Paul McCartney said The Beatles‘ “Please Please Me” was inspired by an American rock ‘n’ roll star. Paul said the song was originally slower to mimic that star’s style. Subsequently, The Beatles’ ...

When the Beatles sang that plea in 1965, I ached to answer the call. Here they were the Beatles — brilliant, beloved and vulnerable, too. That combination of mega-stardom and sensitivity sent my crush ...

The half-funny, half-sad reason Ringo Starr refused to sing this lyric from "With a Little Help from My Friends".

Intellectual theft is an inevitable practice in the music industry. Inevitable, given that it often happens accidentally. And, there are a good number of famous musicians who have performed this act, ...