one of the few to offer a detailed narrative of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s partnership. And it’s a revelation. Leslie gives a complete portrait of this remarkably fecund and frequently ...

The Beatles' Paul McCartney is one of the most successful songwriters in the history of pop music and his partnership with ...

A Love Story in Songs," offers a detailed narrative of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's prolific yet often tortured creative partnership. (Daily Record / Mirrorpix via Getty Images) ...

Everything about The Beatles' songwriting is etched in gold, but Paul McCartney felt some songs shouldn't have certain ...

He loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was the mutual feeling between Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney — the dynamic duo in the Fab Four — that is explored in the new book “John & Paul ...

"What it seems to be most like is a romance," said "John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs" author Ian Leslie of Lennon and McCartney's relationship.

It was Paul McCartney and John Lennon who penned the vast majority of their hit singles and enduring classics, owing to a ...

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John Lennon and Paul McCartney were each other’s favorite audience. That was plainly clear as the besotted Beatles bantered, bickered and obsessed over the 23 years they were friends and rivals.

McCartney said Lennon’s admiration of the song “Yesterday” manifested as extreme jealousy. “The worst thing for John,” McCartney said (per Cosmic Magazine), “was that he didn’t write ...

I don’t see this as a criticism.” Unlike Davies, Lennon detested McCartney’s eagerness to be liked. “John himself could be very cruel about Paul’s puppy dog eagerness to please ...