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2009-11-11 20:56
This Boy is a collaboration between Lennon and McCartney, written while the Beatles were touring in 1963. John wrote the melody, mainly, and Paul worked out harmonies and the structure. It was recorded in October 1963 and released a month later, on...
2009-11-11 20:43
Unlike most Beatles songs of the period, Tell Me Why deals with a problem in a relationship rather than with the ecstasies of being in love. John Lennon wrote the song hurriedly in February of 1964, composing "to spec" for an up-beat rock song with...
2009-11-11 20:42
Tell Me What You See first came out on Help! in the UK and on Beatles VI in the US. Paul McCartney was the principal composer of this song. He did not consider it memorable, and referred to it as one of the "work songs" or "fillers" that he and John...
2009-11-11 20:41
Teddy Boy refers to a British pop style most recently seen in some of the Austin Power movies. The lyrics are melodramatic: They tell the story of a young guy whose mother tells him about his deceased father, a war hero. When the mother remarries,...
2009-11-11 20:44
Thank You Girl is the b-side of the Beatles' single release of From Me to You. Each was recorded on March 5, 1963. There were 6 takes and 7 subsequent edits, either for the guitar riff at the end or drum fills. A few days later, Lennon added...
2009-11-11 20:40
George Harrison wrote Taxman when he learned that he had hit the UK's highest tax bracket (a marginal rate of 95%). It was a strong rock 'n' roll number, perhaps the group's srongest ever, and the first overtly political song performed by the...
2009-11-11 20:39
The famous song-writing duo of Carole King (music) and Gerry Goffin (lyrics) came up with Take Good Care of My Baby, released in 1961 by Bobby Vee. It went to number 1 by the fall. Four months later, the Beatles performed it for their January 1,...
2009-11-11 20:54
Paul wrote this song to his girlfriend, Jane Asher, with whom he was vacationing in St. Thomas, on May 3, 1964. Paul is imagining an older couple in the future, nostalgically remembering the pleasures of the here and now. Set in a minor key, the...
2009-11-11 20:59
Tip of My Tongue has little to do with the Beatles. It was written by Paul McCartney, and while credited to both Lennon and McCartney, John denied any role in writing it, referring to it later as "Paul's rubbish." The Beatles never released it, and...
2009-11-11 20:58
This song occupies an historic place in the history of the Beatles. Written by Merideth Wilson as part of the score of his successful Broadway musical (1958), The Music Man, it was Peggy Lee's 1960 cover in a Latin style that first attracted the...

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What was the public and medias reaction when the Beatles released The...
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Either way, both of them were pre-dated by "Tomorrow Never Knows".
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When the original 13 Beatles albums released in CD in 1987, the sounds...
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It's not sure it was written in 6/8 time. Take 2 was in 6/8 and take 3 in...
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One the most beatifull Beatles's song.
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Well, if you are not sure whether you had plagiarized or not, try...
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i have a sgt pepper album with 2 b sides,although it plays an a and a b...
26 weeks 6 days ago
Magical Mystery Tour is the best of their psychedelic stuff, I'd say. Much...
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I heard this song in 1964 and now in 2012 I still find it to be a world I...
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This would be impossible unless Brian Wilsom had a radio that played songs...