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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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