Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has been tapped to direct a Beatles documentary based on unseen footage from the Let It Be sessions. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Remembering The Beatles' Rooftop Gig, 50 Years Later, With Someone Who Was There
Soul singer Aretha Franklin poses for a portrait in 1964. Michael Ochs Archives/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
In 2018, Prince's estate released a recording from the artist's fabled vault called Piano & A Microphone 1983. Allen Beaulieu/The Prince Estate hide caption
Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, and Julien Baker played a Tiny Desk Concert together as boygenius. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
The Beatles at St. Pancras Old Church in London on July 28, 1968. Apple Corps Ltd. hide caption
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Drake, performing in 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. Chris McKay/Getty Images hide caption
Geoff Emerick, left, with Ringo Starr in 1968. Emerick had just won a Grammy for his work on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Monti Spry/Getty Images hide caption
Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote songs for The Beatles under Lennon-McCartney, but a new statistical model can be used to tell who actually took the lead. AP hide caption
A Songwriting Mystery Solved: Math Proves John Lennon Wrote 'In My Life'
The 1968 release of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film influenced fashion, graphic design, music — and even a short-lived organization of "submarine churches" based on the gospel of Lennon and McCartney: "All You Need Is Love." Yellow Submarine Movie/Abramorama hide caption
Moses Sumney's Aromanticism was one of Bob's favorite albums this year. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Randy Newman, performing at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Ross Gilmore/Redferns hide caption
John Lennon (left) and Paul McCartney, pictured here circa 1960, met as teenagers in July 1957. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption
The complex soundscape of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was created under technological limitations that have since disappeared. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'Sgt. Pepper's' At 50: Why The Beatles' Masterpiece Can't Be Replicated
The Beatles celebrate the completion of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at a press conference on May 19, 1967. John Pratt/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pop artist Peter Blake poses beside a copy of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover, which he co-designed in 1967. Matt Cardy/Getty Images hide caption
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The Beatles during the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sessions in 1967. Courtesy of Apple Corps Ltd. hide caption
LSD tabs on tip of young man's tongue during Woodstock '94 in upstate New York. Mark Peterson/Corbis/Getty Images hide caption