Ladies and Gentlemen … The Beatles! Exhibit at Ravinia Music Box

June 29, 2022 in Park News, RaviniaNews

Curated by the GRAMMY Museum and Fab Four Exhibits, Ladies and Gentlemen … The Beatles! brings us back to the early ’60s when rock and roll was re-energized—some say saved—by four lads from Liverpool. This exhibit covers the period from early 1964 through mid-1966—the years Beatlemania ran rampant in America. During this time the band affected nearly every aspect of pop culture, including fashion, art, advertising, media, and, of course, music. On display are many Beatles-related pop culture artifacts from the period, as well as correspondence, instruments, posters, photographs, interviews, and interactive displays.

Sonic Boomers

June 20, 2022 in Opinion

When younger segments of the population take umbrage with the Baby Boomer generation, as is fashionable nowadays (often with a dismissive “OK, Boomer”), they’re neglecting that their opinions’ traction in the national dialogue is owed to the Boomers, who have always been the “bulge in the python,” demographically speaking. It wasn’t until the disproportionately large Boomer generation became adolescents, with unprecedented spending power, that marketing managers in every facet of popular culture began heeding the tastes and whims of teenagers. As Cher sang in the 1967 hit “The Beat Goes On,” “Teeny-bopper is our newborn king!”

The Beatles Have Been In Chicago For Years

July 10, 2018 in Artist News

As a touring band, The Beatles visited Chicago three times in the 1960s to play at two South Side venues that no longer exist: the International Amphitheatre (1964 and 1966) and Comiskey Park (1965). But in a way, the Fab Four have been in the Chicago area for decades. That’s because John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s personal handiwork is residing at Northwestern University’s music library in Evanston. The library refers to the collection as the Beatles Manuscripts—they comprise handwritten lyric sheets for seven songs The Beatles released in 1965 and 1966.

Specifically, the library holds the original lyric sheets for six songs from the 1966 album Revolver: “Eleanor Rigby,” “I’m Only Sleeping,” “Yellow Submarine,” “Good Day Sunshine,” “And Your Bird Can Sing,” and “For No One,” as well as the lyrics for “The Word” from 1965’s Rubber Soul. Go behind the glass with Chicago Tonight for a rare look at the historic manuscripts, and experience the music of The Beatles’ groundbreaking Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band live when it is performed note for note, cut for cut by Classic Albums Live on July 7.