12:27 p.m. April 6, 2025: An earlier version of this article misstated the year Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday” and the year Lorne Michaels offered the Beatles $3,000 to appear on “Saturday Night ...

When The Beatles officially broke up in 1970, fans all over the world wept in shock. It was truly the end of an era. The Fab Four had been growing apart for a couple of years, both musically and ...

John Lennon was a tough Liverpool teenager with a well-earned reputation—a rocker with a volatile streak—when he first encountered Paul McCartney. It was a summer day in 1957. John’s skiffle band the ...

Fans of books, movies, television shows, and even real celebrities often “ship” people or characters together, which is to say they believe in or wish for a romantic relationship between them. Given ...

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It’s the greatest story often told. The Beatles are not just the most successful musical act of all time; they are perhaps the most analyzed, deconstructed and dissected entertainers since the dawn of ...