On Aug. 5, 1966, the Beatles released “Yellow Submarine,” a track purposefully designed as a children’s song. The tune came to Paul McCartney one night while at the home of his girlfriend, actress ...

The Beatles‘ “Yellow Submarine” was unquestionably a highlight of Ringo Starr’s career but he said it wouldn’t have been as popular if its lyrics were slightly different. He thought fans would have ...

The son of a famous producer found a demo of The Beatles‘ “Yellow Submarine” with John Lennon singing the lead vocal. The demo includes some morose lyrics. Ringo Starr revealed that other members of ...

The deal that put the Beatles into the movies called for them to make three films for United Artists. But after the commercial and critical success of A Hard Day's Night in 1964 and the ...

For many, many years, the common view about “Yellow Submarine” was that Paul McCartney was the primary author of the song. And it wasn’t like this was in dispute. In an interview done shortly before ...

You would think The Beatles, as successful as they were, would have enjoyed some sort of autonomy about what they did or didn’t want to do when they were at the height of their popularity. That wasn’t ...

The Beatles with producer George Martin. 2016 marks my 20th year covering the Beatles as a journalist. The Fab Four are in my bones, swimming in my bloodstream. Their music is embedded in the very DNA ...