During the peak of The Beatles' dizzying run of pop records, the inclusion of 'Act Naturally' on 1965's Help!' unfortunately ...

The Beatles released a now-rare album just as their influence was growing to new heights in the mid-1960s, but if they'd had ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney may have been joined at the hip in many respects, but Macca wasn't afraid to speak his mind about his mate's solo years.

Released just eight months after their debut, With the Beatles sounds like a band sprinting to keep up with its own momentum. It's packed with covers and quick-take originals, but ...

How Chet Atkins' nuanced and innovative guitar style influenced Paul McCartney to write The Beatles classic, "Michelle".

The Beatles have been gone for more than half a century, but their shadow still looms large over rock music and rock ...

A standout track from The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album, it epitomised Wilson’s shift into complex, sophisticated compositions ...

Notable about Sgt. Pepper’s is that “A Day In the Life” (it frequently comes in at #1 in the holiday weekend playback of the ...

Most cutting of all, Mike Love - Wilson's co-writer on many of The Beach Boys' biggest hits - damned Smile as "a whole album ...

Speaking of “Rubber Soul,” Wilson told the Tribune a little over a decade ago, “I was so blown away by that damn album that I went and wrote (“God Only Knows.”)” ...

Wilson had been inspired by the Beatles’ Rubber Soul album and encouraged the band to explore new territory in sound for Pet Sounds. Wilson’s family shared news of his death Wednesday on ...