Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Beatles hit America in a major way in the mid-’60s, and once ...

The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — arriving to cheering mobs at John F. Kennedy Airport on Feb. 7, 1964. (CBS via Getty Images) Swifties are such a hot topic ...

In 1964, when Ringo Starr fell ill, The Beatles recruited drummer Jimmie Nicol for part of their tour. This is the story of ...

In the sixty years since its release, the Beatles' Rubber Soul has come to be regarded as one of the pinnacles of the ...

Even The Beatles didn’t quite comprehend what awaited them in New York on Feb. 7, 1964. Six days after “I Want to Hold Your Hold” broke through as their first No. 1 hit in the U.S., Paul McCartney, ...

There have been many albums released by the Beatles, from classic LPs to reissued box sets, full of never-before-heard tracks. Some fans might think they’ve heard it all. But a new live recording of a ...

The 1960s are often remembered as a decade of social and political change, in a manner not dissimilar to today's climate. Amid the upheaval of gender norms and racial bias, popular music was ...

"Fantastic," "intimate," and "historic" are some of the words Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson uses to describe the 57 hours of video and 130 hours of audio he combed through to create ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A new show at Britain's National Portrait Gallery in London captures swinging 1960s Britain in photographs from bopping to the Beatles at the Cavern to the psychedelic ...

When Beatles fans began buzzing last October about a “new” Beatles song, Kristen Pittaro was among the first to hear about it. The 21-year-old Stony Brook University student from New Hyde Park happens ...