There are some seriously spooky coincidences in Beatles history. Here are two: The classic Beatles song “She’s Leaving Home” — a composition which the late Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Ned Rorem called “equal to any song that Schubert ever wrote” — was written by Paul McCartney after he came across an article in The Daily Mail about a 17-year-old runaway.
The connection is temporal—a coincidence of timing. That's not to say, however , that music, as the grand diversion and inspiration, was not more than welcome at such a time in America. But, surely, the fresh nature of the Beatles' creativity was irresistible, regardless of time or place.
The connection is temporal—a coincidence of timing. That's not to say, however , that music, as the grand diversion and inspiration, was not more than welcome at such a time in America. But, surely, the fresh nature of the Beatles' creativity was irresistible, regardless of time or place.