When it comes to the Beatles’ remarkable story, there is no shortage of highwater marks. Their history is pocked with career-making highlights: the band’s bravura February 9, 1964, appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show that netted some 73 million viewers. The group’s June 25, 1967, performance of “All You Need Is Love” on the Our […]
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“Beatles ’64” and the Fab Four’s Magical Maiden American Voyage
With healthy doses of exuberance and plenty of raucous, good-time rock ‘n’ roll, Beatles ’64 takes music lovers on a captivating guided tour of the group’s maiden American voyage. Directed by David Tedeschi and produced by Martin Scorsese, the film is a much-welcome respite from our beguiling times in much the same way that the […]
“Now and Then”: The Final Entry in the Beatles’ Extraordinary Songbook
The Beatles’ new song, the final entry in their extraordinary songbook, is a thing of beauty. Entitled “Now and Then,” it reminds us, above all else, that the narrative of the Beatles is a love story. And as with the finest romances, it is chockful of buoyant beginnings—think about Beatlemania and the world falling in […]
Channel Swimmer!
Had he lived into old age, Beatles roadie Mal Evans would have been 87 now. In August 1963, the 28-year-old giant of a man began the adventure of a lifetime when he joined the British band’s cozy entourage, which included manager Brian Epstein and fellow roadie Neil Aspinall. With the release of their “She Loves You” […]
Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” Docuseries Is a Mesmerizing Feast for the Eyes
Peter Jackson’s Get Back is a mesmerizing feast for the eyes, a veritable time machine that transports viewers back to the Beatles’ heyday in January 1969. New fans and diehards alike will revel in the carefully restored images of the Fab Four as they bring such classic tunes as “Get Back,” “Don’t Let Me Down,” […]