The Beatles may not have seen themselves as innovators, but hearing them dismantle what rock could be destroyed the rulebook for the rest of the world.

There are various theories, but one is that it started with the song “Taxman,” which was the opening track on “Revolver,” their seventh album released in 1966. Paul McCartney’s lively ...

The band had already chronicled the impact of Britain’s tax regime in the song Taxman from their 1966 album Revolver, in which they bemoaned the high rate of income tax. A number of singers ...