Even Paul McCartney Can't Remember How The Beatles Got Their Name
So much is known about The Beatles, as interest in the band has remained incredibly high for decades, ever since they took over the world in the mid-’60s. Countless fans, journalists, documentarians, and historians have attempted to answer every question related to the musicians, but one big query remains: how did they get their name? It seems like a simple ask, but it’s one that no one can answer definitively – not even one of the members of the group.
In the latest episode of his iHeartRadio and Pushkin podcast Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics, the Beatles singer, songwriter, and musician opened up about the band’s name and how it came to be–though he couldn’t share any definitive answers. “The actual origin of it is clouded in mystery,” McCartney confirmed, essentially admitting that even he doesn’t remember.
While he can’t confirm or deny any of the possibilities that have been presented throughout the years, McCartney did share what he remembers of that time. “My memory of it was that we went striving to find something with a dual meaning,” the famous musician commented during a discussion of the forming of the group. He also said that he and his fellow bandmates may have been thinking of double entendres and names with more than one meaning “because of The Crickets.”
In the absence of a definitive backstory of the name The Beatles, many fans and music lovers have come up with their own possible ideas of what may have happened, and McCartney mentioned this as well during the podcast episode. “There are all sorts of theories about this,” the rocker mused about the many, many stories he’s probably heard throughout the years.
Source: Hugh McIntyre/forbes.com
