The Beatles' "Help!": A Cry for Support, a Mu...

# May 2, 1964: The British Invasion Reaches Peak Chaos as The Beatles Dominate the ChartsOn May 2, 1964, something absolutely bonkers was happening in American music: The Beatles held an unprecedented **TWELVE** positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart simultaneously. Let ...  Show more

# The Birth of a Legend: Judy Collins (May 1, 1939)On May 1st, 1939, in Seattle, Washington, Judith Marjorie Collins entered the world—a baby girl who would grow up to become one of the most distinctive and influential voices in American folk music history.Judy Collins didn't jus ...  Show more

Martin Freeman tells the story of the Fab Four’s rise, fall and rebirth - and how they changed the world along the way. In the space of just 8 years, their journey took them from the smoky clubs of Hamburg and Liverpool, to Abbey Road and unprecedented global fame. And when their ...  Show more

When The Beatles came out with Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, it seemed like music had changed forever. Out with the days of 78s and random singles compiled into LPs. Now the act of listening to music was an art in itself! Until it wasn’t. In this episode, Hannah and ...  Show more

Wake up, fall out of bed, and drag a comb across your head, cause Strong Songs is finally doing an episode about The Beatles.

It's time for Kirk to tackle the fab four, and what better Beatles song to analyze than Lennon and McCartney's two-tune casserole of a closer, "A ...

Every once in a while, something extraordinary happens in rock’n’roll…I hate the use of the cliché of “a perfect storm,” but that’s precisely what I’m talking about…a bunch of things involving culture, politics, demographics, economics and technology all collide and mix in just t ...  Show more