After a remarkable regular season, one that saw Oregon softball win every Big Ten series (16 in a row dating back to last season), take 40 games... The Beatles gave the world some of the best and most ...

The Beatles have inspired so many covers that it’s mindboggling. Most modern attempts to add something to the Fab Four’s sound aren’t impressive. Only one album of Beatles covers from this century is ...

No band or artist of any genre has been covered by other artists as often as The Beatles. Throughout the 1960s, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, or the Fab Four, released ...

The internet is buzzing after Beyonce released her cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird" as part of her country-centric new album Cowboy Carter. The praise has been mostly universal, with many noting the ...

When one door closes, another one opens, and that certainly seemed to be true for The Beatles as they tried to shoot the cover photo for their debut album, Please Please Me. The original artwork idea ...

To many, The Beatles didn’t make a bad song, and we would agree with that notion. That being so, seemingly anyone could cover their songs, and it would still sound good. However, these three artists ...

The Beatles' songs have inspired countless reinterpretations over the decades, and some covers have become legendary in their own right. Each artist brings a distinct style and emotional twist, from ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Nov. 7, 2025. Click here for that audio. Many artists have covered the 1969 Beatles classic “Come Together” over the years, for better or worse. John ...

In 2018, Sir Paul McCartney explained to GQ how and why he wrote “Blackbird,” as excerpted below: “I was sitting around with my acoustic guitar, and I’d heard about the civil rights troubles that were ...

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