Beatles Yellow Submarine (1968)

Over the span of a decade, The Beatles scored an average of two number one singles on the Billboard 100 a year. For the week ending April 4, 1964, The Beatles held the top five spots of the Billboard Hot 100. They also owned seven positions lower down on the chart. They would eventually sell over 600-million albums.

So, today has been set aside to celebrate and commemorate the contributions John, Paul, George and Ringo made to music and lives the world over. Today is Global Beatles Day.

June 25 was chosen in memory of The Beatles live television broadcast of All You Need is Love as viewed by 400 million people. It marked the first live global TV link reaching 26 countries simultaneously. The event took place on this day in 1967. Global Beatles Day was founded in 2009 by Faith Cohen.

Yellow Submarine (1968)

Four Color would like to remember the Fab Four today by posting a forgotten collectible: The Beatles Yellow Submarine comic book adaptation of the animated film released in 1968 and published by Gold Key.

Yellow Submarine is a Lennon/McCartney collaboration originally released on the Revolver album in 1966. It was also released as the B side on the Eleanor Rigby single. Ringo sang the children’s song which peaked at number one in the Untied Kingdom and hit number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in America.

It inspired the 1968 United Artists animated film of the same name. The film was produced by King Features Syndicate, the same company responsible for the animated television series, The Beatles.

The Yellow Submarine soundtrack was the 10th, of 12, album released by the band containing six songs by the group, Four were new songs with the title track and All You Need is Love previously released. The remainder of the album consists of the film’s orchestral soundtrack.

Yellow Submarine was touted by the critics and moviegoers alike. It grossed $1,275,543 worldwide.

Not bad for four lads from Liverpool, none of whom were 30 by the time the group dissolved in 1970.