The Beatles News Archives

Concluding the coaches' contributions this week, here's Rona on David A: In your Webster's -- or online dictionary, if you prefer -- next to the word PRETERNATURAL you should find a photo of the teen wunderkind ... via USA Today

The Beatles took bits of pop music -- country, Motown, rhythm and blues, rockabilly -- and turned them into rock immortal. via Columbus Dispatch

On March 27th, 1964, The Beatles occupied the top six spots in the Australian pop chart. via WJBF-TV Augusta

Entertainment highlights during the week of March 30-April 5: 1955: The movie "On the Waterfront" won the Academy Award for best picture. via Myrtle Beach Online

“With A Little Help From My Friends," "Across The Universe" by Fiona Apple and Aerosmith 's version of "Come Together”

Check out videos, pics and more from U2 ! Daily Entertainment Photos - "Get all the fashion, glamour and scandal here in pictures!" U2 's cover of "Helter Skelter" has topped a new online poll of reworked ... via KSNE-FM Las Vegas

“Neil's trusting stewardship and guidance has left a far-reaching legacy.”

Neil Aspinall, a close friend of the Beatles and the man who ran the Apple music empire, has died aged 66, a spokesman has announced. via BBC

“I'm surprised because up to a few weeks ago, we were in good-faith conversations with Apple.”

Release of Hamburg recordings blocked A legal attempt has been made to block the release of early recordings by The Beatles recordings. via NME

“It is so important that you a) sell a song and b) that you remember a performance, and that was master class”

This past week on American Idol, the geniuses that pick the themes for the week chose the Beatles. via Associated Content

What was weird was how many of the contestants seemed to agree with me, pointing out moments from last week's show that were their favorite parts of the season so far and wondering how they could top those ... via Buzzsugar

Murray High School Junior David Archuleta is back to wowing the judges on FOX's "American Idol" after a flubbed performance last week. via Daily Herald

“Hey, nobody will notice if I combine the first two verses, slash the middle section in half, move the third verse to the end and then make up my own lyrics when I lose track!”

Like a bitter one-legged ex-wife, "Idol" producers decided to wring every last dime out of the Lennon/McCartney treasure trove and presented viewers with yet another Beatles-themed episode Tuesday night. via VH1 News

Last week for the most part these Idol hopefuls were amazing and surpassed any expectation I might have even dreamed of in hearing them deliver the songs of Lennon and McCartney. via Asheville Citizen-Times

“You are in danger of becoming a bit boring.”

Ryan is a jerk. He's a big fat jerk. He's the biggest jerk in the whole wide world. via ResurrectionSong

“He's this little guy, and he just belted that music out. It was amazing. He's a notch above.”

Is David Archuleta ready to be the next American Idol? The shy, slight teen from Murray, Utah has been anointed the favorite this season by notoriously crusty Idol judge Simon Cowell, and has been all but ... via AMNY

“The best part of the whole night, for me, was David Hernandez teaching us that gay strip clubs in Arizona are actually called "Pizza Bistros.”

OUR "AMERICAN IDOL" Readers Judging Panel is off and running, and already there appears to be a wide divergence of opinions. via Contra Costa Times

“Once they feel they belong it makes learning much easier. They have no idea they're getting literacy or music theory”

Little voices fill the unusually quiet Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on a rare sunny winter morning. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“Say hello to our new set, America.”

Ryan Seacrest said we had been waiting for it with bated breath. But it wasn't the Top 12 he was referring to -- it was the set. via The Huffington Post

The Beatles helped turn Tuesday night's American Idol into a ratings spectacular as Fab Four fans tuned in to hear wannabes belt out hits like "Eleanor Rigby" and "In My Life." After vying for the rights to ... via Starpulse News Blog

“David, I thought it was brilliant. For two weeks now, if this show remains a talent competition rather than a popularity competition, you actually could win this entire show.”

Filed Under: American Idol The Top 12 contestants of American Idol 7 performed Beatles songs last night, during the first episode of the finals. via Waleg.com

There are very few things I obsess over musically, but the Lennon-McCartney songbook happens to be one of them. via Cinema Blend News

“She's a Woman"; Irish girl Carly Smithson sang "Come Together”

So there's a new stage, new lights, a new home for the band and even a mosh pit as "American Idol" continues its search for the next pop star. via Home News Tribune

“I remember my mother doing the ironing while I was listening to the album Revolver”

For millions of fans around the world, the Beatles wrote the soundtrack to their lives. via The San Diego Union-Tribune

Music:- Every song recorded by The Beatles, including various hard to find versions, has for years been available for free on the P2P networks. via P2pnet.net

It goes without saying that comic books have matured since Stan Lee's heyday. After all, the man loved his exclamation points! But there's not a fanboy on the planet who'd pass up the chance to teleport back to ... via Springfield News-Sun

Posted in music by Darrin Olson on March 9th, 2008 According to a number of UK-based online sources, Paul McCartney has officially worked out a deal to bring the Beatles back-catalog to multiple music download ... via Slippery Brick

Legendary Pink Floyd producer Norman Smith has died. He was 85. Smith, who was also an engineer on every Beatles recording session between 1962 and 1965, passed away on March 3. Born in London on 22 February, ... via Starpulse News Blog

“The date has not yet been set.”

Telegraph reports that Sir Paul McCartney is expected to release the Beatles catalog for download on the internet in a deal that could be worth up to 300 million . via Insanely Great Mac

Sir Paul McCartney poses with the award for Outstanding Contribution To Music during the Brit Awards 2008 at Earls Court on February 20, 2008 in London, England. via CW West Palm

“We've always been the hometown boys.”

If a cappella music conjures up thoughts of barbershop quartets, you're right - and wrong. via A Cappella News

“My father was a musician and he taught me to like all kinds of music”

London has Abbey Road, but Dexter has Red Lava. While Red Lava Studios founder Keith Mitchell is not yet expecting the next Beatles to come strolling through the door, he does believe that some great and ... via The Dexter Leader-Heritage Newspapers...

The man who owns the .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver Jack Ruby used to kill accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald says the piece is going up for auction this month in Las Vegas. via KTXA-TV Fort Worth

'Rain,' the critically acclaimed concert tour of Beatles impersonators, will stop March 12 in Cincinnati. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

Another of our e-mail interviews with a SXSW showcase band. Now up: Blue Mountain, who play at 12 a.m. March 12 at Pangaea, 409 Colorado St. via The Austin American-Statesman