A world without The Beatles would be a little less exciting, if not totally confusing, as the movie Yesterday shows. The Fab Four are the soundtrack to most people’s lives. The band that pretty much ...

Yesterday, the latest major movie with a Beatles-inspired plot, is in theaters now. Maybe you’ve already seen it, maybe you’ve seen the widely circulated trailer, or maybe you’ve seen the many Twitter ...

“Yesterday” was, in effect, the first solo record from a Beatle. Paul McCartney famously wrote the song’s melody while asleep, hearing it in a dream. He held onto it for weeks, convinced that he’d ...

Paul McCartney played The Beatles’ “Yesterday” for a major 1960s singer. He accidentally gave her the impression he was offering her the song. The 1960s star recorded the track anyway. Surprisingly, ...

On paper, Danny Boyle directing a Richard Curtis comedy/fantasy that celebrates the music of the Beatles is the trifecta of things I’d want to see. Boyle is an incredibly accomplished and varied ...

The Monkees‘ “I Wanna Be Free” is strikingly similar to The Beatles’ “Yesterday.” That was no accident. One song has a more universal meeting than the other but they’re both great. The Monkees’ ‘I ...

You’ll have to suspend disbelief in the new movie “Yesterday” (out June 28), in which a worldwide blackout and momentary glitch in the universe erases The Beatles from the world and the memory of ...

In director Danny Boyle’s clever new comedy, “Yesterday,” that famous hoax is actually sorta true. A man wakes up after a bike accident during a blackout to discover a world where all submarines are ...

Imagine a world where no one knows the Beatles' music — except for a street musician. That notion inspired director Danny Boyle to create a movie featuring both a newcomer and a British superstar. The ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. "Yesterday" was, ...