The Beatles, foreground from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums, perform on the CBS "Ed Sullivan Show" in New York on Feb. 9, 1964.

The Beatles’ 1965 concert at Shea Stadium was a landmark moment in music history, setting new standards for live events.

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It was an August night in 2006, and an aging Shea Stadium was packed. Standing behind a podium near second base, Mets radio ...

Sixty years ago, on August 15, 1965, four young men from Liverpool—collectively known as The Beatles—stepped into a baseball ...

An arsonist who started a fire that damaged a Beatles attraction in the Liverpool street where the band made their name has ...

The Beatles face the media at Idlewile Airport (now JFK) in New York on Feb. 7, 1964, after a welcoming by a screaming crowd estimated at 5,000 people. (Charles Tasnadi / Associated Press ) ...

Beatles scholar Lewis immediately offers just one song as tops in his Beatles pantheon: All You Need Is Love. "It's a sentiment that's so primal and essential to our role on this planet," he says.