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 ...

Paul McCartney revealed what inspired the “face in a jar” from The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” He said The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” could not be replicated on a stage. For this reason, he compared it to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Douglas Elbinger/Getty Images Hearing John Lennon’s “No Reply” in the autumn of 1964, music publisher Dick James remarked to the ...

More than 50 years after The Beatles broke up, the music made by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr continues to inspire and intrigue fans old and new. And beyond the music, ...