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McCartney stashes his extraordinary library in the cloudupdated: Wed Jun 15 2011 08:02:00

From his legendary work with the Beatles to his extensive solo career, now being exhaustively digitized by Hewlett-Packard, Paul McCartney has had technocultural innovation on the brain.

People.com: How William & Kate Drove Off Into the Sunriseupdated: Mon May 02 2011 14:50:00

As dawn approached on their wedding night, the couple climbed into a decked-out mini Fiat

SI.com: Steve Rushin: Nothing says spring like patch of grassupdated: Wed Mar 09 2011 14:50:00

The snow began to recede this week, revealing a newspaper from January 27, a Gatorade bottle and our Christmas tree, dragged to the curb just before two feet of snow fell. But the greatest revelation was a patch of grass, still small but undeniably spreading, like the happy opposite of a bald spot.

Beatles museum opens in Buenos Airesupdated: Tue Jan 11 2011 11:55:00

Decades after The Beatles first surged onto the international music stage, fans in Argentina are flocking to a new museum dedicated to the 'Fab Four' that opened in the country's capital this week.

Abbey Road crosswalk named historic landmarkupdated: Thu Dec 23 2010 08:04:00

A striped crosswalk in London entered the history books Wednesday for a second time.

In their own words: Journalists who covered Lennon's murderupdated: Thu Dec 09 2010 05:12:00

Journalists occupy a unique place in history.

John Lennon's last momentsupdated: Thu Dec 09 2010 05:12:00

CNN's John Roberts talks to people who saw John Lennon moments before he was murdered.

Photos: Remembering moments in John Lennon's lifeupdated: Wed Dec 08 2010 10:27:00

See more photos at LIFE.com: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, LIFE's Best Beatles Photos and The Beatles: Days in the Life.

Culture and honesty died with Lennonupdated: Wed Dec 08 2010 09:10:00

When David Schuster was walking a friend home down West 72nd Street one night in 1980, he heard what sounded like a car backfiring or a firecracker.

'Abbey Road,' 'Let it Be' climbing iTunes chartsupdated: Tue Nov 16 2010 14:03:00

Fans of the Beatles on iTunes want it all and they want it now.

CNNMoney: Apple starts selling Beatles songsupdated: Tue Nov 16 2010 12:49:00

It's been a long and winding road, but Apple finally began selling Beatles songs on iTunes on Tuesday.

Beatles music at last comes to iTunesupdated: Tue Nov 16 2010 12:08:00

It's been a long and winding road, this relationship between Apple and the Beatles.

Are the Beatles finally coming to iTunes?updated: Tue Nov 16 2010 09:00:00

Many have speculated about what Apple's big announcement tomorrow morning will be, and the Wall Street Journal claims that it has the answer: The Beatles' catalog will finally be available on iTunes.

Rolling Stone's top 10 Beatles songs of all timeupdated: Thu Aug 26 2010 09:42:00

In Rolling Stone's new Special Collectors Edition issue, we count down the 100 greatest songs from the greatest band of all time: The Beatles. Check out the top 10 songs now, before the issue hits stands:

Lyrics of Beatles hit 'A Day in the Life' auctioned offupdated: Fri Jun 18 2010 13:56:00

John Lennon's autographed lyrics for "A Day in the Life" -- one of the top tunes from an iconic album -- went for more than a song Friday when it was sold at Sotheby's Auction house in New York for $1,202,500.

'A Day in the Life' lyrics to be auctionedupdated: Fri Apr 30 2010 11:38:00

John Lennon's autographed lyrics for "A Day in the Life" -- one of the best-known songs from an iconic album -- are expected to sell for more than a song when they go up for auction at Sotheby's New York on June 18.

Abbey Road for sale?updated: Tue Feb 23 2010 09:56:00

Media reports say the London studio where the Beatles recorded may be for sale. CNN's Sasha Herriman reports.

Elvis back in Vegas with Cirque du Soleilupdated: Mon Feb 22 2010 17:00:00

Cirque Du Soleil successfully tackled the Beatles with its "Love" show, so it seems fitting for it to take on another legendary name in rock 'n' roll: Elvis Presley.

Where to get degree in death, anime or psychic abilitiesupdated: Fri Jan 22 2010 09:58:00

Are you thinking of getting a graduate degree, but want something with a narrower focus than an MBA or a JD?

92-year-old outsells Beatles to top UK chartsupdated: Mon Sep 14 2009 09:45:00

Vera Lynn, who made her name entertaining troops in World War II after recording her first song 70 years ago, has become the oldest living artist to have a number one album.

Beatles still going strongupdated: Wed Sep 09 2009 21:48:00

CNN's Eunice Yoon and Kevin Voigt talk about why the Beatles mean so much to the music industry.

Game, music industries look to Beatles for 'Help!'updated: Wed Sep 09 2009 21:48:00

The fourth quarter of 2009 for the music and video game industries is shaping up to be all about the Beatles. And both could use some "Help!"

CNNMoney: Beatles' remastered box set, video game outupdated: Wed Sep 09 2009 18:13:00

John, Paul, George and Ringo are getting the band back together, in a manner of speaking, with a new Beatles-themed video game and digital upgrade of the group's entire catalog both released Wednesday.

Still relevant after decades, the Beatles set to rock 9/9/09updated: Wed Sep 09 2009 16:16:00

"Number nine. Number nine. Number nine."

Review: Remastered Beatles are delicious ear candyupdated: Wed Sep 09 2009 12:03:00

The newly remastered Beatles box sets are a treat for a casual fan and a dream come true for die-hards.

Beatles in the 21st centuryupdated: Wed Sep 09 2009 12:03:00

From Rock Band to digital remasters, the Beatles come into the 21st century as Jim Boulden reports.

Beatles always looked coolupdated: Wed Sep 09 2009 09:49:00

Film-maker Bob Smeaton tells CNN's Peter Wilkinson about the mini-documentaries that are on the remastered Beatles albums.

Q&A: Film director Bob Smeaton on remastered Beatles albumsupdated: Wed Sep 09 2009 09:49:00

Remastered versions of the Beatles catalogue will be released on Wednesday, giving listeners what the remaining members of "The Fab Four" say is the closest reproduction ever of how their music sounded in the studio.

Beatles music enjoyableupdated: Wed Sep 09 2009 09:44:00

Giles Martin, son of a former Beatles producer, tells CNN's Peter Wilkinson about his role in creating the band's video game.

Q&A: Giles Martin on Beatles 'Rock Band' and remastersupdated: Wed Sep 09 2009 09:44:00

The video game "The Beatles: Rock Band" is set to be released by Harmonix on Wednesday. Modeled on the already popular "Rock Band" game, and closely supervised by The Beatles and their estates, the game lets players sing and strum along to a huge list of Beatles classics over scenes ranging from Liverpool's Cavern Club to their final performance on a London rooftop.

Entertainment Weekly's Picks of the Weekupdated: Sun Sep 06 2009 08:29:00

Do you find yourself occasionally slipping into a Liverpudlian accent? Hankering after a pair of granny glasses? Arguing with your friends about the best Beatles songs of all time?

Review: 'Beatles: Rock Band' fun for jamming in groupsupdated: Sun Sep 06 2009 06:24:00

There I was, trying to wedge a microphone under my arm while simultaneously pressing colored buttons on a plastic guitar with my left hand, strumming it with my right hand and crooning, "I want to hold your hand ..."

Rumors about Jackson, Beatles catalog untrue, McCartney saysupdated: Thu Jul 09 2009 12:21:00

First the rumor went around that Michael Jackson was leaving the Beatles catalog to Paul McCartney in his will. Then the rumor was that McCartney was upset that Jackson didn't leave the Beatles catalog to the Beatle in his will.

Beatles rock on in video gameupdated: Tue Jun 02 2009 12:35:00

They've revolutionized music for nearly five decades. Now, some of the Beatles songs are about to hit video-game consoles.

Beatles become video gameupdated: Tue Jun 02 2009 12:35:00

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr unveil "The Beatles: Rock Band."

Digitally remastered Beatles coming in Septemberupdated: Tue Apr 07 2009 15:20:00

For fans of The Beatles, 09/09/09 will mark a new invasion.

Surviving Beatles unite to promote meditationupdated: Wed Mar 04 2009 19:10:00

Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will reunite on stage next month to raise money to teach transcendental meditation to children around the world to "help provide them a quiet haven in a not-so-quiet world," McCartney said.

All you need is love -- and a Beatles degreeupdated: Wed Mar 04 2009 11:29:00

They helped introduce the world to mop top haircuts, collarless jackets and yellow submarines -- now a British university is launching what it says is the world's first ever masters degree in the Beatles.

The Vatican and the Beatlesupdated: Wed Nov 26 2008 14:14:00

The Vatican responds to controversial comments made by John Lennon. CNN's Alessio Vinci reports.

Author: The Beatles were a 'spiritual force'updated: Wed Nov 26 2008 14:14:00

When John Lennon remarked in 1966 that the Beatles were then "more popular than Jesus" his comments prompted outrage in the United States. But this weekend the Vatican's newspaper paid tribute to the band on the 40th anniversary of the release of the "White Album" in an article interpreted by some as a papal pardon for Lennon.

'Lost' Beatles track could finally be heardupdated: Sun Nov 16 2008 11:09:00

A "lost" Beatles track recorded in 1967 and performed just once in public could finally be released, according to Paul McCartney.

Time.com: Beatlemania Hits Israel, Four Decades Lateupdated: Thu Sep 25 2008 13:00:00

Sir Paul McCartney's concert offers Israeli boomers a costly consolation for the Beatles gig banned by the Jewish State in 1965

Time.com: Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis Memorabilia up for Auctionupdated: Thu Sep 04 2008 13:00:00

A guitar burned onstage by Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles' first contract with Brian Epstein are up for sale

Time.com: Paul McCartney Gig Revives Israeli Beatles Taleupdated: Wed Aug 27 2008 16:00:00

An upcoming concert by Paul McCartney has revived memories of the 1960s, when an Israeli official supposedly called off a Beatles concert for fear it would corrupt the nation's youth

Time.com: Newly Discovered Beatles Tape For Saleupdated: Thu Jul 31 2008 14:35:00

A tape recording of The Beatles chatting and breaking into giggles during an early recording session is to be sold next week in England

Beatle celebrates birthday with 'peace and love'updated: Tue Jul 08 2008 18:27:00

The Beatles first appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 44 years ago. It's also been 44 years since the Beatles held the five top positions of the Billboard pop chart, a feat never achieved before -- or since.

Peace, love, happy birthday!updated: Tue Jul 08 2008 18:27:00

A group outside Abbey Road Recording Studio in London sings Beatle tunes on Ringo Starr's 68th birthday.

The Beatles: Two days in the lifeupdated: Fri May 30 2008 09:36:00

When Honey magazine commissioned photojournalist Michael Ward to follow and photograph an up-and-coming music group called The Beatles in February 1963, he had never heard of the Liverpool-based rock band.

The Beatles in picturesupdated: Fri May 30 2008 09:36:00

Never before seen images of the Fab Four in '63 and '68 on sale in London, reports CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh.

Time.com: Dylan and the Beatles: Together Again!updated: Sun Sep 16 2007 13:05:00

The '60s Fab Five lend their music to two quirky new movies. Richard Corliss is both bored and enthralled

Celebrating the Beatlesupdated: Sat Jun 30 2007 00:38:00

Celebrating the Beatles

Fortune: iTunes holdoutsupdated: Wed Jan 17 2007 16:42:00

Beyond the Beatles, there are a handful of artists who have resisted mammon's call to distribute their songs online. A bellwether of how well they would sell on iTunes is how much traffic they gene...

Fortune: Happiness is a warm iPodupdated: Wed Jan 17 2007 16:40:00

Click on the iTunes music store and punch in "Beatles" under artist search. More than 50 albums will pop up, including Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Play the Beatles, but none are the real dea...

Fortune: Beatles: only on iPod?updated: Wed Nov 22 2006 13:32:00

Click on the iTunes music store and punch in "Beatles" under artist search. More than 50 albums will pop up, including Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Play the Beatles, but none are the real deal. Fans wishing to download the actual Fab Four in MP3 format have to search peer-to-peer sites like Limewire for unlicensed songs they can listen to free.

Beatles for sale -- againupdated: Mon Nov 20 2006 11:38:00

The release on Monday of a new Beatles album provided fresh evidence, as if any were needed, of the enduring popularity of the most successful pop band of all time.

Money Magazine: Starting over post-divorce and deep in debtupdated: Mon May 22 2006 13:18:00

I recently went through a divorce that ate up all of my 401(k) and left me in debt up to my eyeballs. I still own a home, although I have no equity in it, but I recently made the mistake of leasing a truck with insurance and lease payments that are the size of my house mortgage.

The teenager who shaped the Beatlesupdated: Thu Apr 06 2006 09:29:00

John Lennon had a new song. It was a droning, trippy affair with lyrics adapted from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and he knew exactly what he wanted.

No more TV 'family' reunionsupdated: Wed Jan 25 2006 15:28:00

One of my colleagues dropped by recently and asked me if I'd heard the news about "Friends."

Review: Beatles myth, Beatles factsupdated: Wed Dec 07 2005 11:35:00

In the notes to his biography "The Beatles," author Bob Spitz quotes Napoleon: "History is a set of lies agreed upon."

Fortune: Fashion Forwardupdated: Mon Nov 28 2005 00:01:00

Trunk Ltd. is already a secret weapon for celebs who want "vintage" band T-shirts with a modern fit. Why let them steal the show? The shirts are handmade replicas of classic concert T's--from an ic...

Beatles wax busts sell for £81,500updated: Fri Oct 28 2005 07:54:00

Wax busts of three Beatles used on the "Sgt. Pepper's" album cover have sold at auction for £81,500 ($145,380).

Beatle backs grope charge brotherupdated: Wed Sep 14 2005 08:49:00

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney says he will stand by his brother after he was accused of groping a waitress.

CNNMoney: Hey iTunes, don't make it bad...updated: Wed Sep 07 2005 12:29:00

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Rolling Stones have fully embraced the digital music bandwagon. Is it time for the Beatles to do the same?

CNNMoney: Michael Jackson to lose Beatles catalog?updated: Wed Jun 08 2005 08:34:00

Guilty or not guilty, Michael Jackson appears to be sinking deeper and deeper into a financial hole that may cost him his lucrative stake in the Beatles music catalog as well as the rights to his own platinum-selling songs.

CNNMoney: Michael Jackson to lose Beatles catalog?updated: Thu May 05 2005 10:19:00

Michael Jackson, the legendary pop star facing child molestation charges, could lose his stake in the lucrative Beatles music catalog as well as the rights to his own platinum-selling songs.

Harrison, Clapton and their museupdated: Thu Feb 03 2005 10:17:00

It's March 1964 and Beatlemania is inescapable.

Beatles guitar, Cobain letter set for auctionupdated: Fri Nov 26 2004 09:48:00

Rock 'n' roll fans with deep pockets can buy a Beatles guitar or a mugshot of the pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens at what Christie's said Wednesday was its biggest auction of show business memorabilia.

Encounter sparks a musical revolutionupdated: Fri Jul 02 2004 11:16:00

In 1957, as the gritty sounds of rock 'n' roll started filling the airwaves, two teens named John and Paul met for the first time just outside the industrial English town of Liverpool, trading riffs and setting the stage for a musical revolution.

showbuzzupdated: Tue Jun 01 2004 16:28:00

Paul McCartney returned to Madrid for the first time in 15 years and wowed fans with 33 songs, all but 10 of them Beatles' tunes.

Lessons from the Beatlesupdated: Tue Feb 17 2004 09:19:00

Peter Smith tried everything. He played catch. He read books. He tried music.

My view: 40 best Beatles songsupdated: Mon Feb 09 2004 08:06:00

It was 40 years ago today.

Framing the Fab Fourupdated: Sat Feb 07 2004 19:12:00

Their work finds the Beatles at the beginning and the end.

Excerpts: Beatles press conferenceupdated: Thu Feb 05 2004 16:26:00

The Beatles arrived in America with wits blazing. Here are some excerpts from the group's press conference at New York's Kennedy Airport, February 7, 1964:

When the Beatles hit Americaupdated: Thu Feb 05 2004 13:29:00

It was all in the future then.

Money Magazine: The Tickerupdated: Fri Nov 01 2002 00:01:00

--RASH MOVE A study in Nature finds that one- and two-euro coins emit 250 times more nickel than E.U. standards allow--causing eczema in some people.

Fortune: Lost Rock & Roll Masterpieces, Volume 12updated: Mon Jul 23 2001 00:01:00

"Shake Some Action," by The Flamin Groovies, on Groovies' Greatest Grooves (Sire)

Fortune: BEATLES FOR SALE (AGAIN) AN AMERICAN IN WASHINGTONupdated: Mon Jan 13 1997 00:01:00

Christmas hurtles toward us at its usual menacing pace, and in self-defense I reach for the catalogues that pile up beneath my mailbox. As I leaf through them I have begun to notice a strange pheno...

Money Magazine: COLLECTIBLES Bagging bucks from your old records Old records zoom up the chartsupdated: Tue Nov 01 1994 00:01:00

As millions of compact-disk owners toss their old 45s and LP vinyl records, other consumers are snapping up those platters for a song. "Right now is the best time investors will ever have to search...

Money Magazine: ''MUST MY SPOUSE PAY TAX ON THE HOUSE HIS EX-WIFE SELLS?''updated: Sat Apr 01 1989 00:01:00

REAL ESTATE Q. My husband and I are both married for the second time. I own our house, while my husband co-owns a house with his ex-wife that he moved out of in 1983. She is selling the house, and ...

Money Magazine: NEWS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR MONEY Flower power and profitupdated: Thu Oct 01 1987 00:01:00

! It wasn't cool to care about money in the '60s, but that shouldn't stop enterprising ex-hippies from making some bread off the relics of their peace- and-love past. You already know how lucrative...

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