This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. We're celebrating Christmas Eve in our archive. Let's go back to 1992, when our rock historian, the late Ed Ward, did this great piece about the private Christmas ...

Rain has been doing its Beatles tribute show now for over a half century. Yes, that’s a lot of years of playing “Twist and Shout.” So, it’s great to see that the group/theatrical production — which ...

For fans of The Beatles, Christmas has always come with a little extra audio wrapping. In the days before boxed sets, deluxe reissues or surprise digital drops, the band marked the season with ...

The Beatles did some strange things in their 10 years together, but their Christmas show definitely ranks high on their list of most bizarre. The Beatles Christmas Show was the brainchild of the group ...

A rock legend has revealed that John Lennon of The Beatles played a surprise part in Slade's Christmas hit, Merry Xmas Everybody. The band was formed in Wolverhampton in 1963, with lead singer Noddy ...

The Beatles‘ Christmas songs don’t get as much attention as they should. The band produced quite a few Christmas songs while they were together and they subsequently made Yuletide classics as solo ...

The Music Box Theater celebrates Christmas and The Beatles in one memorable, festive holiday concert, A Beatles Holiday Cabaret. Song selections include some of the group’s original Christmas/Beatles ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. We're celebrating Christmas Eve in our archive. Let's go back to 1992, when our rock historian, the late Ed Ward, did this great piece about the private Christmas ...

Ward, who died May 3, 2021, spoke in 1992 about a series of Christmas singles the Beatles made in the '60s. If you were a member of their fan club, you got one each year. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry ...