The folk revival took place during the post-Elvis, pre-Beatles period, with the Kingston Trio, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul & Mary rising to national prominence. While it wasn’t rock n’ roll ...

In How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘n’ Roll, musician and writer Elijah Wald looks past the world’s most famous musicians to explore the significance of those who were simply popular in their ...

Elijah Wald is a musician and writer. His new book is “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘n’ Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music.” ...

we know at least one reason why he never was a fan of The Beatles. For starters, Townshend didn’t think the Fab Four even played rock ‘n’ roll. Paul McCartney and Pete Townshend of The Who ...

What’s the most innovative year ever for rock ’n’ roll? Fans, critics and academics ... in the technological and musical advances of the Beatles in “Revolver,” perhaps the band’s ...

There’s nothing conceptually better than rock ‘n’ roll. No group, be it [the] Beatles, [Bob] Dylan, or [the Rolling] Stones, has ever improved on “Whole Lotta Shakin’ [Goin’ On]’ for ...

Although neither appears to have trashed a hotel room or bitten the head off a bat, The Post asks whether the Stones or The Beatles were the most rock ‘n’ roll. Paul McCartney has admitted ...

Frankly, it was a set-up for what he would say next. “The Beatles are great, but they don’t play rock ‘n’ roll” and “Rock ‘n’ roll is just four beats … an extension of twelve-bar ...

The dramedy of errors that had brought the Beatles to this juncture set up perhaps their finest moment as a working rock ‘n’ roll group. The circumstances were now in place for the band to ...

Chess was one of the most important labels in the early days of rock n roll. Still ... There have been quite a few biopics about The Beatles and individual members of The Beatles.

The record jacket reads Best of the Beatles, and it was a hot seller in the Christmas rush—or at least it was before it was brought up at a New York State Bureau of Consumer Frauds’ hearing.

Elijah Wald doesn’t want you to believe the hype. His mission in “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘n’ Roll” is to help you forget all that you’ve learned about popular music ...