Paul McCartney heard rumors of the wild goings-on in the Haight and visited on April 4, 1967. At the Fillmore Auditorium, he ...
Capitol brought the release forward and it sold in huge numbers - 250,000 copies were sold in America in the first three days. It knocked Bobby Vinton’s ‘There! I’ve Said It Again’ off the top of ...
As The Beatles' primary songwriters, Paul McCartney and John Lennon composed a catalogue of classics, but it wasn't always easy. John and Paul wrote the bulk of the band's hits, with all of their ...
The death of singer and actor Marianne Faithfull in January was a painful reminder that the original rock chicks are ...
Oddly enough, The Beatles' "Lovely Rita" wasn't a hit and the world has forgotten it even though it was on a massive album.
In an interesting bit of trivia, one of The Beatles' mostly forgotten bubblegum pop hits was their first chart-topper in the ...
Once they moved to London, that writing base became the family home of Jane Asher, Paul's then-girlfriend. About their process, John told Playboy in 1980: “We wrote a lot of stuff together ...
Asher, too, still lived at home with his parents and his sister, the model Jane Asher. The Asher parents were continental in the same way the Dunbars were in that they let their daughter bring her ...
AN iconic grocery store that was loved by A-list celebs has officially shut up shop after 53 of service. Partridges has now closed in Chelsea, London, as the owners give one final thanks to the ...
In an exclusive: interview with American Songwriter, Mike Love recalled when Paul McCartney played him a Beach Boys-inspired Beatles classic for the first time at a 1968 spiritual retreat in India.
Slapstick Festival is a celebration of silent and classic screen comedy - from films to TV, to those who starred in and wrote ...