On this day a half-century ago, the Beatles hit number one with “Eight Days a Week.” Here’s the original; we’ll have some notable covers later today.
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.
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