Being part of manager Brian Epstein’s star stable certainly didn’t hurt either. He also had the services of Beatles producer George Martin. To be sure, it was Lennon who suggested that Kramer, born ...

Paul McCartney wrote hit songs without The Beatles — he just struggled to write good hit songs without The Beatles! Only one of his solo No. 1 singles is genuinely worthwhile.

When you get a reputation as a sideman extraordinaire, it can be tough to garner attention for the music you make on your own ...

Ringo always wanted to be a cowboy. He grew up in the toughest corner of Liverpool, dreaming of escaping to the Wild West, ...

A new album from a Beatle is always a cause for celebration. Even if it’s Ringo, who, in purely musical terms, will always somehow be the least of four equals. In his glory days, Ringo Starr was ...

A Robbie Williams biopic about hits U.S. theaters on Friday, but he's one of many musicians who are more successfully internationally than in the States.

Sixty years after Beatlemania and the British invasion of the American charts, Liverpool's greatest musical exports are still ...

In the winter of 1963-1964, a previously unknown Catholic nun from Belgium became arguably the least likely, worldwide chart ...

Paul McCartney revealed that he is a huge fan of a musical genius who helped give us Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'.

Noel Gallagher has joined a new band with the son of Beatles drummer Sir Ringo Starr, Zak Starkey, and the group have ...

Paul Weller once named the songs that are the most important to him, from Little Richard to Noel Gallagher. Read more about them here.