AP Photo/John Raoux “Growing up, I knew a lot of old ladies — partly through what was called Bob-a-Job Week, when Scouts did chores for a shilling,” he wrote. “…Eleanor Rigby is based on ...

"I don't even know how I first met 'Eleanor Rigby,' but I would go around to her ... because she had a little crystal-radio set," he wrote. "So I would visit, and just hearing her stories enriched ...

The Beatles wrote many songs centered on fictional characters, from the title character of “Mean Mr. Mustard” to Desmond and Molly Jones from “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” “Eleanor Rigby ...

“Eleanor Rigby” was released by The Beatles in 1966 ... together because it sounded natural and matched the rhythm he wrote. As the opening chorus makes perfectly clear, the song is a sort ...

Eleanor Rigby, along with In My Life ... John is reported to have said Paul wrote "the harmony and the middle-eight." While the bassist says he wrote the music in its entirety.

John Lennon was the dominant early creative force in the Beatles. But Paul McCartney quickly began to catch up as their career together unfolded. George Harrison made a late push into songwriting ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney often disagreed on who had actually written their shared classics. Despite every song they wrote together for The Beatles being credited to Lennon-McCartney ...