This iconic song became the band’s 10th consecutive U.K. hit.
Sixty years ago today, the Beatles were at No. 1 in the UK for the tenth consecutive time with the loudest song they'd ever ...
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 ...
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.” ...
On June 16, 1966, the Beatles performed “Paperback Writer” and “Rain” on Top of the Pops. Like many artists before, and after them, who appeared on the BBC show, the Beatles lip-synced through the two ...
In 1995, just shy of 30 years since the release of "Paperback Writer," and its B-side, "Rain," The Beatles' guitarist George Harrison remarked on The Beatles Anthology documentary series that "I ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...