The Beatles underwent a tremendous career and personal shift, thanks in no small part to the influence of Pattie Boyd.

In the early days of The Beatles, John and Paul often wrote songs together at their childhood homes, with some solo writing sprinkled in. As they matured and their styles diverged, they began to write ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney are regarded as two of the greatest songwriters of all time, having written classic after classic for The Beatles. How they wrote the songs changed as time went on, ...

The right bridge can change the pace of a song. The three classic songs below have bridges that blow their choruses out of the water.

You Should Have Known Jean Hanff Korelitz. Grand Central, $26 (448p) ISBN 978-1-4555-9949-3 ...