It’s eerie reading this quote now because, as it turns out, that’s pretty close to what happened: Less than three weeks after ...

Ian Leslie takes a fresh look at the Beatles in ‘John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs’ The author explores the duo’s relationship through the songs they were writing and singing.

Ian Leslie’s John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs (Celadon Books) takes a different approach in its examination of the celebrated songwriting partnership. Instead of a straight forward biography ...

One famous story notes that when Lorne Michaels appeared on Saturday Night Live and cheekily offered the Beatles $3,000 to reunite on the show, John and Paul happened be watching it live in the ...

In The Beatles Anthology (2000), Ringo discussed his drum fills in A Day In The Life. “I try to become an instrument; play the mood of the song,” Ringo said.

A band as culturally influential as The Beatles was bound to attract its share of wild theories, urban legends, and even bizarre-but-true stories. Formed in Liverpool in 1960 and made up of John ...

Ian Leslie is the author of “John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs.” (Photo Credit: Chris Floyd / Courtesy of Celadon) After his essay went viral, providing rave responses from musicians and music ...