‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’: The Beatles’ final moment in the studio
The year is 1969, and the biggest band in the world is on the brink of breaking up. The once lucrative songwriting partnership between Paul McCartney and John Lennon seems […]
“An endless number”: The Beatles song that took the most takes to record
By 1970, The Beatles had had their success and were no longer together. Subsequently, the band members were all working on their respective solo projects and exploring their musical influence […]
Fab Four Fear: The Beatles song that came from being “very paranoid”
When it comes to The Beatles and paranoia, a few songs could act as contenders for being the most anxious. There are the suicidal tendencies of ‘Yer Blues’, the inscrutable […]
The Ringo Starr cover so bad that George Harrison threatened legal action
The 1960s saw The Beatles become the biggest band in the world. Within a few years, they were no longer the mop-topped young men singing sweet love songs and rhythm […]
The Beatles song Ringo Starr calls his favourite: “I was possessed”
If you ask any fan of The Beatles what they believe to be the Fab Four’s finest song, you will likely get a different answer from one day to the […]
The Beatles Hit A Special Milestone With One Of Their Biggest Albums–Again
The Beatles have never found it difficult to sell albums in the U.K. In fact, they’re perhaps the most successful musical act of all time in that nation when looking […]
Ringo Starr described playing with The Beatles as “psychic”
The Beatles shaped the music industry as we know it today. Over 60 years on from the band’s first inception, their reputation and influence remains unparalleled. Their recording techniques are […]
The unstoppable force of Beatlemania: The Beatles failure that gave Ringo Starr a sense of relief
In the early 1960s, a series of seemingly unbreakable number ones kicked off Beatlemania and changed what would forever be regarded as the landscape of music and fandom. The Beatles […]
Ranking the Songs The Beatles Wrote About Each Other after the Breakup
The Beatles might have broken up in 1970. But that didn’t stop them from writing songs about each other once they went their separate ways. There are enough of these […]
Ringo Starr’s Hilarious Reaction to John Lennon’s Naked ‘Two Virgins’ Cover
After John Lennon completed his album Two Virgins, he took the cover photo to Ringo Starr to view. This was a moment The Beatles drummer said he would never forget. […]