Eleanor Rigby

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written in:London, England, United Kingdom (in 1965)
Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:John Lennon
Paul McCartney
publisher:Blackwood Music Inc.
EMI Music Publishing
Maclen Publishing Co.
MPL Communications Ltd.
Music Corporation of America, Inc.
Northern Songs Ltd.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
written at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/The-beatles-eleanor-rigby-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/2768 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=102 [info]
Wikidata:Q200799 [info]
referred to in medleys:Magical Medley (Beatles House Version)
The Beatles Concerto: 1st Movement: Maestoso - Allegro moderato
Eleanor Rigby / Julia (Love version) (order: 1)
Beatle medley (order: 3)
Magical Medley (Beatles Version Club) (order: 4)
Beatles Medley (order: 12)
later parody versions:Eleanor Eubank
later translated versions:Beatle medley
Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor Rigby
Elena Ratti (Eleanor Rigby)
Eléonor Rigby
Eleonore Rigby
明天怎麼過
is the basis for:Ellinor Rydholm
From Bach to The Beatles
orchestrations:Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor Rigby
arrangements:Eleanor Rigby

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1966-04-28Eleanor Rigby (speech before take 2)instrumental and partialThe Beatles2:12
1966-04-28Eleanor Rigby (strings only)instrumental and partialThe Beatles2:06
1966-04-28Eleanor Rigby (take 2)instrumentalThe Beatles2:20
1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06Eleanor Rigby (2022 stereo mix)The Beatles2:08
1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06Eleanor Rigby (2022 Dolby Atmos mix)The Beatles2:06
1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06Eleanor Rigby (original stereo studio mix)The Beatles2:08
1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06Eleanor Rigby (1999 remix)The Beatles2:05
1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06Eleanor Rigby (2015 stereo mix)The Beatles2:06
1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06Eleanor Rigby (original mono studio mix)The Beatles2:09
1966-04-29 – 1966-06-06ELEANOR RIGBY (Vocval Track Only)The Beatles?:??
1967-06-07Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalWes Montgomery3:07
1967-09-16Eleanor Rigby (live, 1967-09-16: The Left Foot, Freehold, NJ, USA)cover and liveThe Castiles7:15
1967-10-17 – 1967-10-29Eleanor Rigbycover and liveVince Guaraldi Quartet8:16
1967-11-10 – 1967-11-13Eleanor Rigbycover, instrumental and liveThe Jazz Crusaders7:45
1967a) Eleanor Rigby b) ELDScoverVanilla Fudge8:11
1967Eleanor RigbycoverVanilla Fudge8:24
1968-07-02Eleanor RigbycoverSonny Criss5:37
1968-11Eleanor Rigby From Lighthouse ’68cover, instrumental and liveThe Crusaders7:23
1969-01-03Eleanor RigbycoverLonnie Smith9:19
1969-10-03Eleanor Rigby (stereo)coverAretha Franklin2:36
1969Eleanor Rigby (live, 1969: The Penthouse, Sheffield, England, UK)cover and liveYes3:27
1970-03-06Eleanor Rigbycover, instrumental and liveGene Harris & The Three Sounds10:42
1970-08-01Eleanor Rigby (live, 1970-08-01: Les Festival de Jazz, Antibes Juan Les‐Pines, France)cover and liveAretha Franklin3:11
1970-09-18Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalMal Waldron?:??
1971-02-05Eleanor Rigby (live, 1971‐02‐05: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveAretha Franklin2:40
1971-02-06Beatles Medley: Hey Jude / Eleanor Rigby / Blackbird / A Day in the Lifecover, live and medleyBobby Darin6:57
1971-03-05Eleanor Rigby (live, 1971‐03‐05: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveAretha Franklin2:33
1971-03-05Eleanor Rigby (live, 1971-03-05: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveAretha Franklin2:36
1971-03-06Eleanor Rigby (live, 1971-03-06: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveAretha Franklin2:48
1971-03Eleanor Rigby (quad mix) (live, 1971-03: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA; quad mix)cover and liveAretha Franklin2:20
1971-08-03Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalGene Harris The 3 Sounds6:52
1971Eleanor RigbycoverSaft2:23
1972Eleanor RigbycoverThe Baron Von Ohlen Quartet Featuring Mary Ann Moss?:??
1977Eleanor RigbycoverSarah Vaughan3:51
1980-02-12Eleanor Rigby Jamcover and liveJerry Garcia Band3:53
1980-02-28Eleanor Rigbycover and liveJerry Garcia Band3:20
1981-12-10Eleanor Rigby (live, 1981‐12‐10: The Target Club, Reading, UK)cover and liveTwelfth Night3:39
1982-10 – 1982-12Eleanor RigbycoverUlli Bögershausen3:44
1982-11-05 – 1984-07-26Eleanor Rigby / Eleanor’s DreammedleyPaul McCartney9:12
1984-09Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalOfra Harnoy2:13
1984-09 – 1984-10Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalStanley Jordan7:02
1986-06Eleanor RigbycoverThe King’s Singers3:06
1989-08-27 – 1989-08-28Eleanor RigbycoverEuropean Jazz Trio4:24
1990-02-08Eleanor Rigby (live, 1990‐02‐08: Centrum in Worcester, Worcester, MA, USA)livePaul McCartney2:36
1990-03-07Eleanor Rigby (live, 1990-03-07: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan)livePaul McCartney?:??
1990-03-31Eleanor RigbylivePaul McCartney2:40
1990-06-23Eleanor Rigby (live, 1990-06-23: SEC Centre, Glasgow, UK)livePaul McCartney2:44
1990-06-28Eleanor RigbylivePaul McCartney2:45
1990-07-04Eleanor Rigby (live, 1990‐07‐04: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, DC, USA)livePaul McCartney2:50
1990Eleanor Rigbycover and liveStanley Jordan3:37
1993-05-19Eleanor Rigby (live, 1993-05-19: The Town Hall, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveRick Wakeman9:54
1993-08Eleanor Rigbycover and liveRick Wakeman8:01
1993Eleanor RigbycoverShirley Grimes5:05
1995-03-23Eleanor RigbylivePaul McCartney & Elvis Costello5:21
1995-08Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalRay Drummond8:41
1995Eleanor RigbycoverKurt Buschmann & Sven Selle7:27
1996-03-20 – 1996-03-21Eleanor Rigby (live, 1996-03-20/21: Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, UK)cover and liveBig Country3:47
1996-08 – 1997-01Eleanor RigbycoverRick Wakeman8:04
1996-11-30Eleanor Rigby (soundcheck, 1996-11-30: Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England, UK)cover, instrumental, live and partialTangerine Dream6:13
1996-11-30Eleanor Rigby (live, 1996-11-30: Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England, UK)cover, instrumental and liveTangerine Dream7:47
1996-12 – 1997-12Magical Mystery Tour/Eleanor Rigbyinstrumental, medley and partialUniversity of Michigan Marching Band2:19
1997-07Eleanor Rigbycover and liveRick Wakeman and The English Rock Ensemble5:32
1997Eleanor Rigby (live; 1997)cover and liveShirley Bassey3:26
1998-02-17Be My Number Two / You Can’t Get What You / Want Eleanor Rigbycover and liveJoe Jackson6:54
2000-01-15 – 2000-01-16Eleanor RigbycoverUlli Bögershausen2:54
2000Help / Eleanor Rigbycover and liveRick Wakeman8:32
2001-04-14Eleanor Rigby (live, 2001-04-14: Inferno, Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway)cover and livePain4:06
2001-12-13Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalJoe Sachse, Ernst Bier3:44
2002-01-17Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalNorman Simmons8:01
2002-05-07Eleanor Rigby (live, 2002‐05‐07: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, USA)livePaul McCartney2:17
2002Eleanor Rigby (live, 2002: USA Tour)livePaul McCartney?:??
2003-05-10Eleanor Rigby (live, 2003-05-10: Colosseum, Rome, Italy)livePaul McCartney3:53
2003-06-01Eleanor Rigby (live, 2003-06-01: King's Dock, Liverpool, UK)livePaul McCartney2:39
2004-12-17Eleanor Rigby (live, 2004-12-17: Marco Polo Club, Budapest, Hungary)cover and liveAnathema2:26
2005-01-13Eleanor Rigby (live, 2005-01-13: Krzemionki TV Studio, Kraków, Poland)cover and livePain4:21
2005-05-04 – 2005-05-05Eleanor RigbycoverGiuseppe Milici & Mauro Schiavone4:46
2005-09-22Eleanor Rigby (live, 2005-09-22: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA)livePaul McCartney?:??
2005-10-10Eleanor Rigby (live, 2005-10-10: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CA)livePaul McCartney?:??
2005-10-26Eleanor Rigby (live, 2005-10-26: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, USA)livePaul McCartney?:??
2005Eleanor Rigby (live, 2005)livePaul McCartney?:??
2006-03-01Eleanor Rigby (live, 2006‐03‐01: Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK)cover and liveSteve Hogarth2:21
2007Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalAriel5:53
2008-06-28Eleanor Rigby (live, 2008-06-28: Sgt. Pepper’s … Revisited, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveEdwin Outwater conducting Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with additional musical support from Aloke DasGupta, Satnam Ramgotra, Gingger Shankar, Christopher Smith, Mohiuddin Ahmed & Mark Power?:??
2008-07-20Eleanor Rigby (live, 2008‐07‐20: Plains of Abraham, Quebec City, QC, Canada)livePaul McCartney2:19
2008-09-25Eleanor RigbylivePaul McCartney2:36
2008Eleanor Rigby (live, 2008-05-02: Sundown Festival, Abtsgmünd, Germany)cover and livePain4:25
2009-05-27Eleanor RigbycoverJoshua Bell feat. Frankie Moreno4:03
2009-07Eleanor Rigby (live, 2009-07: Citi Field, New York City, New York, USA)livePaul McCartney2:22
2009-07Eleanor Rigby (live, 2009-07: Citi Field, New York City, New York, USA)livePaul McCartney?:??
2009-10-05 – 2009-10-06Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalJohn Di Martino's Romantic Jazz Trio4:11
2010-12-13Eleanor Rigby (live, 2010-12-13: Apollo Theater, New York, NY, US)livePaul McCartney2:25
2011-05-065/6/11, 2 of 9: Perpetual e-Motion at the Concord Scout Housecover and livePerpetual e‐Motion10:19
2011-11Eleanor RigbycoverBig Yellow Taxi3:34
2012-06-23Perpetual e-Motion & Kim Roberts at Princeton Country Dances 6/23/12cover and livePerpetual e‐Motion10:14
2012-07-13Eleanor Rigby (live, 2012-07-13: Masters of Rock, Areál likérky Rudolf Jelínek, Vizovice, Zlínský kraj, Czech Republic)cover and livePain4:18
2012-07-13Eleanor Rigby (live, 2012-07-13: Masters of Rock, Areál likérky Rudolf Jelínek, Vizovice, Zlínský kraj, Czech Republic)cover and livePain?:??
2013-11-08Eleanor Rigbycover and liveThe Beatles Connection2:19
2014-04-03Eleanor Rigbycover and liveJavier Navas, José Carra, Cuarteto Granada3:27
2014-12-07Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalOrquestra Ouro Preto2:08
2016-07 – 2016-08Eleanor Rigbycover and instrumentalRick Wakeman5:05
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