From the moment Al Jolson started warbling on screen in 1927, songs in movies have found a treasured place in the popular consciousness. Some of
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For thousands of years, humans have put into music the most intense longings of their souls and the deepest regrets of their hearts. Love songs
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, a new documentary on the legendary songwriter, is set to hit theaters for one night only, on Thursday, February
Film musicals are one of the most quintessentially American art forms, and one that was eventually exported around the world. Westerns originated from dime novels
The album that we have all come to call “The White Album” is in reality called The Beatles, but virtually from the moment it was
“While we were recording The White Album, we ended up being more of a band again,” Ringo Starr would reflect, “and that’s what I always
The up-and-coming phenomenon of Mersey Beat got its own name and magazine, when the fortnightly newspaper of that name published its first edition for the
By the middle of 1958, the whirlwind of success that had made Little Richard one of the most exciting stars of the original rock’n’roll era
Paul McCartney once wrote that “your mother should know.” But it was Elsie Starkey, the mother of Ringo Starr, who was key to the creation
The legacy of George Harrison is never far from our minds, both for his brilliant musicianship and visionary humanitarianism. But just as he had to