965. The project was originally named Eight Arms to Hold You, an innocent but prophetic ...

The Beatles’ movie Help! just isn’t funny. The film tries to be strange but it doesn’t reach the heights of Monty Python, Douglas Adams, or other great British surrealist humor. In addition, none of ...

The Beatles landed at JFK Airport on February 7, 1964, greeted by 3,000 of the fans that had sent “I Want To Hold Your Hand” to the top of the Hot 100, and America’s love affair with the Fab Four hasn ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Beatles' early album Meet The Beatles! is back on the charts in ...

“Blackbird” is another classic Beatles song that mainly features just McCartney on vocals and acoustic guitar. Paul wrote the song at his then recently acquired farm in Scotland shortly after The ...