“Only a Northern Song” is a Beatles track written by George Harrison that debuted on 1969’s Yellow Submarine soundtrack. The lyrics consist of Harrison sharing his discontent with The Beatles’ ...

In fact, John and Paul considered George something of a lesser Beatle in the early 1960s. Part of it was his age (George was the youngest band member), but it also had to do with the quality of his ...

Harrison famously wasn’t a talkative character. His most famous nickname speaks to his introversion. But, that’s not to say that Harrison was completely averse to speaking his mind. The Beatles ...

The Beatles producer George Martin was responsible for molding the band’s sound into what it was, with lush orchestral arrangements and more highbrow compositions. When Martin initially heard the ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Frank, the Marie Boroff Professor Emeritus of English at Yale University, explores the minute details of Old ...

Artists were lining up to record their new compositions. Following the release of their debut single "Love Me Do," producer George Martin recommended Dick James Music to Epstein as a publisher that ...