In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. There are a few ...

In the annals of Beatles singles, we have what we might think of as a game-starter in “Please Please Me,” a game-ender in something like “Let It Be,” and a host of game-changers, the most important of ...

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 ...

The Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” came out days after The Rolling Stones‘ “Paint It Black.” Subsequently, Keith Richards said this was intentional. Notably, one of these tracks was ever so slightly more ...

Composed thanks to Paul McCartney's Aunt Lil, who challenged him to write a song that wasn't about love, Paperback Writer - a standalone single - was one of the first song's written during the ...

John Lennon‘s Gretsch 6120 guitar, the instrument the rock legend used when recording the Beatles‘ 1966 classic “Paperback Writer,” will hit the auction block next month. TracksAuction, which will ...

A guitar that John Lennon played on the recording of The Beatles song Paperback Writer is expected to fetch up to $1million at auction. Lennon gave his Gretsch 6120 guitar to his cousin, David Birch, ...

The Beatles recorded hundreds of songs throughout their careers. Many of them made it onto their albums, but a collection of them failed to get appearances in records or single releases. So then, it ...