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Who wrote The Beatles song ‘A Day in the Life?’

In their time, The Beatles achieved things that were unthinkable before their rise. The most culturally significant band of all time, from their music to their album covers, the Fab Four innovated and established the blueprint for the entire industry. Kicking things off with their debut single in 1962 and concluding their final offering, Let […]

What does The Beatles song ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’ mean?

By the time The Beatles gave up the touring life, there was no telling what they could get up to in the studio. As much as their fans may have liked to have the lovable moptops that they knew from A Hard Day’s Night, the Fab Four were clearly different creative thinkers than the ones […]

The songs John Lennon “actively disliked” on The Beatles album ‘Sgt Pepper’

John Lennon was destined for superstardom even before leaving Liverpool. While he navigated his middle-class upbringing and sought his place in the world, his collaboration with Paul McCartney produced some of the most significant hits of the 1960s. The extensive repertoire covered by The Beatles has influenced generations of musicians. Despite their impact on an […]

Who sang lead vocals on the most songs by The Beatles?

The Beatles are the most famous and celebrated four-piece in pop history. Never has a group before or since put out a body of work that can compare to theirs. And none of the four could muster anything like the same output without the others, as their respective inconsistent solo careers proved. Yet the band […]

Before the breakup: The Beatles songs John Lennon described as Paul McCartney’s “last gasp”

As the 1960s came to an end, so too did The Beatles. Tensions between the band had been rising since the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, in 1967. The songwriting partnership at the centre of the band had been breaking down for years, as John Lennon began to prefer collaborating with Yoko Ono and […]

What was the first song The Beatles wrote together?

In the second half of 1962, The Beatles became one of the first British bands to release a debut single they had written themselves from scratch. The song ‘Love Me Do’ was one of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s earliest joint songwriting efforts, worked out together by the two of them from a song idea […]

What was the final Beatles song recorded together by all four band members?

On August 20th, 1969, the four members of The Beatles gathered in Studio 2 of Abbey Road with producer George Martin. They were putting the finishing touches to a song as they often did, overdubbing harmonised backing vocals and instrumental takes the same way they’d done since their early singles. At the time, though some […]

Why The Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’ Was Originally Much Slower

Paul McCartney said The Beatles‘ “Please Please Me” was inspired by an American rock ‘n’ roll star. Paul said the song was originally slower to mimic that star’s style. Subsequently, The Beatles’ producer had a different vision for the track. The Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’ was supposed to sound like a slow Roy Orbison song […]

The artists Paul McCartney said influenced The Beatles most

In music terms, we often view things in two chapters—not AD and BC but rather BTB and ATB, “Before The Beatles and After The Beatles.” For someone in my age bracket, with my music tastes, it’s frankly hard to imagine the former at times because the influence of the Fab Four is so indelibly linked […]

The song Paul McCartney wrote in an emotional tribute to John Lennon

The relationship between John Lennon and Paul McCartney has always been a deeply sincere one. Two of the world’s premier songwriters may have spent the better parts of their careers entwined with one another but that didn’t mean they couldn’t fight or feud like any other friendship. In fact, it, more likely than not, it […]