• "Paperback Writer" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership...
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  • "Rain" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 30 May 1966 as the B-side of their "Paperback Writer" single. Both songs were recorded...
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  • coming of British psychedelia three months before the Beatles' "Paperback Writer"/"Rain". Reaching number three on the UK charts and 11 in the US, "Shapes"...
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    specifically Magical Mystery Tour and Hey Jude. Billboard "Chart Beat" writer Fred Bronson affirms that "Come Together" and "Something" combined to hold...
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  • of his early promo film work includes films for the Beatles' "Paperback Writer", "Rain", "Hey Jude", and "Revolution" and the Rolling Stones' "2000 Light...
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  • classical music. The sessions also produced a non-album single, "Paperback Writer", backed with "Rain". In the United Kingdom, the album's 14 tracks were gradually...
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    Sunshine". The first single produced during the Revolver sessions was "Paperback Writer"/"Rain". Inspired by the pronounced bass sound of contemporary American...
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    1988, pp. 18–19. Lewisohn 1988, pp. 20–21. Lewisohn 1988, p. 22. "Paperback Writer"/"Rain" (liner notes). The Beatles. UK: Parlophone. 1966. R 5452.{{cite...
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  • having previously worked with the Beatles on promotional films for "Paperback Writer", "Rain", "Hey Jude" and "Revolution". The Beatles assembled at Twickenham...
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  • "Help!" / "I'm Down" "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" 1966 "Paperback Writer" / "Rain" "Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" 1967 "Strawberry Fields...
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  • 2007, p. 210 Goodden, Joe (14 March 2008). "Revolver". The Beatles Bible. ""Rain" by The Beatles. The in-depth story behind the songs of the Beatles. Recording...
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    press. Their 1966 songs "Paperback Writer", "Rain", "Taxman" and "Eleanor Rigby" provided social commentary, with the lyrics of "Rain" making explicit the...
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    "Stop That Girl" Wayne Fontana – "Come On Home" The Beatles – "Paperback Writer", "Rain" Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames – "Get Away", "Sunny" Chris Farlowe...
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  • two included "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" by Bobby Vee, "Rhythm of the Rain" by The Cascades, "Foot Tapper" by The Shadows, "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"...
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  • and an EP including new mixes of the non-album single "Paperback Writer" and its B-side, "Rain", recorded during the Revolver sessions. Giles Martin had...
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  • more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York City paperback companies such as Leisure/Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/Kensington. He...
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    visited Chiswick House to make films for their single "Paperback Writer" and its B side, "Rain". The films have been considered precursors to the modern...
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  • Artists Records. Also included are both sides of the single "Paperback Writer" and "Rain", and three other non-album singles and B-sides that would make...
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    Andrew Klavan (category 20th-century American male writers)
    in the Best Paperback Original category for The Rain, as well as a nomination at the 1990 Anthony Awards for Rough Justice in the paperback category. Klavan...
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  • Bessie Head (category 20th-century short story writers)
    recognition as a writer and was no longer so desperately poor. Many of Bessie Head's works are set in Serowe, including the novels When Rain Clouds Gather...
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    Adrian McKinty (category Irish mystery writers)
    shortlist for Rain Dogs 2016 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger shortlist for Rain Dogs 2017 Edgar Award (Best Paperback Original) for Rain Dogs 2017 Barry...
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  • John D. MacDonald (category American mystery writers)
    John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986) was an American writer of novels and short stories. He is known for his thrillers. A prolific author...
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  • Michael McDowell (author) (category American horror writers)
    and screenwriter described by author Stephen King as "the finest writer of paperback originals in America today". His best-known work is the screenplay...
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    book on the American hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on A Tribe Called Quest, was longlisted for the 2019 National Book...
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  • thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected...
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  • Dragon Keeper is a 2009 fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first in The Rain Wild Chronicles. It is written in a third-person narrative from...
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    ) The name of the band, "Reign/Rain," is a reference to the 1966 Beatles single "Rain," the B-side of "Paperback Writer." Co-founder and keyboardist Mark...
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  • Prayers for Rain is a 1999 crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane. It is the fifth novel in the author's Kenzie-Gennaro series, focusing on private...
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    Villaseñor, Victor Edmundo. Rain of Gold (New York: Dell, 1991), p. 7. Martinez Wood, Jamie. "Villaseñor, Victor." Latino Writers and Journalists. A to Z...
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    Rainer Werner Fassbinder (German: [ˈʁaɪnɐ ˈvɛʁnɐ ˈfasbɪndɐ] ; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker...
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