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John Lennon, a former "Beatle" with wife, Yoko Ono, during a press conference on April 2, 1973. (Bettmann / Getty Images)

When Nixon tried to deport John Lennon

James Thornton Harris
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and Blake Richardson in "Midas Man" (Kerry Spicer)

"Midas Man" feels like Beatles-lite

Kenneth Womack
The Beatles at London Airport, en route to America, 13th February 1964. (Stan Meagher/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Beatles' 1964 albums rereleased in mono

Kenneth Womack
John Lennon performing live onstage on November 28, 1974. (Steve Morley/Redferns/Getty Images)

Lennon's Mind Games is better than ever

Kenneth Womack
Joan Osborne (Photo by Laura Crosta)

Joan Osborne's Beatles lesson on albums

Nicole Michael
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon in "The Beatles: Let It Be" (Ethan A. Russell/Apple Corps Ltd./Disney+)

Superb restored Beatles "Let It Be" doc

Kenneth Womack
Rock and roll band "The Beatles" and Sean Connery as secret agent 007, James Bond. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Rare new Beatles & James Bond insights

Kenneth Womack
Beyoncé accepts the Innovator Award onstage during the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre on April 01, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

What Beyoncé's "Blackbird" cover means

Nardos Haile
Cowboy Carter - Main Cover Art (Parkwood Entertainment/Blair Caldwell)

Beyoncé's holy Cowboy Carter is country

Nardos Haile
The Beatles at TVC animation Studios in London, 6th November 1967, L-R Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney. (Mark and Colleen Hayward/Getty Images)

Four-part Beatles biopic announced

Nardos Haile
Paul McCartney playing guitar in New York during the Beatles first tour of America. February 1964. (Daily Mirror/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Paul McCartney reunited with stolen bass

Gabriella Ferrigine
The Beatles with television host Ed Sullivan. 9th February 1964 (Daily Mirror/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Beatles on "Ed Sullivan," 60 years later

Nicole Michael
"Band on the Run" Underdubbed Mixes (Capitol Music Group)

McCartney's Band on the Run underdub mix

Kenneth Womack
The Beatles, 1968 (Apple)

Listen: Beatles' final song "Now & Then"

Joy Saha
Brendan Hunt, Jason Sudeikis and Gus Turner in "Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+)

Ted Lasso: "Hey Jude" as a soccer chant

Alison Stine
Paul McCartney and Wings (Linda McCartney)

Wings' rich "Red Rose Speedway" remaster

Kenneth Womack
The crowd watching a film of Queen Elizabeth II having tea with Paddington Bear on a big screen during the Platinum Party at the Palace staged in front of Buckingham Palace, London on Saturday June 4, 2022. (Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)

Our Elizabethan Age of pop culture

Melanie McFarland
Abbey Road (Apple Records)

The 10 most popular artists on vinyl

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon in "The Beatles: Get Back" (Linda McCartney / Apple Corps Ltd.)

Randomizing album tracks is out of order

Jose V Ruiz-Resto - The Conversation
The Beatles perform 'Rain' and 'Paperback Writer' on BBC TV show 'Top Of The Pops' in London on 16th June 1966 (Mark and Colleen Hayward/Redferns)

The Beatles wanted to star in LOTR movie

Natalie Zamora - Winter is Coming

"I wouldn’t be here but for the Beatles"

Nicole Michael
John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Getty/Keystone Features)

John Lennon still lives among us

Joshua Meyrowitz - Common Dreams
Beatles in India, February 1968 (Fair Use)

"Meeting the Beatles in India" review

Chris Willman - Variety
The Beatles in Las Vegas playing on their north American Tour in the Convention Hall. 20th August 1964 (Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Beatles' historic stand against racism

Kenneth Womack
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