The Beatles' "Twist and Shout" is beloved for its blemishes: John Lennon's voice is moments away from disintegration — a raw snapshot of a singer wrestling a rock song in real time. And while Lennon ...
The Monkees were widely accused of ripping off The Beatles. “Ripping-off” was usually too strong a word for the inspiration that the Prefab Four took from the Fab Four, but the word applied well to a ...
“Twist and Shout” was co-written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns. The latter used the pseudonym Bert Russell. Berns also produced other hits such as The Drifters’ “Under the Boardwalk” and Van ...
LITTLE ROCK — In 1963, The Beatles released their first album, Please Please Me. Looking back, the rise of The Beatles may look inevitable, but their success depended on lucky breaks and talent. One ...
Get ready to twist and shout like it’s 1965. The 60 th anniversary of the Beatles’ iconic concert at Shea Stadium will be celebrated by the New York Mets when they host the Seattle Mariners at Citi ...
Who does Mélisse Brunet think of when discussing the music of the Beatles? Who else? Mozart. It's not that there are stylistic similarities between the leaders of the 1960s British pop invasion and ...
As part of our series Blogging the Beatles, we’re featuring occasional excerpts from Ian MacDonald’s Revolution in the Head, a thrilling song-by-song history of the Beatles’ records which Slate’s ...
The Vamps were on a promo frenzy leading up to the Aug. 4 release of their 'Somebody to You' EP in Canada, Mexico and the US. To get fans hyped, the British boy band took a page from another famous ...
Jon Solomon writes about music and nightlife for Westword, where he’s been the Clubs Editor since 2006. Music Editor Emily Ferguson If you value independent journalism, please consider making a ...
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