The mark of a great pop song is that it has several meanings or ways into the song, but everything in the song, every component, is synthesized seamlessly. By that definition, the Beatles’ single, ...

Paul McCartney discussed changing the melody for The Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” with John Lennon. Paul said one part of the song “was very effective, but it was quite cheeky.” The former Beatle called ...

Though John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote dozens of songs together in in their Beatles years, they rarely disagreed about which person contributed most to a particular song. And their post-Beatles ...

Editor’s note: Ever since the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ debut single “Love Me Do”) we’ve been on a half-century celebration cycle in which we are scheduled to relive every ...