American Songwriter

What Was the First No. 1 Hit for Each of The Beatles’ Solo Careers?

The four members of The Beatles eventually rose to the top of the pop charts. These were the four songs that did it for them.

The Paul McCartney Song That Almost Didn’t Make the Hit Album 'McCartney II'

Discover the untold story of how Paul McCartney's experimental track Darkroom almost didn't make the cut on his iconic album McCartney II.

Zak Starkey tells, plays all from Beatles to Who in new NYC show

The new multi-media “Zak Starkey…Who?: An Evening of Drums and Conversation” is Friday, Feb. 20 at the Gramercy Theatre in ...
American Songwriter

How a Canceled Date Led to This 1963 Country Classic (That the Beatles Would Cover Two Years Later)

The journey of "Act Naturally" from tongue-in-cheek joke to country standard to Ringo Starr vehicle for The Beatles in a ...

Ravi Shankar In The Beatles Films: Who Was The Indian Sitar Maestro Who Changed George Harrison Forever?

Farhan Akhtar has been cast as Ravi Shankar in Sam Mendes' Beatles films, but who exactly was this man? A concise history of the sitar maestro who mentored George Harrison.