When George Martin told Paul McCartney that they should add a double string quartet to “Eleanor Rigby,” he was wary. He didn’t necessarily want that type of sound. Eventually, though, he agreed, so ...

While many rank “Yesterday” among the greatest songs ever written, Paul McCartney didn’t want to release it as a Beatles single in 1965. Paul pointed to the arrangement, which featured a string ...

If you go: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4, Historic Elsinore Theatre. $35 to $55 The epic traveling tour "Beatles vs. Stones: A Musical Showdown" gets a local twist when it stops at the Historic Elsinore Theatre on ...