Fifty-nine years ago today, The Beatles started a five-week run at the top of the US albums chart with a North American exclusive.

When it comes to day-in-rock almanac entries, it’s hardly surprising that some dates appear more busy than others throughout the history of the genre. It’s less common, though, for a particular day to ...

On July 29, 1966, comments that John Lennon made in the U.K. five months earlier caused one of the Beatles' biggest controversies in the U.S.