Colin Fleming, Author at Best Classic Bands

The 1965 album is a singular debut that “couldn’t have been made by anyone save these four men,” says our writer.

There is perhaps no Christmas special more beloved than this one from 1964.

The 2025 collection, despite some standout tracks, is a release that the world deserves, and that’s not a good thing.

If your life depended on escaping Halloween without once hearing the number, you’d soon find yourself moldering six feet under.

A quintessential Lennon Beatles vocal could occur at any time, in any spot: on a demo tape, a rehearsal take, a radio broadcast.

When most of the world next saw them, they were mop tops by association only.

At age 14, writer Colin Fleming saw the film and it made him into a Beatles fanatic… many years after Beatlemania. He recalls that day.

Paul loved Little Richard’s singing, and used to cover his songs with the band. Then he decided to write his own tune in Richard’s style…

One of the finest sessions in all of rock and roll history, this marathon date captured the band at its performing peak.

People didn’t write songs like this. It may be the most introspective song in all of rock and roll history.

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