Tag Archives: brian epstein

Rock Hall of Fame beats back 6 British Invasion groups

August 18, 2011 | Phill | 4

Six British Invasion groups not yet inducted deserve Rock Hall of Fame consideration ►

Revisit the mother of all music group breakups: The Beatles

June 7, 2010 | princep | 0

Breaking up is hard to do. Getting blamed for it is easy ►

Beatlemania: When the Fab Four took over the world

October 27, 2009 | Goldmine Staff | 0

by Dave Thompson — 45 years ago, the phenomenon we know as Beatlemania truly started, and while the band had already been top of the pops in Britain and Europe for more than a year before they arrived in America, it was only with their conquest of America that they could truly take on the world. ►

The Yardbirds: The Eric Clapton Years Part 4

April 14, 2009 | Goldmine Staff | 0

The year’s-end release of Five Live Yardbirds coincided with The Yardbirds’ most prestigious outing yet — a place on the bill for The Beatles’ Christmas concerts at the Hammersmith Odeon. Backstage, The Yardbirds came face to face with their immediate future, in the form of a quietly spoken young Mancunian named Graham Gouldman, who had written a song he thought they might like. ►

Web Exclusive! Enjoy an excerpt from "The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records" by Bruce Spizer

February 6, 2009 | Goldmine Staff | 0

Dive into the fascinating story of how the Beatles almost didn’t make it big in America, and how Capitol records very nearly wasn’t the record label to benefit when the Fab Four finally hopped across the pond and hit America on Feb. 7, 1964. ►