The album's origins can be traced back to the fact that in February 1968, The Beatles — along with wives, girlfriends and friends — traveled to Rishikesh in northern India to participate in a ...

As the 60s swung about them and their iconic mop-tops grew increasingly shaggy, The Beatles enjoyed an unprecedented level of celebrity. Ubiquitous, universally adored, John, Paul, George and Ringo ...

In 1968, The Beatles shocked the world by releasing The White Album - a fearless exploration of sound that defied all ...

It took a remarkable effort to sound so casual. That’s one lesson of the hugely expanded 50th anniversary reissue of “The Beatles,” the double album that has been known as the White Album since its ...

The Beatles paved the way for many things, including the British ska scene, the mainstream acceptance of psychedelia, and the entire genre of heavy metal music. It’s also arguable a song from The ...

Billy Joel has branded The White Album by The Beatles a "collection of half-a--ed songs". The Piano Man was clearly not a fan of the legendary rock band's 1968 self-titled double album - which ...

Brimming with an overflow of material, The Beatles uncorked The White Album in 1968. Technically titled The Beatles, it was the first and only double album that they’d release in their career. The ...

A year after releasing the vividly covered Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, the cover of The Beatles, or The White Album, was nothing more than the band’s name embossed on a milky ...

Beatles legend Ringo Starr spent four years writing his first song for the band, but despite the effort, it ended up flopping ...

Paul McCartney asked a famous pop artist what the cover of The Beatles' 'The White Album' should look like. “Richard had a friend from Iceland, the artist Diter Rot, who used to send him letters ...

More than 50 years since their breakup, the guitars used by the Beatles on their recordings have been thoroughly cataloged.