Articles — Beatles

Since our last report in 2024 on the latest RIAA top 10 albums in terms of U.S. sales, AC/DC is the biggest mover, with their Back In Black masterstroke album now going from fourth to third on the list. In doing so they overtook the Eagles venerable Hotel California album.   Eagles, however, remain fully secure at the top of the list with their best seller, Eagles/Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, at 38 million copies sold. Also, Led Zeppelin's IV album notched past Billy Joel's two-volume greatest hits release, tying the Beatles White Album at 24 million sold. Other moves in the top...

This past week, on July 7, 2025, the world celebrated a remarkable milestone: the 85th birthday of Ringo Starr. Known across generations as the cheerful, ever-steady drummer of The Beatles, Ringo’s life and career stretch far beyond his Fab Four fame. His journey is a testament to resilience, creativity, and an unyielding commitment to spreading peace and love. Early Life: A Hard Road to Stardom Born Richard Starkey in the working-class Dingle neighborhood of Liverpool in 1940, Ringo’s early life was marked by hardship. His parents separated when he was three, and his mother, Elsie, supported them by working as...

The Beatles Book was a series of magazines about the Beatles that was published from 1963 through 2003, which some interruptions along the way. The magazines contained photos and stories of the group from its earliest days and helped drive the mania that surrounded the Beatles as their popularity grew. The publication was founded in 1963 by Sean O'Mahony (1932-2020), who had worked in the music business since the 1950s after first running a coffee bar. By the early 1960s he had become the advertising manager at Pop Weekly, which was a magazine published by Robert Stigwood (who later went on to sign the...

Exciting news for Beatles fans today as a new track entitled "Now And Then" has come to light. New software developed during the production of Peter Jackson's 2022 documentary series Get Back unlocked a vocal and piano demo recorded by John Lennon in the 70s, allowing it to be developed into the new work.  The recording was first heard by the surviving Beatles in 1995, but it remained unusable until the new technology enabled an uncoupling of Lennon's vocal from the piano on the track. This enabled the other Beatles to add their parts -- including George Harrison, whose rhythm guitar parts were recorded in 1995 -- and make...

The Beatles Yesterday and Today album's original Butcher cover is one of the most infamous album covers in the history of rock music. Released in 1966, the album initially featured a cover photograph that depicted the Fab Four dressed in butcher smocks, covered in pieces of raw meat and dismembered baby dolls. This shocking and controversial cover art was quickly withdrawn by the record label, Capitol Records, and replaced with a more conventional cover, making the original "Butcher cover" a rare and highly sought-after collector's item. The story of the Butcher cover begins with The Beatles' rapid rise to fame and success....