• Piano used in The Beatles' film 'Help!' and other memorabilia up for auction March 20

    Beatles fans who have money to spend on memorabilia have an opportunity to own another relic: the piano John Lennon and Paul McCartney played while shooting the 1965 film Help!. According to Rolling Stone, the title song as well as McCartney's "Yesterday" was composed on the 1907 Bechstein Concert Grand. The current owner is the movie's director, Richard Lester, and the piece is expected to go for £50,000 (over US $83,600) when it goes up for auction at Omega Auctions in Liverpool on March 20.

  • Fred Armisen stops by The Tonight Show, impersonates The Beatles with Jimmy Fallon [WATCH]

    Last night was a big night for Fred Armisen. Not only did he debut his 8G band for the first episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, but he also stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to talk about the new gig and introduce his band, which includes Les Savy Fav's Seth Jabour and Syd Butler, Eli Janney of Girls Against Boys and Beyoncé collaborator Kim Thompson.

  • EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Publicist Bernie Ilson talks about The Beatles on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

    It was 50 years ago today when The Beatles made their first appearance in the U.S. on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Fab Four went on to become one of the most iconic bands in music history. It was 1964 and not everyone was convinced that the British group would be a hit, but Bernie Ilson, author of Sundays with Sullivan: How the Ed Sullivan Show Brought Elvis, the Beatles, and Culture to America and one of the original publicists for The Ed Sullivan Show saw the potential, and as a result more than 73 million viewers tuned in.

  • Freaky Friday: Florence and the Machine covers The Beatles' 'Oh! Darling'

    At Music Times, we love a good cover song. There's something wonderful about repurposing music and essentially bringing life to another creation. Music is not a rigid and inflexible product but rather a malleable one that allows songs to take on a new life as others reimagine it. Nothing gets a crowd more excited than seeing one of their favorite bands cover one of their favorite songs. The cover song makes music accessible to new audiences, and spreading music is what we are all about. Welcome to Freak Friday. Each week we highlight a new cover song that we're crazy about. Have suggestions? Send them our way! This week, we give you...

  • New York Port Authority to honor the Beatles with historical marker

    To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Beatle's invasion of the United States, the New York Port Authority is putting up a historical marker at the Central Terminal Area at John F. Kennedy Airport, the location where the Beatles first landed and where they held their first U.S. press conference before their debut U.S. appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The event will take place February 7 at 11:30 a.m. ET, according to Radio.com.

  • 'The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963' Reaches Billboard 200 despite $40 price tag

    Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of.
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