John Lennon hated a few Beatles songs, including many that he wrote himself. Here's why he was wrong at times about those ...

Several names come to mind when discussing this, but what’s perhaps even more interesting is looking at how a band like The Beatles managed it. Despite the varying definitions of cultural phenomena, ...

Leslie — whose “John & Paul” book traces their relationship through their songs — believes that it goes back to when a 15-year-old McCartney met a 16-year-old Lennon on July 6, 1957 ...

That was the mutual feeling between Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney — the dynamic duo in the Fab Four — that is explored in the new book “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs” by Ian ...

And indeed, the Beatles were Beach Boys fans. John Lennon and McCartney were both heavily influenced by Brian Wilson's songs, arrangements and recordings on Pet Sounds, and they considered the ...

A Love Story in Songs" is a mixed bag. On the one hand, Leslie provides elegant readings of a host of Lennon and McCartney classics. But on the other, he romanticizes the legendary songwriting duo ...

Thankfully, McCartney had maintained a habit established early during his songwriting partnership with John Lennon - he’d memorised many of the developing songs. “I had to remember the songs ...

Ian Leslie’s “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” takes a detailed look — 426 pages — at how John Lennon and Paul McCartney worked together from their meeting as teenagers until Lennon ...

Ian Leslie's “John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,” takes a detailed look — 426 pages — at how John Lennon and Paul McCartney worked together from their meeting as teenagers until John’s ...