When the Beatles got bored of their clean-cut image, they tried something controversial, leading to the creation of a rare artwork that was quickly hidden.

It was therefore fitting that their 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe featured an album cover of the band shot in rhythm ...

The Beatles were as brilliant as they were prolific. So with that many songs released in a short window of time, surely some ...

The Beatles have been gone for more than half a century, but their shadow still looms large over rock music and rock musicians - and these are their best albums ...

Hoisted out of the material history of the Beatles’ first hit records, we’re plunged into a psychological portrait of two men who, according to Leslie, fell in love, platonically, with each other. The ...

Khalid is the latest person to not be able to get Sabrina Carpenter‘s ultra catchy hit “Please Please Please” out of his head, and to rectify that, he posted a buttery smooth cover of the ...

Please Please Me is a fixed artifact, but it came from a pretty contingent, touch-and-go place: a few original songs and a few covers, all recorded (aside from the singles) at breakneck pace in ...

With their first number one under their belt and out on their debut British tour, The Beatles set about recording an album. 'Love Me Do' was the band's first single and it became a moderate ...

The Beatles' famed 1963 song "Please Please Me" wasn't an easy sell to American record producers, but it changed the Fab Four's lives.

From that first “Woo!” on “I Saw Her Standing There” to Lennon’s hoarse, frenzied vocal on the cover of “Twist and Shout” made famous by the Isley Brothers, Please Please Me offers ...

1. Please Please Me (1963) Including both covers and original songs, the Beatles’ first album included debut single “Love Me Do.” It set a record by remaining in the UK top 10 for more than ...

THE COUNTDOWN: From flagrant nudity to cartoon bestiality, there are all sorts of reasons cover art can spark controversy. Kevin E G Perry picks some of the most memorable examples ...