You usually can't beat the Lennon-McCartney classics, but these Paul McCartney originals shined even brighter.

One of the saddest classic rock songs was written by The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and recorded by another star.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon formed a formidable creative partnership, collaborating on the vast majority of The Beatles' ...

After hearing this Beatles song for the first time, Graham Nash concluded it was "one of the greatest songs ever written." ...

But Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick knew the song required a special ... if only for its all-round oddness. Whether George Martin could fully comprehend the images and concepts of the LSD-baptised ...

But it’s one of the Beatles songs on which all the band had an input. All were present when McCartney presented the first verse and melody, as was Lennon’s childhood friend Pete Shotton ...

The Beatles ... most-covered songs somehow escaped the U.K. charts for decades. That losing streak—if it can even be called that—is over, as the track debuts on one list across the pond.

Former SPIN writer Chuck Klosterman once came out with a list of bands that ... time because they wrote all the best songs. Since both of these facts are true, the Beatles are rated properly." ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Beatles officially stopped making music together back in the ‘70s, but ...