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Fans of The Beatles are in for a treat thanks to Paul McCartney, who says never-before-seen lyrics written by the iconic group are on the way.

On Monday, the former Beatles star, 79, announced the dozens of songs that will be featured in his upcoming "self-portrait" book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present.

The book — which was first announced in February — will "recount his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career," highlighting 154 songs by The Beatles, Wings, and his lengthy solo career. Notable songs included are "Blackbird," "Live and Let Die," "Hey Jude," "Band On The Run," and "Yesterday."

According to McCartney's official site, the book will reveal previously unreleased lyrics from an unrecorded song by The Beatles, "Tell Me Who He Is." Fans will also get a glimpse at decades-old handwritten lyrics and photographs from McCartney's personal archive.

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Legendary music producer Sir George Martin, often referred to as the “fifth Beatle,” passed away at age 90.

With a career that spanned more than six decades, Martin produced all but one of The Beatles’ albums, including 1967’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which became the first rock album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year.

Martin won six Grammys throughout his career and had 23 #1 singles in the U.S. In addition to The Beatles, he produced works by such artists as Elton John, Jeff Beck, Kenny Rogers, Cheap Trick and others.

Among his many honors, Martin was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and received a knighthood in 1996.

Martin’s son, Giles Martin, has continued to work with The Beatles, and recently produced their final song, “Now and Then,” which uses vocals Lennon recorded on a demo in the late ’70s, along with guitar the late George Harrison recorded in the mid-’90s, and new recordings from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

The tune debuted at #1 in the U.K. and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Paul McCartney is one of the most successful songwriters in history. He’s penned almost too many major smash singles to count, and those who have listened to them may begin to notice some similarities between them. In a new interview, the former Beatle admitted that some of his tunes may follow a blueprint he likes to use—or at least one he leaned on early in his career.

“There was a certain formula,” McCartney admitted, up front, when talking about the composition of some of his earliest hits. The rocker clarified what he meant by adding, “the pronoun I, you, me, him, her, my, she…”

McCartney has been known to use—or some might say overuse—pronouns in a certain way in his work. But while some may call that formulaic, he explained that there was a reason behind this decision...and it wasn’t because it was what he and his collaborators were used to, or even that they were simply lazy.

“Because we wanted to contact the fans, there were songs to contact the people with,” McCartney shared when talking about whether or not he felt that his songs were formulaic at the time they were written. He’s referring to many of his Beatles-era details

The Beatles‘ “I Will” is a relatively simple song, but it is nonetheless impactful. Paul McCartney has penned many stellar love songs across his career, but this has to be one of his most touching. Check out the meaning behind this song, below.

McCartney has made it clear across his career that he is partial to a silly love song. He enjoys the sappy, sincere sides of music. “I Will” is one of many examples of this affinity.

“There’s a theory that the most interesting love songs are ones about love gone wrong,” McCartney wrote in his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present. “I don’t subscribe to it. This is a song about the joy of love…Love might be the mightiest, strongest force on the planet.”

Who knows how long I’ve loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to, I will

McCartney was in a relationship with Jane Asher at the time he wrote this track. While in India together, McCartney made use of a melody he had in his back pocket, writing new lyrics that painted a picture of enduring love. Folk icon Donovan helped him pen the first rough draft of the verses, but ultim details

There’s no doubt Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison had huge success as The Beatles, but their careers certainly didn’t end once the band broke up in 1970.

All four members went on to have successful solo careers, and now Rolling Stone is taking a deep dive into their solo material with its just-released list of the 100 best Beatles solo songs.

The list is compiled by music journalist Rob Sheffield, who knows a thing or two about The Beatles, having written the 2017 book Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World. In a post on social media he said compiling the list was a “true labor of love.”

Topping the list is McCartney’s 1970 classic “Maybe I’m Amazed,” which he wrote for wife Linda McCartney. Sheffield writes that McCartney “wrote his most soulful, passionate, unforgettable love song for Linda, in the aftermath of The Beatles break-up,” adding the tune “captures the moment when their romance was just beginning.”

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Unseen colour footage of The Beatles from 1964 shows the backstage footage of the band’s performances.

The reel of 8mm film, which has no sound, shows the legendary musicians performing on Ready Steady Go! and the Around The Beatles television special.

None of the 18 minutes of footage has been previously released or published, auction house Omega Auctions said.

The film belonged to Teddy Fader, who worked as a lighting supervisor for ITV production company Associated-Rediffusion.

A letter transferring copyright from Mr Fader will be provided to the winning bidder.

It will be auctioned on 26 March.

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The Beatles were more than just John Lennon or Paul McCartney. Despite this, some people like arguing some members of the group weren't integral to its success.

The Beatles were more than just John Lennon or Paul McCartney. Despite this, some people like arguing some members of the group weren’t integral to its success. Some of The Beatles even went there. Paul’s comments on the matter almost seem to contradict John’s.
Paul McCartney felt people exaggerated John Lennon’s contributions.

A 1989 article from the Los Angeles Times quotes what Paul said in a pamphlet handed out at his concerts. “The thing I find myself doing — which is a pity really, but it’s just because of the unfortunate circumstances — is trying to justify myself against John, and I hate to do that,” he said. “There are certain people who are starting to think he was The Beatles.”

“There was nobody else,” the pamphlet continued. “George just stood there with a plectrum waiting for a solo. Now that is not true. George did a hell of a lot more than sit waiting for a solo. John would be the first to tell you that. You can’t blame people for feelin details

George Martin liked the creative freedom The Beatles expressed on 'Sgt. Pepper.' He thought they took it too far on a later album.

Beatles producer George Martin worked with the band extensively on each of their albums. He got to know the band and their working style well as they grew as artists. While he was typically happy to see their growth, he said they began taking too many creative liberties beginning with one album. He shared why this became a problem for the group. George Martin said The Beatles lost focus on one album

In 1967, The Beatles pushed the limits of what was possible with an album when they released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. They continued to push boundaries with their later albums, which Martin viewed as a problem.

“During Magical Mystery Tour I became conscious that the freedom that we’d achieved in Pepper was getting a little bit over the top, and they weren’t really exerting enough mental discipline in a lot of the recordings,” Martin said in The Beatles Anthology. “They would have a basic idea and then they would have a jam session to end it, which sometimes didn’t sound too good.”

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“Peace and love” rocker Ringo Starr, 83, is a model of health for men of all ages, having lived a sober lifestyle for 34 years now, along with being vegetarian for around the same time. While many people believe in a life of moderation with an occasional splurge, and there’s nothing wrong with that, the Beatles icon definitely appears to be doing something right, therefore his health habits are worth highlighting.

“I watch what I eat. I’ve been vegetarian for the last 25 years,” Starr told The San Diego Union-Tribune in an earlier interview last May. “I think it’s important and I’m always promoting proper eating.”

The legendary drummer is also serious about his fitness. “I go to the gym. I have a trainer who comes to my home three times a week. And I (work out) myself. On tour, usually I go at least four mornings a week to the gym. So, I think you’ve just got to keep moving and eating right. I do the best I can.”

Though the English musician said his former lifestyle was made up of Coca-Cola bottles in his pocket “loaded with cognac,” it’s evident Starr has been intent on reversing any damage from his younger y details

Fans speak of most Beatles albums with awe and reverence. LPs like Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Revolver, The White Album, and several others in the band’s catalog are generally mentioned among the greatest rock albums ever recorded. That’s why it’s a surprise that an album like Beatles for Sale, released in 1964, doesn’t get much attention at all, at least not compared to other Fab Four records.

We’re here to change that, because we think Beatles for Sale needs to be more than just a trivia answer for those trying to list all of their albums. On the contrary, we think it’s deserving of classic status in its own right, and we’re here to tell you why.

Beatles for Sale was the Fab Four’s fourth studio LP released in the United Kingdom, arriving in December 1964. (Like most early Beatles albums, it was chopped up and repurposed for release in America, with most of the 14 tracks ending up on either Beatles ’65 or Beatles VI in the U.S.)

It was recorded during a particularly busy time in the group’s schedule, although it’s fair to say their schedule was always hectic in the early years. They didn’t release any singles from details

The cover of John Lennon's 'Double Fantasy' depicts him kissing Yoko Ono. The record's title is not simply a reference to the two of them working together.

The cover of John Lennon‘s Double Fantasy depicts him kissing Yoko Ono. The record’s title is not simply a reference to the two of them working together. John revealed the name has a spiritual meaning.  John Lennon’s ‘Double Fantasy’ was inspired by John’s view of prayer.

The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John revealed his opinions about prayer. “The consciousness is, ‘Let’s see what we shall pray for together. Let’s make it stronger by picturing the same image, projecting the same image,'” he said. “And that is the secret. That is the secret. Because you can be together but projecting different things.”

Yoko said these dual projections were “double fantasies,” alluding to the title of their newest record. “Double fantasies at the same time,” John replied. “And you get whoever’s fantasy is strongest at the time or you get nothing but mishmash. Yo details

John Lennon and Paul McCartney worked closely together on “A Day in the Life.” They each wrote portions of the song and married the parts together to create the finished product. Lennon was often hard on McCartney’s writing, but he complimented the work his bandmate put into the song. He believed that one line McCartney wrote was particularly beautiful.

John Lennon admired one of Paul McCartney’s contributions to ‘A Day in the Life’

While Lennon and McCartney wrote closely together in the early years of The Beatles, they drifted apart as the 1960s progressed. Still, some songs were the product of their close collaboration in later years. “A Day in the Life” was one of them.

“Paul and I were definitely working together, especially on ‘A Day In The Life,’” Lennon said in The Beatles Anthology. “The way we wrote a lot of the time: you’d write the good bit,...

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Sir Paul McCartney defended himself against critics of what has often been deemed his “schmaltzy” songwriting about love, in the latest episode of a podcast about his lyrics.

McCartney: A Life in Lyrics explores what inspires the legendary Beatles artist, in conversation with the poet Paul Muldoon.

All this singing about love over the years, Muldoon noted in an episode released on Wednesday 6 March, has made some “harder boiled” music fans and critics “dismissive”, as they accuse McCartney of being “sentimental”, “schmaltzy” and “lacking in sophistication”.

The “Can’t Buy Me Love” singer, 81, was ready with a rather derisive response to those critics, remarking: “I think a lot of people who are cynical about it, haven’t been lucky enough to feel it. You often wonder what the critic who damns it looks like, what his or her life looks like.

“I often want to get a photograph of them and go, ‘Oh it’s him, of course, I’m not listening to him.’ Because you kind of outlive them, anyway. They come and go.”

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Sir Paul McCartney had a major proud dad moment at a Paris Fashion Week event on Monday. The Beatles legend, 81, was spotted in a special family reunion moment alongside his wife Nancy Shevell, 64, in an iconic McCartney crossover moment.

The 'Let It Be' singer was spotted alongside his fashion designer daughter Stella McCartney, 52, at her Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show at Paris Fashion Week alongside Stella's older sister Mary McCartney, 54.

The 'Hey Jude' songwriter was the picture of a proud parent as he was seen posing for photographs in a white open-necked shirt with black trousers, a black longline coat, and a pair of dark sunglasses.

His New York-native businesswoman wife was seen looking lovely in a striped dress that was cinched at the waist with a tan leather belt that was teamed with an ivory wool coat and a pair of white pointed-toe mules.

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 Who is Paul McCartney’s musician son, James McCartney? He shunned the spotlight for years, but just joined The Beatles legend to watch his sister Stella McCartney’s show at Paris Fashion Week.

Paul McCartney’s lesser-known son James just made a rare appearance in support of his sister Stella McCartney at Paris Fashion Week on March 4.

The 46-year-old was joined by his father, who sat in the front row alongside Paris Jackson and The Beatles’ Ringo Starr for the exclusive event. Paul’s daughter Mary and his wife Nancy Shevell were also in attendance.

James McCartney has shunned the spotlight for years, and although he has followed in his father’s footsteps by pursuing a career in music, he still remains very low-key in comparison to other members of his famous family.

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