The Beatles went viral before there was viral. In 1964, after playing to a staggering 45% of American households on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in February, the band embarked upon a chaotic tour of North ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Darryn King writes about arts and culture of all kinds. Dec 07, 2024, 10:19am EST The Beatles pose for a portrait in front of an ...

The iconic British comedy musical film, "A Hard Day’s Night," was released on this day in history, Aug. 11, 1964, and starred the Beatles in their first feature movie. The movie was released during ...

A new box set that collects the Beatles' U.S. albums from 1964 will arrive later this year. The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono includes seven albums originally released by Capitol Records (and in ...

Strange but true: The Beatles’ American record company decided not to release their albums. Instead, Capitol chopped them up to generate more product. Nobody at the label had any idea that future ...

Opening acts for the Beatles’ 1964 tour of the United States and Canada generally had at least one high-charting hit to their name, helping ensure fans would be in the seats (if the Beatlemania wasn’t ...

It was a chaotic scene at DC’s Shoreham Hotel when the Beatles stayed there in February 1964. The band was in town for its first public American concert, and thousands of fans flocked to the hotel, ...