Even casual fans are familiar with the Beatles‘ album-opening songs. Three of them went to No. 1, either in the U.K. or America, including 1964’s “A Hard Day’s Night,” 1965’s “Help!” and 1969’s ...

The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, saw the band deliver their fair share of blithe rock tunes. Each song on this record was easily digestible–as was much of mainstream rock at the time. The ...

“Yesterday” now stands as one of the most important songs in pop music history. It showed that a rock band need not release music reliant on the instrumentation we usually associate with the genre.

The cover of Help! shows The Beatles in blue coats, lifting their arms in the air. From a distance, a quick glance could lead one to think they are spelling “help” with their arms — Paul McCartney ...