Sometimes, the best inspiration is hiding in plain sight, as proven by these great Beatles songs written about real-life events.

The Beatles never considered many of their songs to be sacred, so some of their classic tunes were only meant as stop gaps.

Ringo Starr tells PEOPLE in this week's issue that winning a Grammy for "Now and Then" "felt like John [Lennon] was with us." ...

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The Beatles gave us a lot of heavy stuff on the ... which is why they saved one of the softest tracks they’d ever recorded for the final song. John Lennon wrote the bulk of it knowing it would ...

John Lennon remains one of the most iconic musicians of the 20th Century, but one of his most famous hits could have sounded ...

Any prospective Beatles fan doesn't have to look far for gold, but some tunes were definitely some clunkers in their prime.

Paul McCartney said the track demonstrated Lennon's insecurities about relationships, noting, "John was always on the run, running for his life" ...