"I suppose in a way we invented MTV," George Harrison casually noted in the Beatles' 2000 Anthology book, reflecting on the band's low-key promo clips for "Paperback Writer" and "Rain." It may ...

Photographer Bob Whitaker produced one of the most controversial images in rock history on March 25, 1966, the infamous "butcher" cover for the Beatles ... "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" before ...

“Rain,” Lennon’s “Paperback Writer” B-side, is probably my favorite Beatles song ever — a gooey and head-blown pop meditation that essentially predicts the Stone Roses. And yet 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 ...

I first heard of the Beatles when I was nine years old ... They made such fantastic records as “Paperback Writer” b/w “Rain” or “Penny Lane” b/w “Strawberry Fields Forever ...

Lost footage of The Beatles performing “Paperback Writer” is to be shown for the first time in more than 50 years. The material was believed to have been wiped from archives and deleted ...

In June 1966 Paperback Writer overthrew Frank Sinatra's Strangers In The Night to become The Beatles' tenth UK Number 1 single. It was the last new song to feature on the setlist for The Beatles ...

Considered by many as The Beatles’ finest album, Revolver was home to a selection of progressive tracks. “Paperback Writer” is a response to a challenge to McCartney by his Aunt Lil.

On June 16, 1966, the Beatles performed “Paperback Writer” and “Rain” on Top of the Pops. Like many artists before, and after them, who appeared on the BBC show, the Beatles lip-synced ...

landed on the subject of a paperback book writer when one day he saw Beatles drummer Ringo Starr backstage at a concert venue reading a book. That’s when he knew what the subject of his next ...