GEORGE 1968: “Derek Taylor got held up. He rang to say he’d be late. I told him on the phone that the house was in Blue Jay Way. And he said he could find it okay… he could always ask a cop. So I waited and waited. I felt really […]
The Beatles’ Songs
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JOHN 1980: “That’s me trying to do Smokey Robinson again.” About “All I’ve got to Do” It was one of three songs Lennon wrote solo for With The Beatles, with “It Won’t Be Long” and “Not a Second Time.” Lennon said that it was written specifically for the American market; the […]
About “Anna (Go To Him)” Arthur Alexander wrote this, making it one of the world’s great trivia questions: Alexander is the only person to write songs that were recorded by Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. This was distributed to US disc jockeys in 1963 on a single […]
PAUL 1969: “We were sitting in the studio and we made it up out of thin air. We started to write words there and then… When we finished it, we recorded it at Apple Studios and made it into a song to rollercoast by.” JOHN 1980: “‘Get Back’ is Paul. […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s me trying to do something. I don’t remember.” (laughs) PAUL 1984: “Influenced by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.” About “Not a Second Time” “Not a Second Time” is a song by John Lennon (credited to McCartney/Lennon) performed by The Beatles on their album With the Beatles. Lennon […]
About “Bad Boy” “Bad Boy” is one of several Larry Williams songs the Beatles recorded during their career, a rock and roll song with a lively, energetic tempo typical of Williams’ style. The group recorded it on May 10, 1965, (William’s birthday), along with his song “Dizzy, Miss Lizzy“, which […]
About “Till There was You” The song was the only Broadway tune the Beatles ever recorded.“Till There Was You” was a minor hit in the UK for Peggy Lee in March 1961. Paul McCartney was introduced to her music by his older cousin, Bett Robbins, who would occasionally baby-sit the […]
About “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” “Dizzy, Miss Lizzy” is a rock and roll song written and recorded by Larry Williams in 1958. Although identified as a “genuine rock & roll classic”, it had limited success on the record charts. In 1965, the Beatles recorded “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” in response to requests […]
JOHN 1980: “That was just a sort of nice line that I made into a song. It was about me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow of love. Everything is clear and open when you’re in love. Everybody was sort […]
JOHN 1974: “That was a very personal one of mine.” JOHN 1980: “That’s me!” About “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on the album Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom in […]
PAUL 1966: “I was sitting at the piano when I thought of it. The first few bars just came to me, and I got this name in my head… Daisy Hawkins picks up the rice in the church. I don’t know why. I couldn’t think of much more so I […]
GEORGE 1980: “I had a copy of the I Ching– the Book of Changes, which seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else, as opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental. The idea was in my head when […]