Did John Lennon or Paul McCartney Write ‘Eleanor Rigby’?
By the mid-’60s, it’s fairly easy to tell who wrote the biggest part of a Lennon-McCartney song. The lead vocals usually gave it away. On Magical Mystery Tour, “Penny Lane” […]
By the mid-’60s, it’s fairly easy to tell who wrote the biggest part of a Lennon-McCartney song. The lead vocals usually gave it away. On Magical Mystery Tour, “Penny Lane” […]
If you wanted an interview that left you with a boatload of juicy quotes, John Lennon was your man. His Rolling Stone interviews after The Beatles breakup — in which […]
The tensions of the late Beatles years are almost too numerous to count. Both George Harrison and Ringo walked out on the band while recording their last albums. Though both […]
There are more great Beatles songs than most people can count. If you look strictly at the band’s list of No. 1 hits, you’ll miss dozens of inspired compositions from […]
Paul McCartney talked in an interview with The New York Times magazine about the last time he saw his ex-Beatles bandmate George Harrison and what they talked about it. George […]
One of the most famous songs that George Harrison released in the 80s, “Got My Mind Set On You”, featured on his Cloud Nine (1987) album was actually a cover […]
It’s no secret that John Lennon and Paul McCartney had a strained relationship by the time The Beatles parted ways in 1970. Musically, the great songwriting duo had been going […]
It’s no secret that John Lennon and Paul McCartney had a strained relationship by the time The Beatles parted ways in 1970. Musically, the great songwriting duo had been going […]
When most people picture John Lennon and Yoko Ono, they imagine the pair ensconced in bed together as part of their “Bed-In for Peace” during the Vietnam war. Or they […]
By early 1970, The Beatles were on their last legs as a band. The previous September, during a particularly hostile meeting, John Lennon had told the other members of the […]