Decca, EMI, and Ed Sullivan: The Beatles Seize February
Thompson celebrates the Beatles’ 45th anniversary of being on the Ed Sullivan Show.
“Maybe Tomorrow”: The Beatles’ Climb to the Rooftop, January 1959-1969
Gordon Thompson looks at the Beatles in January 1959 and January 1969.
“I Want to Hold Your Hand,” 26 December 1963
For many of us in the British Commonwealth, Boxing Day can bring back memories of visiting family and friends, even as modernity transforms the date from an opportunity to exchange gifts between one another into one on which you return gifts at shopping malls. For Americans, it’s an anachronism.
The Beatles’ The Beatles: 22 November 1968
Gordon Thompson looks at the White Album.
Sowing the Seeds of Beatlemania
The origins of Beatlemania.
“Hey Jude” and the Death of Sixties British Pop
Gordon Thompson looks at the end of 60’s British Pop music.
The Revolution Within
Gordon Thompson looks at a unique revolution.
“Move It” from Zero to Fifty:
British Rock’s Unlikely Rise from Cliff Richard to the Rolling Stones
A look at British music from Cliff Richard to The Rolling Stones.