The Beatles wrote many songs centered on fictional characters, from the title character of “Mean Mr. Mustard” to Desmond and Molly Jones from “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” “Eleanor Rigby” appears to be about ...

In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed his feelings about getting older. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘What am I going to do when I’m thirty?'” he said. “30 was the ...

Aretha Franklin’s genius took so many forms — as a singer, a songwriter, an album-crafter, a live performer. But the Queen was also one of history’s most audacious Beatle fans. Nobody ever sang the ...