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Placing a lengthy jam session or free improv in the middle of an album can often ruin its flow, but these artists realized that these loose, free-flowing tracks would be most effective when placed at the end of an album. Here are eight albums that end with jam sessions. -
Ryan Adams Wrote Music For Upcoming Al Pacino Film 'Danny Collins'
Over the last few months, Ryan Adams has already released a full-length album and a few seven-inches for his Pax-Am single series, and it looks like he'll be adding a film score to his impressive resume. According to Film Music Reporter, Adams has teamed up with composer Theodore Shapiro to write the original music for an upcoming film titled Danny Collins, which stars Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Canavale, Josh Peck, and Christopher Plummer. -
Video Of Father Singing The Beatles' "Blackbird" To His Dying Son After Mother Dies In Childbirth Goes Viral [WATCH]
New father Chris Picco lost both his wife and his newborn son within a matter of days this week. But through this tragedy, he found comfort in singing the Beatles' classic "Blackbird" to his son Lennon James in the NICU of Loma Linda University Hospital in California. The video of his moving performance, which was posted by a friend of his, has now gone viral. -
Facebook Suggests Democrats Prefer Beatles, Republicans George Strait; Taylor Swift and Metallica Unite All Factions
Social media has led to a new era, one where all of our personal information can be gathered and quantified to tell us things we already know or to create theories about listeners that are totally misguided (as was the case in the study done estimating how intelligent a listener was based on the music they enjoyed). We admit it's still a tad interesting to look at Facebook's chart demonstrating what performers are preferred on the left versus those on the right. -
8 Albums The Flaming Lips Should Cover Next: The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin and More
This Wednesday, Oct. 28, The Flaming Lips will be releasing their full-length tribute to The Beatles's legendary "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," which will be their fourth reinterpretation of a classic album, following Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon," King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King" and The Stone Roses's self-titled debut. If they ever plan on making anymore of these tribute albums, here are eight suggestions, including The Beach Boys and Led Zeppelin. -
Major Lazer and 5 Other Performers with Animated TV Shows: The Beatles, The Jackson 5 and More [WATCH]
Major Lazer will be getting an animated series on FOX soon. Check out five other performers that got animated with their own weekly cartoons. -
Paul Is NOT Dead: The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Jon Bon Jovi and a History of Musical Death Hoaxes
The Beatles formally released a press statement on October 21 during 1969 to deny claims that Paul McCartney had died. He wasn't the first celebrity to undergo a death hoax nor would he be the last. One would think that with a news cycle that constantly updates during the new digital age, people would panic less about these things. Alas, it's almost gotten worse. Check out five of the most famous death hoaxes in the history of musicians and how they got started: -
George Harrison: Beatle's Childhood Home Sells For $250K
It’s been reported that the childhood home of famed guitarist for The Beatles, George Harrison, has sold for over $250,000 during an auction at the Cavern Club. -
Ringo Starr To Appear In New Skechers Ads Next Spring
Although the recent ads for Skechers' Relaxed Fit shoe line have featured sports legends such as Joe Namath, Joe Montana, and Pete Rose, the company has decided to take a more musical direction by recruiting none other than Ringo Starr to appear in their ad campaign. Radio.com reports that the former Beatle is set to appear in Skechers ads starting next spring. -
Michael Jackson Is Top-Earning Dead Celebrity of 2014, Tops List for Second Year in a Row
For the second year in a row, Michael Jackson tops Forbes's list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. The King of Pop brought in $140 million in the past year, in no small part due to the release of his posthumous album "Xscape," which hit No. 2 on the Billboard charts. -
The Biggest Moments in Ed Sullivan Show History: The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Jackson 5 and More
It's unreal to contemplate that Ed Sullivan has been dead for 40 years as of October 13. No figure, and we mean no figure, who wasn't a musician themselves had a bigger impact on the listening habits of Americans than Sullivan did. Need proof? Check out seven of the biggest musical moments on The Ed Sullivan Show, listed chronologically. -
Pearl Jam Covers Two John Lennon Songs In Honor Of His Birthday [LISTEN]
On Thursday night (Oct. 9), veteran rockers Pearl Jam treated fans in Lincoln, Neb., to two John Lennon covers in honor of the deceased Beatle's birthday.
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