Oddly enough, The Beatles' "Lovely Rita" wasn't a hit and the world has forgotten it even though it was on a massive album.

In an exclusive: interview with American Songwriter, Mike Love recalled when Paul McCartney played him a Beach Boys-inspired Beatles classic for the first time at a 1968 spiritual retreat in India.

In an interesting bit of trivia, one of The Beatles' mostly forgotten bubblegum pop hits was their first chart-topper in the United Kingdom.

Seeing a rising artist in a small venue is magical-but watching a global icon like Paul McCartney perform an intimate concert ...

Paul McCartney wrote a few heartfelt songs about more than one person; and a few of them are absolutely heartwrenching.

As The Beatles' primary songwriters, Paul McCartney and John Lennon composed a catalogue of classics, but it wasn't always ...

Capitol brought the release forward and it sold in huge numbers - 250,000 copies were sold in America in the first three days ...

Peter Asher was in the room when The Beatles recorded 'Hey Jude', helped discover James Taylor, and even managed Linda Ronstadt. Peter Asher was in the room when The Beatles recorded Hey Jude, helped ...

Liverpool catapulted The Beatles to stardom and the band made overt references ... Rigby came from a shop in Bristol, which Paul spotted when watching then-girlfriend Jane Asher act at Bristol's Old ...

The Beatles and the Stones were good friends ... Dunbar in May 1965 with Peter Asher – pop star brother of actress Jane Asher (who was Paul McCartney's girlfriend) – as best man.

The Beatles performing live on the roof of 3, Savlle Row, 30 January 1969. Picture: Dom Slike / Alamy Stock Photo It’s one of the most iconic scenes in the story of The Beatles - but what made ...