Performance

Beatles hits

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“Beatles hits” points back to the early-1960s moment when Beatles songs were packaged for quick, portable listening, first issued in the U.K. as a mono EP and later circulated across other markets. Heard at Town Hall in New York, it becomes part of an evening that links Lennon’s writing to a public argument for peace, carried by performers including Graham Nash, Judy Collins, Suzanne Vega, Jimmy Webb, and Livingston Taylor. In NYC, where Lennon’s legacy is anchored in the city’s streets and memorial rituals, these rock/pop standards read less like nostalgia than like civic repertoire. The restraint of the format sharpens the songs’ directness.