The stories (and the ladies) that inspired these timeless love songs


The stories (and the ladies) that inspired these timeless love songs

There are many sources of inspiration a musician may draw from, but one of the most common muses in music history has been love. In this article, we are going to focus particularly on certain mystifying women who entranced famous male singers so deeply they couldn’t help but write songs about them.
[post_page_title]Something (The Beatles, 1969)[/post_page_title]
Frank Sinatra has gone on record to say that “Something,” written by George Harrison of the Beatles, was the greatest love song of the past 50 years. Most people assumed that the song was a homage to Pattie Boyd, his stunning girlfriend at the time. Harrison acknowledged that she was an inspiration for it, but he also said that it was an overall tribute to universal love.
Something (The Beatles, 1969)

Whatever the case, Pattie herself reflected years later that she thought the song was “beautiful” when she first heard it.

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