The Beatles Swap One Timeless Classic For Another
English singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lennon (1940-1980), English singer, songwriter and bassist Paul McCartney, English musician, singer and drummer Ringo Starr and English musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist George Harrison (1943-2001) of the Beatles attend a press party at the home of manager Brian Epstein supporting the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, May 19, 1967, in London, United Kingdom.
It’s not unusual to see The Beatles on the music charts in the United Kingdom. In fact, it’s fairly commonplace, as the beloved rock band is still so popular to this day, decades after the musicians broke up, that millions of people buy and stream the group’s most successful releases in great enough numbers to keep the rockers on at least a handful of tallies.
What is interesting to watch every week is which one of The Beatles’ albums manages to hold on. Despite the fact that the group hasn’t released a new album or even a compilation in years, the Fab Four regularly trades one project for another on the charts in the country where it all began. Sometimes there’s a reason for the switch, and in other instances, it seems much more random.
The Beatles’s 1962-1966 (The Red Album) Returns
This time around, 1962-1966 is The Beatles’ album of choice in the U.K. The compilation of the singles released by the band during those early years—which is usually just referred to as The Red Album—reappears on a pair of tallies. As it does, it replaces another popular effort from the same act.
Source: forbes.com/Hugh McIntyre
