| British rock band "The Beatles" formed in Liverpool in 1960. Nicknamed "The Fab Four", they led the "British Invasion" into the US pop market. Interestingly, their recognition is not significant in Grammy history. They were "the Best New Artist of 1964" in the 7th Annual Grammy Award and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hears Club Band became the Album of the Year in 10th Annual Grammy in 1967. And blank for several decades... Tonight, fifty years after their first Grammy, the group's enduring impact was clear in the 56th annual Grammy Awards, receiving a high honor for the 2014 Grammys as recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Ringo Starr was singing "Photographs" with images of The Beatles showing in the background. Paul McCartney took the stage, after being introduced by Julia Roberts, to sing his song "Queenie Eye," joined by Ringo Starr on the drums. The last surviving members of rock's legendary quartet reunite for concert; marking the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearance on the 27th at "The Night that Changed America: A Grammys Salute to The Beatles" followed by a packed touring schedule. This is legendary! Their influence has prevailed in the pop music world for over 50 years! For Beatlemanias, here are the event highlights and articles released in 2013 and 2014. |
 In the latest indication of a growing libertarian wing of the GOP, the Republican National Committee passed a resolution Friday calling for an investigation into the "gross infringement" of Americans' rights by National Security Agency programs that were revealed by Edward Snowden.(Time)
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The Obama political operation that once buried Hillary Rodham Clinton's White House ambitions is now rapidly converging around her possible 2016 presidential bid, conferring on Mrs. Clinton enormous early advantages in money, expertise and voter targeting techniques.(NYT)
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In a fast-paced nation famous for its high achievers and its big spending on private tutors and luxury goods, half of South Korea's elderly are poor, the highest rate in the industrialized world.(WP)
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"Our hospitality will be extended to everyone who respects the laws of the Russian Federation and doesn't impose their habits on others." But "we just say that it is your business, it's your life. But it's not accepted here in the Caucasus where we live. We do not have them in our city." (BBC)
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It is the design of Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut for a 132-floor "urban farm" -- the answer, he believes, to a healthier, happier future for the estimated six billion people who will live in cities by 2050. (AFP)
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Buying a technology that aims to make computers think like humans, Google makes its biggest EU purchase yet - picking up British computing genius Demis Hassabis (Guardian)
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