Eleanor Rigby - Aretha Franklin - MP3 instrumental karaoke

The influence of The Beatles on both popular culture and the language of music can’t be overstated. Their work has become an essential part of the building blocks of popular music; the fact that their work is so widely covered by so many artists is a testament to that. Soul legend Aretha Franklin’s cover of their 1966 track “Eleanor Rigby,” transforming it from a stately cello-and-voice arrangement into a bluesy rhythm & blues number, is a great example of how musicians across various genres have found inspiration in the work of the Fab Four. “Eleanor Rigby,” originally written by the classic songwriting team of Lennon-McCartney, was originally a stark piece of Baroque pop, lamenting loneliness and the fate of the neglected elderly. Aretha Franklin’s version injects some life into the song’s subject matter, creating an interesting contrast between music and lyrics. Her version charted at Number 17 on the US Singles Chart on December 13, 1969.