In 1966, The Beatles were riding a wave of success. With hit after hit topping the charts, the group was at its creative peak. Yet at the same time, their world tour turned chaotic as they faced ...

Sixty years ago today, the biggest band in the world did something it had never done on a No. 1 single. It stopped singing about love. The result was "Paperback Writer," a song written as a letter ...

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 ...

The Beatles wrote a lot of love songs, and at one point, according to Paul McCartney, someone had just about enough of it. "Years ago, my Auntie Lil said to me, 'Why do you always write songs about ...

Paul McCartney was a songwriter for the Beatles, writing a fictional story about wanting to be a “paperback writer.” This song came about, he explained, because of his love for the word “paperback.” ...

The Beatles came together for their final live performance on this day in history, August 29, 1966. The concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco was never announced as the band’s last dance, but ...

With hit after hit topping the charts, the group was at its creative peak. Yet at the same time, their world tour turned ...