"Free as a Bird" by The Beatles returns to the top 10 on a pair of sales lists in the U.K. as the decades-old tune becomes a surprise bestseller again.

U2 frontman Bono holds The Beatles in the highest regard, even comparing them to legendary figures like Bach, Beethoven, and Picasso. But how does his band stack up? Find out the surprising truth.

Here are four famous classic-rock artists who released songs featuring lyrical references to their earlier tunes, including The Beatles and The Who.

The Humphreys Concerts By the Bay series is celebrating its 45th anniversary with a lineup of over 30 shows.

These three covers are so classic, they feel as though they were written for the artist who merely borrowed them.

Paul McCartney was just 27 years old when the Beatles broke up. He spent much of the 1960s at the center of the pop universe, and began a new decade still We spoke with the acclaimed documentarian abo ...

During a watershed year for culture that sent rock and roll flying into the mainstream, did the charts reflect the change in music? Did the sales match up?

What is the greatest rock album of the ’70s? You can help decide with UCR’s 2026 March Madness bracket. Last year we got a great response to our Best ’80s Album bracket, which ended with AC/DC’s Back ...

The Beatles have countless songs that can be described as “classics”. They practically wrote the book on pop classics, in fact. From ‘Let It Be’ to ‘Here Comes The Sun’ to ‘A Day in the Life’, there ...

In 2009, Paul McCartney sould out a venue in just seven seconds.

William Clark Green is touring with Treaty Oak Revival, writing songs in L.A., and finding a new groove outside of his native Texas.

We take a deeper look at the theory underpinning Ryuichi Sakamoto’s gorgeous, award-winning theme from the movie that gave him his acting and scoring debut ...