The 60th anniversary of the peak year for Beatlemania in the United States, 1964, is being celebrated with the release of “The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono,” a forthcoming boxed set that compiles ...

When compact discs hit the marketplace in 1982, retailers were quick to pronounce the death of long-playing vinyl records. Admittedly, I was eager to join the bandwagon. CDs were seemingly ...

The Beatles never released a live album while they were still together, though it wasn’t for lack of trying. The group’s meteoric rise in fame had made them the biggest in the world. By 1964, ...

On the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Feb. 1, 1964, The Beatles hit No. 1 for the first time with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” The groundbreaking single began a run of the band’s 20 leaders, the most in ...

With the many different musical phases the Beatles went though over their seven years of recording, tribute bands have no shortage of songs and styles to pull from, from their moptop days to their ...