Brow Beat is following the Beatles in “real time,” 50 years later, from their first chart-topper to their final rooftop concert. In our latest weekly installment, we check in with the group as they ...

Frankie Valli attends the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons 50th Anniversary Celebration on Oct. 19, 2012, at the Broadway Theatre in New York. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images) The Feb. 4 Arts & Style ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

This weekend, the Beatles were the center of attention as CBS celebrated the 50th anniversary of the famed British band’s first appearance on American television, specifically the iconic The Ed ...

Origins: As most Beatles fans know, the Fab Four recorded for EMI, and the executives at EMI's American subsidiary, Capitol Records, were so square that they declined to issue any of the Beatles' ...

In 1964 the Beatles had taken the U.S. by storm, reaching an unbelievable milestone that no other band has ever achieved.

Vee-Jay Records, founded with $500 in 1953, rose to become the most successful African American-owned label of its day, anticipating Motown during a time when small, independent record companies were ...

In 1953, Vivian and James Bracken from Gary, Ind., borrowed $500 from a pawnbroker to start a record company. Thirteen years later, Vee-Jay Records became the country's biggest independent, ...

America, meet the Beatles. Again. For the first time in the CD era, Capitol Records is issuing the Fab Four’s albums as they originally appeared and sounded in the United States. The first batch will ...

Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection collects blues, soul and R&B from acts like John Lee Hooker, The Spaniels, Jay McShann, The Staple Sisters and Jimmy Reed. In 1953, Vivian and James Bracken from ...