With its intrigue, jealousies, treachery and villainy, and a natural story arc, the history of the Beatles contains all the elements of Shakespearean tragedy. The tale has become one of the gospels of ...

With this massive opus, veteran music journalist Spitz (Dylan: A Biography) tells the definitive story of the band that sparked a cultural revolution. Calling on books, articles, radio programs and ...

Rock journalist Bob Spitz's new biography of the Beatles is decidedly not prettified: venereal disease, drugs, and bad business are all part of... Behind the Myth: A New Beatles Biography Behind the ...

During my recent interview with author Mark Lewisohn about his monumental new biography of the Beatles, “Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years,” he very briefly let slip a comment that might qualify ...

When the Beatles broke up in 1970, it seemed to Allan Kozinn that everyone took a side. “Rolling Stone really took a John versus Paul approach to the universe — and they were on John’s side — but ...

Kenneth Womack’s new book on George Martin is the first of two volumes (the second comes out next year), and it seems to be the first biography of the Beatles producer, which is kind of surprising.

Paul McCartney’s new album, “New,” includes a song called “Early Days” that sounds almost like a preemptive strike on Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn: “Now everybody seems to have their own ...