In the annals of Beatles singles, we have what we might think of as a game-starter in “Please Please Me,” a game-ender in something like “Let It Be,” and a host of game-changers, the most important of ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. There are a few ...

Paul McCartney explained why he wrote The Beatles’ “Paperback Writer.” He said the song was partly inspired by “archetypal” paperbacks. Paul revealed what John Lennon said as his bandmate wrote the ...

Simon co-wrote “Red Rubber Ball” with Bruce Woodley of The Seekers. A rock band called The Cyrkle recorded the song. During a 2019 interview with Goldmine, The Cyrkle’s Don Dannemann discussed the ...

Lost footage of The Beatles performing “Paperback Writer” is to be shown for the first time in more than 50 years. The material was believed to have been wiped from archives and deleted forever, until ...

Composed thanks to Paul McCartney's Aunt Lil, who challenged him to write a song that wasn't about love, Paperback Writer - a standalone single - was one of the first song's written during the ...

Perhaps Glenn Henry isn”t quite ready to land a speaking role on Downton Abbey or guest star in the next Sherlock Holmes adventure. Still, for a guy inhaling Southern California air most of his life, ...

Sonically and chronologically speaking, we don’t often associate Bachman-Turner Overdrive with the Beatles, but the Fab Four is precisely who Randy Bachman was trying to emulate with his 1974 track, ...

Producer Mark Vidler is a known master of the mashup, a mix-and-match savant who for years has released whole albums of material under his Go Home Productions banner. His latest such album, Spliced ...

John Lennon‘s Gretsch 6120 guitar, the instrument the rock legend used when recording the Beatles‘ 1966 classic “Paperback Writer,” will hit the auction block next month. TracksAuction, which will ...

The Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins Nashville model hollow body guitar that John Lennon used while recording the Beatles' "Paperback Writer" has changed hands, with Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay ...

If you’re a big fan of The Beatles and you were hoping to collect some really important memorabilia anytime soon, you may want to check your bank account, because the cost of owning truly special ...