No. Paul McCartney says that she was not a real person, but that he made up the name by combining the first name from Eleanor Bron, the actress who starred in The Beatles' movie Help!, and the last name from a store in Bristol, England, Rigby & Evens Ltd, Wine & Spirit Shippers.
And Eleanor Rigby was not the first name Paul used as he was composing. The first lyrics were "Miss Daisy Hawkins..."
The Beatles wrote and sang the original. Others have covered it.Paul McCartney
"Eleanor Rigby".
This is a part of the lyric chorus from the Beatles 1966 song, Eleanor Rigby. The chorus is: "All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? Ahh, look at all the lonely people (x2)"
Father McKenzie
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The name of the hit was "Eleanor Rigby"
The Beatles wrote and sang the original. Others have covered it.Paul McCartney
"Eleanor Rigby".
The Beatles - 1965 Taxman Eleanor Rigby 3-4 was released on: USA: 7 October 1967
No, "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles is not a ballad. It is a song that tells a story about loneliness and isolation, but it does not follow the traditional structure or form of a ballad.
Father McKenzie
This is a part of the lyric chorus from the Beatles 1966 song, Eleanor Rigby. The chorus is: "All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? Ahh, look at all the lonely people (x2)"
http://www.tapartoche.com/en/sheet-music.php?name=beatles-eleanor-rigby&partition=1035 this site is good, if you know how to translate bass into treble this has now been removed by the publisher. : (
"Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles.
I think you mean "Eleanor Rigby" by The Beatles.
The entire Beatles catalog is now available as downloads from iTunes.Eleanor Rigby is the 21st most popular downloaded song at iTunes.
Yesterday, She's Leaving Home and Eleanor Rigby