Sargeant Pepper Back on Top
I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same. The Beatles music lives on on the Billboard charts as Paul McCartney has released a single available for digital download with U2 from the London Live8 concert. Here is a small excerpt of what Billboard had to say:
This week, the song “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” is back on the Hot 100 for the first time since that 1978 Beatles release. The Paul McCartney with U2 recording from the London Live 8 concert, sold as a digital download, debuts at No. 48, making this rendition the highest-charting version of the classic track.
The new “Sgt. Pepper’s” is McCartney’s highest-charting title under his own name since “My Brave Face” reached No. 25 in 1989 (as a member of the Beatles, Paul peaked at No. 6 in 1995 with “Free as a Bird” and No. 11 in 1996 with “Real Love”). As a solo act, McCartney now has a chart span of 34 years, four months and two weeks, counting back to the 1971 debut of “Another Day.” His career chart span is extended to 41 years, six months and one week, dating back to the debut of the Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in 1964.
You can read more about it here.