The Beatles covered songs by many artists. For example, they put their own spin on a girl group song during their early years. The cover became a belated hit in the 1990s. According to The Official ...
With songwriters like John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison (and even Ringo Starr now and then), The Beatles didn’t need to reach out for the material of others very often. When they did, ...
The Beatles found inspiration from the earliest rock ‘n’ roll pioneers, and they showed it. Before Paul McCartney and John Lennon grew into prolific songwriters (while being called idiots by a singer ...
Joe Cocker transformed The Beatles’ With a Little Help from My Friends into a bluesy masterpiece during his legendary ...
But amidst all of that, there are also great renditions of Beatles songs, performed live by the actors while filming with the help of in-ear monitors. The Across the Universe covers honor the original ...
The Beatles‘ songs have inspired covers of every flavor. Some women have reinterpreted the Lennon-McCartney catalog in fantastic ways. One gospel singer even blew The Beatles’ “Let It Be” out of the ...
A photograph used for a Beatles album cover ("Yesterday and Today") authentically showed the four band members with bloody dolls. Though the image is authentic and was initially featured as the cover ...
In 2018, Sir Paul McCartney explained to GQ how and why he wrote “Blackbird,” as excerpted below: “I was sitting around with my acoustic guitar, and I’d heard about the civil rights troubles that were ...
The internet is buzzing after Beyonce released her cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird" as part of her country-centric new album Cowboy Carter. The praise has been mostly universal, with many noting the ...