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"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with "Yellow Submarine". Credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, the song is one of only a few in which John Lennon and Paul McCartney later disputed primary authorship. [3]
“Eleanor Rigby” was released by The Beatles in 1966 as part of their Revolver album roll-out. A unique offering for the famed group, the song features only a string arrangement and vocal from...
The deeds to the grave of Eleanor Rigby, who lies at St Peter’s churchyard in Woolton, Liverpool, are due to go up for auction next month, and are estimated to sell for around £5,000.
Just yards away lay the grave of scullery maid Eleanor Rigby, who had died, aged 44, in 1939. Nine years later, McCartney would pen the lyrics for what became one of the band's most celebrated...
Eleanor Rigby, which originally appeared on the Revolver album and on a double a-side single with Yellow Submarine, is justifiably held as a one of The Beatles' truly timeless compositions.
Released as a double A-side with the song "Yellow Submarine in August 1966, Eleanor Rigby marked a giant leap forward in the way that The Beatles thought about their art, following their exploration of new and more complex musical ideas such as “Day Tripper” and “Paperback Writer”.
In a graveyard in Liverpool lies a headstone bearing the name Eleanor Rigby. Its deeds are being auctioned later as part of a sale of Beatles memorabilia, but what is the real story behind the...
How one of the Beatles’ greatest songs came to be. By Paul McCartney. October 18, 2021. The author’s handwritten lyrics for “Eleanor Rigby,” from 1966. “Eleanor Rigby” © Sony Music ...
"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by the Beatles, simultaneously released on the 1966 album Revolver and on a 45 rpm single. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney.
While poignancy had never been far removed from some of The Beatles’ best early compositions (“In My Life”, “Yesterday”, “Help”), in “Eleanor Rigby” the band delivered a tragedy in microcosm.