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.” ...

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 ...

Lennon, Harrison, McCartney, and Ringo Starr pushed themselves as musicians and songwriters, setting trends followed today and evolving into musicians stretching the boundaries of popular music, With ...

"I suppose in a way we invented MTV," George Harrison casually noted in the Beatles' 2000 Anthology book, reflecting on the band's low-key promo clips for "Paperback Writer" and "Rain." It may seem ...

Even Paperback Writer, The Beatles 14th single release on Capitol, has family connections. As Macca explained in 1966: “Years ago, my Auntie Lil said to me, ‘Why do you always write songs about love ...

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 ...

We say 'Mashup of the day' - but it might even be the week, or possibly month. Go Home Productions - the people who brought us this brilliant mashup of 'Imagine' and 'Band On The Run' have triumphed ...

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 ...

Beatles tribute band Paperback Writer wowed the crowd and had people singing and dancing at Mercerdale Park on the evening of July 17. It was the first installment of the Mercer Island Parks and ...

The British heavy metal legends are gearing up to release a covers album called ‘Inspirations’, due out on March 19 via Silver Lining Music. Speaking on the band’s decision to cover ‘Paperback Writer’ ...