Pulp. Beach reads. Trashy stories. Romance novels. These are all examples of paperback books. Maybe it’s not the cream of the crop, the stuff they put on hardcover. But it’s something. It’s in your ...

The Beatles wrote a lot of love songs, and at one point, according to Paul McCartney, someone had just about enough of it. "Years ago, my Auntie Lil said to me, 'Why do you always write songs about ...

Even Paperback Writer, The Beatles 14th single release on Capitol, has family connections. As Macca explained in 1966: “Years ago, my Auntie Lil said to me, ‘Why do you always write songs about love ...

In 1966, The Beatles were riding a wave of success. With hit after hit topping the charts, the group was at its creative peak. Yet at the same time, their world tour turned chaotic as they faced ...

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 through the two ...

In 1995, just shy of 30 years since the release of "Paperback Writer," and its B-side, "Rain," The Beatles' guitarist George Harrison remarked on The Beatles Anthology documentary series that "I ...

Paul McCartney was a songwriter for the Beatles, writing a fictional story about wanting to be a “paperback writer.” This song came about, he explained, because of his love for the word “paperback.” ...

Sixty years ago today, the biggest band in the world did something it had never done on a No. 1 single. It stopped singing about love. The recording broke new ground too. McCartney's bass was ...

You can feel his affection for the characters, for the music and for a Cleveland that still had drive-in theaters, radio DJs with nicknames and dreams that reached all the way to jolly ol’ England.