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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 recording broke new ground too. McCartney's bass was ...

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 ...

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