The new book "John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs" traces the relationship between Lennon and McCartney through their tunes. When Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday,” it was a new day for The Beatles — ...

12:27 p.m. April 6, 2025: An earlier version of this article misstated the year Paul McCartney wrote “Yesterday” and the year Lorne Michaels offered the Beatles $3,000 to appear on “Saturday Night ...

John Lennon said The Beatles’ “Yesterday” didn’t reflect his attitude towards life. He explained why the past interested him. He had no interest in reforming The Beatles and felt he couldn’t recreate ...

Sir Paul McCartney is making it clear that AI didn’t make the new Beatles’ song. Last week in an interview with BBC Radio 4, the “Yesterday” artist said artificial intelligence technology has enabled ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were each other’s favorite audience. That was plainly clear as the besotted Beatles bantered, bickered and obsessed over the 23 years they were friends and rivals. Ian ...

There was one Beatles song, however, that John Lennon wished he had taken the lead on instead of his songwriting partner, Paul McCartney.