Eleanor Rigby
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| “Eleanor Rigby” | |||||
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| Single by The Beatles | |||||
| A-side | "Yellow Submarine" | ||||
| Released | 5 August 1966(UK) 8 August 1966(US) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios: 28-29 April; 6 June 1966 |
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| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 2:06 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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| “ | I was sitting at the piano when I thought of it. The first few bars just came to me, and I got this name in my head... Daisy Hawkins picks up the rice in the church. I don't know why. I couldn't think of much more so I put it away for a day. Then the name Father McCartney came to me, and all the lonely people. But I thought that people would think it was supposed to be about my Dad sitting knitting his socks. Dad's a happy lad. So I went through the telephone book and I got the name McKenzie. I was in Bristol when I decided Daisy Hawkins wasn't a good name. I walked 'round looking at the shops, and I saw the name Rigby. Then I took the song down to John's house in Weybridge. We sat around, laughing, got stoned and finished it off. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1966 |
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| “ | Paul's baby, and I helped with the education of the child... The violin backing was Paul's idea. Jane Asher had turned him on to Vivaldi, and it was very good. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1980 |
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| “ | I got the name Rigby from a shop in Bristol. I was wandering round Bristol one day and saw a shop called Rigby. And I think Eleanor was from Eleanor Bron, the actress we worked with in the film 'Help!' But I just liked the name. I was looking for a name that sounded natural. Eleanor Rigby sounded natural. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1984 |
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