“Hey Jude” sums up the Beatles’ turbulent summer of 1968 — a tribute to their friendship, right at the moment it was starting to fracture. The single was a smash as soon as they released it on August ...
19th May 1967: The Beatles celebrate the completion of their new album, 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', at a press conference held at the west London home of their manager Brian Epstein. The ...
"Hey Jude," one of the Beatles' most famous songs, is an uplifting ballad that's inspired the masses for decades. The song, written by Paul McCartney and also credited to John Lennon for some ...
Elvis Presley once covered The Beatles’ “Hey Jude.” In an interview, one of Elvis’ friends revealed the singer’s attitude toward The Beatles was not entirely positive. Subsequently, the King of Rock ...
In all likelihood, the Beatles didn't set out to challenge radio programmers' time constraints when they released the seven-minute-plus "Hey Jude" on Aug. 26, 1968. They were, as was always the case, ...
It's no wonder that Julian Lennon, the eldest son of the late Beatles legend John Lennon, has a love-hate relationship with The Beatles' "Hey Jude." After all, the classic rock song was written about ...
Not all of the 213 singles The Beatles recorded together were going to be extraordinary, though many of them were—their 1968 track, “Hey Jude”, being no small exception. From the circumstances ...