One of the saddest facts of John Lennon’s senseless murder in December 1980—and there are many, to be sure—is that his killer robbed him of the opportunity to grow old, to rethink his relationships and perspectives as we all inevitably do with the passage of time. Yesterday marks the 41st anniversary of John and Paul’s […]
The Beatles
Everything Fab Four: “With Love, From Me To You”
On April 11, 1963—54 years ago today—the Beatles released their third single, “From Me to You” b/w “Thank You Girl.” With the group following closely on the heels of “Please Please Me” with yet another UK chart-topper, “From Me to You” proved to be an early success in what would eventually come to be known […]
Everything Fab Four: Ray Connolly’s Being Elvis
Ray Connolly’s Being Elvis: A Lonely Life is a revelation. In many ways, it is the Elvis Presley biography that we’ve always needed—the one that takes us deep inside the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s dizzying highs and soul-crushing lows. Published in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of Presley’s untimely death, Being Elvis traces the […]
Everything Fab Four: Love, Love, Love—The Beatles and Saint Valentine’s Day
Saint Valentine’s Day’s longstanding associations with romantic love find their origins in fourteenth-century courtly love traditions. For the twentieth-century Beatles, the trials and tribulations of romantic love were their stock-in-trade—particularly during the band’s early years. Back in the heady days of Beatlemania, Lennon and McCartney mined romantic love for all its worth, celebrating the first […]
Everything Fab Four: The Evolving Artistry Of The Beatles In Sevenoaks, Kent
Fifty years ago, on January 31, 1967, the Beatles found themselves in the midst of a two-day film shoot for the “Strawberry Fields Forever” promotional video with director Peter Goldmann in Sevenoaks, Kent. During a production break, John Lennon was browsing the wares of a local antique store, when an old Victorian circus poster caught […]