The Beatles' 'Eleanor Rigby' is a bleak and harrowing masterpiece on its own. At no point did it require another band to ...

Paul McCartney said The Beatles‘ “Eleanor Rigby” was almost called “Daisy Hawkins.” Subsequently, the unused title inspired another song by a different band. Paul compared the name Eleanor Rigby to ...

On October 10, 1939, the real-life Eleanor Rigby, a scullery maid, died in her sleep at 44 years old in Liverpool.

In a 2021 article from The New Yorker, Paul discussed the origins of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby.” “It did feel like a breakthrough for me lyrically — more of a serious song,” he recalled. “[Producer] ...

Hearing John Lennon’s “No Reply” in the autumn of 1964, music publisher Dick James remarked to the songwriter that he—and the Beatles—were making progress. Asked what James meant, the publisher ...

More than 50 years after The Beatles broke up, the music made by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr continues to inspire and intrigue fans old and new. And beyond the music, ...

“Eleanor Rigby” was released by The Beatles in 1966 as part of their Revolver album roll-out. A unique offering for the famed group, the song features only a string arrangement and vocal from Paul ...

Rare audio of prog icons Yes playing a version of The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby has emerged online. The recording, which was made in February 1969 during sessions at Polydor Studios in London with ...