American Songwriter

Editing ‘The Beatles’ Down From Two Discs to One: Which Songs Make the Cut?

What if 'The Beatles' was just one disc instead of two? We make the hard choices about which twelve songs should make the cut ...

The Beatles’ First U.S. Billboard No.1 Hit Marked the Death of Rock Music

I Want to Hold Your Hand didn’t sound like traditional rock. It gave The Beatles their first U.S. No.1 and marked a turning ...

Times of trouble? Book, film cast Beatles' 'Let It Be' in happier light

The recording of The Beatles' final album "Let It Be" has gone down in the band's lore as times of trouble, a gloomy harbinger of their break-up.