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The song Eleanor Rigby was never performed live by The Beatles... gonk
1980s, a grave of an Eleanor Rigby was discovered in the graveyard of St. Peter's Parish Church in Woolton, Liverpool, a few feet from where McCartney and Lennon had met for the first time during a fete in 1957. surprised
heart Paul had frequently played there as a boy. heart
surprised The actual Eleanor was born in 1895 and lived in Liverpool, possibly in the suburb of Woolton, where she married a man named Thomas Woods. She died in her sleep of unknown reasons on October 10, 1939, at age 44, and was buried in St. Peter's churchyard in Woolton. gonk
(Coincidentally, she died 365 days before John Lennon was born; 1940, Lennon's birth year, was a leap year.) eek
Whether this Eleanor was the inspiration for the song or not, her tombstone has become a landmark to Beatles fans visiting Liverpool. A digitized version of it was added to the 1995 music video for the Beatles' reunion song "Free As a Bird".
gonk The Rigby family, if any, has never come forward with any royalty demands. gonk
"Eleanor Rigby" was released simultaneously on August 5, 1966 on both the album Revolver and on a double A-side single with the song "Yellow Submarine" on Parlophone in the United Kingdom and Capitol in the United States. It spent four weeks at number one on the British charts, but in America in only reached the eleventh spot.
In 1996, George Martin's string arrangement was released on the Beatles' Anthology 2.
The song was nominated for three Grammies and won the 1966 Grammy for Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Male.
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