Paul McCartney told Billboard two people heard “Help!” before the public did. “I turned up at John’s house for a writing session and saw the opportunity to add a descant [melody in the second verse],” ...

George Harrison didn’t write nearly as many songs for The Beatles as the Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership did. However, the songs were often treasures. For example, “I Need You” is a beautiful ...

"Help!" is one of the many early Beatles classics that first set them apart from the rest of the 1960s groups that were defining rock 'n' roll in that decade. It has an impossibly catchy groove, but ...