In an interesting bit of trivia, one of The Beatles' mostly forgotten bubblegum pop hits was their first chart-topper in the United Kingdom.

Seeing a rising artist in a small venue is magical-but watching a global icon like Paul McCartney perform an intimate concert ...

Paul McCartney wrote a few heartfelt songs about more than one person; and a few of them are absolutely heartwrenching.

As The Beatles' primary songwriters, Paul McCartney and John Lennon composed a catalogue of classics, but it wasn't always ...

John - who once purchased an island in Co Mayo - and his initial lyrics for the 1965 song In My Life traced his childhood bus ...

Capitol brought the release forward and it sold in huge numbers - 250,000 copies were sold in America in the first three days ...

Paul and John both lay claim to being the primary author of the 1966 song 'Eleanor Rigby'. Paul said he came up with the song ...

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Marianne Faithfull with then boyfriend Mick Jagger in 1969. (Image: PA) Eager to enjoy the first stirrings of the 60s, she started travelling to London aged 16 to visit Beatnik clubs like The Marquee ...

Faithfull was a beautiful pop star at the height of the ’60s rock era, known across the world for her hits (notably the classic ballad “As Tears Go By”) and her boyfriend, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger. A ...

But in reality, without Yoko Ono, the story of John Lennon and The Beatles would be endlessly ... crucially, Peter Asher, the brother of Paul McCartney’s long-term girlfriend, Jane Asher. So, in ...

McCartney wrote it for Jane Asher, and George Martin (The Beatles' frequent collaborator in the studio) helped to shape the melody to the soothing version that was included on the album.