Gordon Thompson: Oxford University Press Blog

Banning the Beatles: "A Day in the Life" at the BBC (18 May 2017)
A Voice in the Background: Remembering Margo Quantrell (21 July 2016)
In Memoriam: Sir George Martin, CBE, 1926-2016 (9 March 2016)
Not a Beatle: Andy White (19 November 2015)
A Session Life for Me: Studio Musicians and London's Popular Music Industry in the 1960s (13 October 2015)
The Beatles, the Watts Riots, and America in Transition, August 1965 (4 August 2015)
The British Invasion, Orientalism, and the Summer of 1965 (14 July 2015)
The Stones' "Satisfaction," June 1965 (5 June 2015)
The British Are Coming: The Summer of 1964 (Part One) (6 August 2014)
The British Are Coming: The Summer of 1964 (Part Two) (7 August 2014)
The Beatles and New York, February 1964 (6 February 2014)
Reprinted as "Reader’s View: Gordon Thompson — The Beatles and New York, February 1964" in The Saratogian (9 February 2014)
The Beatles and “She Loves You”: 23 August 1963 (23 August 2013)
From Me (the Beatles) to You (the Stones), April 1963 (11 April 2013)
The Beatles Record “From Me to You,” Tuesday 5 March 1963 (5 March 2013)
The Beatles and Northern Songs, 22 February 1963 (22 February 2013)
The Beatles and “Please Please Me,” 11 January 1963 (11 January 2013)
Charting Success: The Beatles, December 1962 (27 December 2012)
Selling the Beatles, December 1962 (26 December 2012)
The Beatles and "Please Please Me," November 1962 (26 November 2012)
The Beatles Begin, 5 October 1962 (5 October 2012)
The Beatles at EMI, September 1962 (11 September 2012)
A British Ante-invasion: "Telstar," 17 August 1962 (17 August 2012)
Selected as one of "Alice’s top 10 OUPblog posts of 2012" (31 December 2013)
"I Hope They Don't Think We're a Rock 'n' Roll Band": The Rolling Stones Debut, 12 July 1962 (12 July 2012)
The Beatles at EMI: The Contract, 18 June 1962 (18 June 2012)
The Beatles’ First Visit to EMI: Part One (6 June 2012) & Part Two (7 June 2012)
The Beatles Get a Second Chance, 9 May 1962 (9 May 2012)
"Davy" Jones, Actor and Musician (1 March 2012)
Brian Epstein and the Quest for a Contract, February 1962 (13 February 2012)
The Beatles Wait, January 1962 (10 January 2012)
Brian Epstein Transforms the Beatles, December 1961 (15 December 2011)
“What Brings Mr. Epstein Here?” 9 November 1961 (9 November 2011/)
Reprinted on The TTABlog as "Prof. Gordon Thompson Questions TTAB's Cavern Club Decision" (15 November 2011)
"That's It. I'm Not a Beatle Any More" (13 September 2011)
The Beatles and “My Bonnie”: 23 June 1961 (23 June 2011)
The Foundations of British Rock: Archer Street (20 May 2011)
"The Start of a Solo Career": The Beatles Separate, 10 April 1970 (10 April 2011)
"Tomorrow Never Knows": The Beatles Sample the Future, April 1966 (6 April 2011)
John Lennon and Jesus, 4 March 1966 (4 March 2011)
Linked in the Huffington Post as "When the Beatles Were Bigger than Jesus" (4 March 2011)
Included in The OUPblog Tenth Anniversary Book: Ten Years of Academic Insights for the Thinking World (15 July 2015).
The Beatles at the Cavern Club, 9 February 1961 (9 February 2011)
Sixties British Pop in the Classroom (19 January 2011)
December 1960: A Wild Time for the Beatles (29 December 2010)
The Who and "My Generation": November 1965 (4 November 2010)
John Winston Ono Lennon, Everyman (7 October 2010)
George Martin Goes Independent, 2 September 1965 (2 September 2010)
The Beatles Arrive in Hamburg, August 1960 (17 August 2010)
The Beatles, Orientalism, and Help! (29 July 2010)
Foundations of British Rock: “Shakin’ All Over,” 10 June 1960 (10 June 2010)
The Beatles Are Dead. Long Live the Beatles (20 May 2010)
Eddie Cochran and the Rise of British Rock, April 1960 (13 April 2010)
The Beatles and "Let It Be," 6 March 1970 (5 March 2010)
The Who, Herman's Hermits, and the Ivy League: Studio Myth, February 1965 (8 February 2010)
Tired of Waiting, I Can’t Explain: Friday 15 January 1965 (14 January 2010)
Holiday Book Bonanza ‘09: Gordon Thompson (18 December 2009)
Riddle Me When, Riddle Me Why: Introduction (28 October 2009) and Something (30 October 2009)
You Really Got Me, Bobby Graham: In Memory (16 September 2009)
Riddle Me Then, Riddle Me Now: Introduction (10 September 2009) and The Solution (14 September 2009)
Riddle Me Now, Riddle Me Then: Introduction (3 August 2009) and The Solution (4 August 2009)
Riddle Me That, Riddle Me This: Introduction (1 July 2009) and The Solution (2 July 2009)
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Introduction (2 June 2009), Clue One (3 June 2009), Clue Two (4 June 2009), Clue Three (5 June 2009), and Answer (8 June 2009)
The Who, Tommy, and a Pop Classic, May 1969 (8 May 2009)
“Get Back” and Late Sixties Britain (17 April 2009)
A British Invasion Amasses, March 1964 (13 March 2009)
Decca, EMI, and Ed Sullivan: The Beatles Seize February (9 February 2009)
“Maybe Tomorrow”: The Beatles’ Climb to the Rooftop, January 1959-1969 (27 January 2009)
“I Want to Hold Your Hand,” 26 December 1963 (24 December 2008)
The Beatles’ The Beatles, 22 November 1968 (21 November 2008)
Sowing the Seeds of Beatlemania (21 October 2008)
“Hey Jude” and the Death of Sixties British Pop (9 September 2008)
The Revolution Within (11 August 2008)
“Move It” from Zero to Fifty: British Rock's Unlikely Rise from Cliff Richard to the Rolling Stones (22 July 2008)
 

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