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  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandIn August 1966, the Beatles permanently stopped touring after a series of exhausting and controversial performances. The group had grown weary of live shows…
  • Thriller (album)Michael Jackson stood alone in his room, crying. He said he walked around the neighborhood at night hoping to find someone to talk to.
  • Revolver (Beatles album)In the early months of 1966, the Beatles took a three-month break from their relentless touring schedule. This pause marked the longest period the group had…
  • Help! (song)John Lennon wrote the lyrics to express his stress after the Beatles' quick rise to success. He told Playboy magazine in 1980 that he was subconsciously…
  • Rubber SoulIn August 1965, the Beatles played to over 55,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. That same month, they met Bob Dylan in New York City and Elvis Presley in…
  • Abbey RoadThe first sessions for Abbey Road began on the 22nd of February 1969 at Trident Studios. The group recorded a backing track for I Want You She's So Heavy…
  • Let It Be (song)Paul McCartney dreamed of his mother Mary Patricia McCartney in 1956 after she had died of cancer. He was fourteen years old at the time.
  • Bohemian RhapsodyFreddie Mercury began developing the song in the late 1960s while playing parts of it on a piano. One early piece known as The Cowboy Song contained lyrics…
  • The Beatles (album)In late May 1968, the Beatles returned to EMI Studios in London to commence recording sessions that lasted until mid-October.
  • Pet SoundsOn the 16th of May 1966, Capitol Records released Pet Sounds, the eleventh studio album by the Beach Boys. Brian Wilson had declared his withdrawal from…
  • Eleanor RigbyPaul McCartney sat at a piano in 1966 and began experimenting with melodies that would eventually become Eleanor Rigby. He initially named the character Ola…
  • Strawberry Fields ForeverJohn Lennon spent his early years in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool. He played in the wooded garden behind Strawberry Field, a Salvation Army children's home…
  • I Want to Hold Your HandJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney sat in the basement music room of 57 Wimpole Street during late 1963. Margaret Asher taught oboe there, but the small space…
  • A Hard Day's Night (album)The Beatles arrived at EMI Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris on the 29th of January 1964 for their first recording session outside London.
  • Hey JudeIn May 1968, John Lennon and his wife Cynthia Lennon separated due to his affair with artist Yoko Ono. The following month, Paul McCartney drove out to visit…
  • Act NaturallyJohnny Russell stood in a Fresno, California bar during the early 1960s. He had to cancel a date with his girlfriend that night.
  • Meet the Beatles!The year was 1963 when EMI label head Sir Joseph Lockwood sent a deputy to Los Angeles. He ordered Capitol Records to finally release Beatles records in the…
  • Penny LanePenny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and…