LibGuides: The Beatles: BEATLES WEBSITES

Beatles Online

With the advent of the Internet, the Beatles became just as ubiquitous on the web as they ever were in print, audio and visual media. Following is a sampling of websites focusing on the Beatles. There is some duplication as some of the websites with specific links are mentioned in the links to lists of top websites. Descriptions by Brian Bess

The Beatles Official Website
The official Beatles website, providing detailed history with information on their music, movies, news, and latest projects. This website includes news, discographies, song lists with complete lyrics, images, video links and options for comments.
The Internet Beatles Album
A collection of Beatles related informational, sound and picture files, made available for study by Beatles fans and scholars all over the world to explore. Although not affiliated with or approved by the Beatles, the site contains a wealth of information, including contact information, rare photos and obscure facts.
The Beatles Bible
The Beatles' songs, albums, places, photos and more, including a day-by-day guide to their career from 1957 to 1970 and beyond, plus profiles of individual Beatles as well as those peripheral to the Beatles’ career such as George Martin, Brian Epstein, etc. plus up-to-date information on the latest releases from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and the HBO documentary on George Harrison, 'Living in the Material World'.
BeatlesNews.com
This website specializes in the latest news development relating to solo Beatles or individuals peripherally associated with the group. Like most other websites there is plenty of Beatles trivia although the emphasis is on the latest public announcements and releases.
I Am the Beatles.com
In addition to much of the trivia that other websites include, this site includes fairly extensive essays on the making of each album, along with some critical analyses of music and lyrics.
10 Websites for the Beatles Fan and his Beatlemania
This website not only has links to many of the websites listed above, but also links to such speciality sites as beatlemoney.com, a guide to the economic history of the Beatles, Beatles Radio (free Internet radio links) and Beatles Tube (Beatles clips with accompanying video links, tribute performances and cover versions).
The Best Beatles Websites
In addition to the usual suspects among Beatles websites, this site also includes links to the website of Julia Baird, John Lennon’s sister, Beatlefans.com, including links to fan clubs and fan fiction and Beatles Guide UK, which includes a virtual tour of Liverpool.