Who Wrote the Beatle Songs
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Clarke, Allan, of the Hollies, 40-41
classical music, 115, 131, 145, 187, 200-1, 243, 280, 290-91
Cogan, Alma, 114
“Cold Turkey,” 303-4 , 306
“Come and Get It,” 304-5 , 363
“Come Together,” 264, 281-84
“Cosmically Conscious,” 331, 346
counterculture, 11, 136, 164
country-western music, 100, 112, 125, 127, 245-47
covers, in Beatle shows and albums, 25-27, see also With the Beatles , Long Tall Sally EP, The Beatles for Sale , Let It Be movie, Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 , Live at the BBC , Anthology 1 , On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 ; Beatles looked for offbeat cover songs, not hits, 38, 42, 329; Beatles often used B-sides, 26, 42, 97, 99, 329, 347, 349, 352, 357-58, 363-64; covers “recreated,” became Beatle songs, 45
Crawford, Michael, 167
“Cry Baby Cry,” 258-59
“Cry for a Shadow,” 23-24
“Crying, Waiting, Hoping,” (Buddy Holly) 349
“Day Tripper,” 136-37
“Daydream,” (the Lovin’ Spoonful) 155
De Wilde, Brandon, 133
“Dear Prudence,” 234
Decca Audition, 25-28, 55-56, 61, 65, 68, 75, 328, 348-50, 356-58
Dekker, Thomas, 297-98
Delaney & Bonnie, 333-34, 340-41
“Devil In Her Heart,” (the Donays) 64
Diddley, Bo, 63
“Dig a Pony, 319-20
“Dig It,” 323
“Dizzy Miss Lizzie,” (Larry Williams) 77, 102, 117, 306, 381-82
“Do You Want to Know a Secret,” 43-44 , 48
“Doctor Robert,” 158
Domino, Fats, 222, 250
“Don’t Bother Me,” 60
“Don’t Ever Change,” (the Crickets) 353
“Don’t Let Me Down,” 274-75
“Don’t Pass Me By,” 246-47
Donovan (Donovan Leitch), 150-54, 218, 234, 245, 248-50, 340, 377
Doris Troy (album by Doris Troy), 331-32
“Drive My Car,” 120
Dylan, Bob, 78-79, 95, 102, 109, 156, 173, 257, 333, 335-36, 382, 384-85
“Eight Days a Week,” 98-99
“Eleanor Rigby,” 3, 10, 126, 142-47
Electronic Sound album, 275-76
Ellis, Royston, 294-95
Emerick, Geoff, 168, 191, 195, 200, 204-5, 219, 225, 260, 283, 290
Encouraging Words (album by Billy Preston), 332-33
Epstein, Brian, 5-6, 21-22, 25, 27, 48, 50-51, 56-57, 89, 160, 204, 220
Evans, Mal, 4, 83, 144-45, 164, 174-77, 184, 205-6, 217, 227, 252, 310-11, 376-78
Evans, Tom, 305
Everly Brothers, 156, 352
“Every Little Thing,” 100
“Every Night,” 314
“Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey,” 253-55
“Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby,” (Carl Perkins) 101
fairgrounds, 189, 212, 256
“Falling in Love Again (Can’t Help It),” (Marlene Dietrich) 342
“Fancy My Chances With You (or I Fancy Me Chances),” 365
Farrow, Mia, 218, 254-55
Farrow, Prudence, 218, 234
“Fixing a Hole,” 164, 183-84
“Flying,” 214
folk music, 85, 220, 252, 259, 277; see Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan
Fonda, Peter, 148, 154-55
“Fool on the Hill,” 213
“For No One,” 157-58
“For You Blue,” 20, 327
Formby, George, 245
Fourmost, The, 26, 55-56
Franklin, Aretha, 308
“Free as a Bird,” 353-54, 360
“From a Window,” 89
“From Me To You,” 46-47
George Harrison (solo album), 344
Get Back Sessions, 264-68, 273-74, 336, 362, 364-65; originally intended to be the band alone without overdubs, 300; see the Let It Be album and movie
“Get Back,” 273-74 , 328
“Getting Better,” 181-83
Gibbins, Mike, 305
Gibran, Kahlil, 250
“Gimme Some Truth,” 338
girl groups, 42, 61, 64
“Girl,” 128-29
“Give Me Back My Dynamite, ” 332
“Give Peace A Chance,” 205, 277-78 , 306
“Glad All Over,” (Carl Perkins) 352
“Glass Onion,” 218, 234-35 , 385, 387
“God Only Knows,” (the Beach Boys) 149
Goffin, Gerry and Carole King, 26, 42, 347, 353, 366
“Golden Slumbers,” 297-98
Gone Troppo (solo album by George Harrison), 344
“Gonna Get My Baby Back, ” 332
“Good Day Sunshine,” 155-56
“Good Morning, Good Morning,” 194-95
“Goodbye,” 272
Goons, The, 151, 311
“Got To Get You Into My Life,” 159-60
“Hallelujah, I Love Her So,” (Eddie Cochran) 355
Ham, Pete, 305
Hamburg sessions, 21-25
Hamburg, 21-25, 33, 38, 72, 96, 190, 303, 324, 328, 341-43
Hammamet, Tunisia, 110
Hanton, Colin, 354
“Happiness is a Warm Gun,” 239-41
Harris, Jane Virgina McCartney (“Auntie Gin”), 112
Harrison, George, 17, 19, 52, 60, 92, 109, 111, 124, 133, 137, 215, 218, 220, 239, 244, 257-58, 262, 266, 268-69, 271, 275-77, 284-85, 289-90, 308, 322, 327, 331-36; influenced by Indian music, 122, 148, 190-91, 223-25, 229-31, 332, 334; sometimes wrote with Lennon, 23-24, 142, 155, 156, 244, 255, 261, 283; sometimes wrote with McCartney, 144, 146; 322; sometimes wrote with Starr, 288-89
Harrison, Louise French, 244, 377
Harrison, Pattie Boyd, 109, 154n, 238, 284-85, 290
“Hear Me Lord,” 336
“Hello Goodbye,” 204, 207-9 , 216, 277
“Hello Little Girl,” 26, 55-56 , 58, 358
Help! album, 102, 108ff. ; beginnings of classical style in, 115-16; ends with a cover screamer, as in early albums, 102, 117; has more stylistic breadth than early Beatle albums, 102, 112-13; includes songs in Dylan, confessional style, 102, 106, 109; transitional between early “live show” Beatle albums and later all-original albums, 102
Help! movie, 105ff.
“Help!” 105-8 ; in Lennon’s confessional style, 106
“Helter Skelter,” 255-56
Hendrix, Jimi, 375
“Her Majesty,” 299
“Here Comes the Sun,” 289-90
“Here, There and Everywhere,” 6, 82, 88, 149-51
“Hey Bulldog,” 270-701
“Hey Jude,” 225-27
High Park Farm in Campbeltown near the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland (McCartney residence), 243, 268, 299, 313, 326
historical tools in song analysis: analysis of bias in evidence, 5-7; analysis of contradictions, 2-3; avoiding appeal to authority, 10; chronology as factor for analysis, 5, 7-8
“Hold Me Tight,” 8, 62
Holloway, Stanley, 229, 245
Holly, Buddy, 20, 26-27, 30, 99, 342, 347, 354-55, 363-64, 383
“Honey Don’t,” (Carl Perkins) 99
“Honey Pie,” 192, 238, 257-58
Hopkin, Mary, 272
“Hot as Sun/Glasses,” 314
“How Do You Do It?” (Gerry and the Pacemakers) 358
“How Do You Sleep,” 339
How I Won the War , movie, 165, 167
“Hurdy Gurdy Man,” (Donovan) 340
“I Am the Walrus,” 88, 164, 209-11 , 216, 385, 390
“I Call Your Name,” 51, 77
“I Don’t Want To See You Again,” 91
“I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party,” 100
“I Feel Fine,” 91-93
“I Forgot to Remember to Forget,” (Elvis Presley) 352
“I Got a Woman,” (Ray Charles) 346
“I Got to Find My Baby,” (Chuck Berry) 352
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“I Lost My Little Girl,” 345-46
“I Me Mine,” 307-8, 322
“I Need You,” 109-110
“I Remember You,” (Frank Ifield) 343
“I Saw Her Standing There,” 29, 32, 38-40
“I Should Have Known Better,” 81-82
“I Wanna Be Your Man,” 58, 63-64
“I Want to Hold Your Hand,” 29, 67-68 , 107
“I Want To Tell You,” 159
“I Want You, She’s So Heavy,” 289 , 381
“I Will,” 248-49
“I’ll Be Back,” 81, 86
“I’ll Be On My Way,” 48-49 , 347
“I’ll Cry Instead,” 84
“I’ll Follow the Sun,” 96-97
“I’ll Get You,” 54
“I’ll Keep You Satisfied,” 57
“I’m a Loser,” 95
“I’m Down,” 107-8 , 113
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (over You),” (Elvis Presley) 349
“I’m Happy Just to Dance with You,” 81
“I’m In Love,” 58 , 367
“I’m Looking Through You,” 129
“I’m Only Sleeping,” 140, 147-48
“I’m So Tired,” 242-43 , 252
“I’m Talking About You,” (Chuck Berry) 366
“I’ve Got a Feeling,” 264, 323-24 , 369
“I’ve Just Seen a Face,” 102, 112-13
“If I Fell,” 81-82
“If I Needed Someone,” 133-34 , 173
“If You’ve Got Trouble,” 361
Imagine (solo album by John Lennon), 19, 331, 338-39 ; a number of songs written during the Beatle period, 338; influenced by Yoko Ono, 339
“In My Life,” 130-32 ; authorship disputed, 2-3, 118; John wrote lyrics, Paul wrote music, according to Paul, 368
“In Spite of All the Danger,” 8, 20, 354-55
Indian culture, impact on George Harrison and the Beatles, 122, 148, 160, 162, 171, 190-91, 215, 218, 224-26, 230-31, 322, 338, 346
“Instant Karma,” 300
“Isn’t It a Pity,” 335
“It Won’t Be Long,” 59
“It’s All Too Much,” 271
“It’s De-Lovely” (Cole Porter), 55
“It’s Only Love,” 111
Jagger, Mick, 63
James, Dick, 80, 83, 94, 103, 268
Jameson, James, 122
Jarry, Alfred, 286
“Jazz Piano Song,” 328
jazz, 207, 214, 222, 326
“Jealous Guy,” 220, 252, 331, 338 , 365
“John’s Jam,” 365
“John’s Piano Piece,” 365
“Johnny B. Goode,” (Chuck Berry) 350
Johns, Glyn, 267, 317, 319, 326; functioned as producer for Let It Be sessions, 265; created first versions of Let It Be , 265, 301
Jones, Brian, 154n, 311
“Julia,” 249-50
“Junk,” 220, 316 , 361
“Just Fun,” 325, 330
“Kansas City/Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!,” (Little Richard) 97-98, 329
“Keep Your Hands Off My Baby,” (Little Eva) 347
Kenwood, at Weybridge, Surrey, Lennon residence, 88, 98, 102-4, 108, 121, 124, 131, 139, 143, 151, 155-56, 178, 198, 209-10, 225
Kinfauns demos (or Esher demos), 220; see The Beatles (White Album ), Anthology 1
Kinfauns, Esher (Harrison residence), 220
Klein, Allen, 292, 298, 301, 334, 339
Kramer, Billy J., 48-51, 57-58, 69, 73, 77
“Kreen-Akrore,” 313, 317
Kurlander, John, 299
“Lady Madonna,” 222-23
“Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” (Elvis Presley) 330
Leander, Mike, 187
Leary, Timothy, 160, 198, 278, 281-82, 284, 335
“Leave My Kitten Alone,” (Johny Preston) 359
Leiber-Stoller, 26-27, 97, 329, 347-48, 357
“Lend Me Your Comb,” (Carl Perkins) 358
Lennon, Cynthia Powell, 43, 83, 110, 121, 123, 194, 225, 320
Lennon, John, as writer of melody, 69, 81, 131, 262-63; as writer of autobiographical, confessional songs, 95, 106-7, 274, 303; death of, 241; interest in experimental music, 141, 160-63, 200-2, 260-62; influenced by Dylan, see Bob Dylan; influenced by old standards, 149, 223, 384; love as theme in his songs, 124, 204; lyrics as main focus in his songs, 385-86; perceived self as “lying fallow” during Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour recordings, 164, 172, 219, 390; politics in his songs, 228; range of songwriting, from ballads to rock, 382, 384; sleep, tiredness, as a theme in his songs, 149, 242-43; use of drugs, 219, 237, 240, 253, 266, 274, 303
Lennon, Julia Stanley, 43, 55, 149, 249-50
Lennon, Julian, 179-81, 225-26, 262
“Lennon-McCartney” ascription, often wrong, 5-6
Lester, Richard (“Dick”), 79, 105n, 165, 167
Let It Be . . . Naked album, 275, 302, 307, 321, 327, 364-65
Let It Be album, 265-68, 273-74, 300-302, 305, 307, 309-10, 318ff. ; originally planned as a performance of four Beatles without overdubs, 300; reflects Paul’s relationship with Linda McCartney, 318-19; reflects John’s relationship with Yoko Ono, 320; reflects pain of approaching Beatle breakup, 301, 309-10, 326; final production of, with orchestra added, by Phil Spector, 266, 275, 300-302, 310, 321, 327, 364; four versions of by Glyn Johns, 271
Let It Be , movie, 264-65, 328ff.; included songs not on soundtrack album, 328
“Let It Be,” 309-10 , 323
“Let It Down,” 336
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 233
“Like Dreamers Do,” 25, 55, 74-75 , 358
“Little Child,” 61
“Little Queenie,” (Chuck Berry) 342
Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman), 1, 76, 93, 97, 107, 250, 267, 329, 351, 353, 381
Live at the BBC album, 346ff.
Live Peace in Toronto 1969 album, Plastic Ono Band, 306-7
Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 album, 341-43
Liverpool, as subject for lyrics, 130, 167-71
Lomax, Jackie, 224-25
“Lonesome Tears in My Eyes,” (Johnny Burnette) 351
Long Tall Sally EP, 66, 76-78
“Long Tall Sally,” (Little Richard) 1, 39, 76, 124, 282, 305, 346, 381
“Look at Me,” 220, 337
Los Angeles, 148, 154, 215
“Love Me Do,” 8, 19, 29-33 , 77, 163
“Love of the Loved,” 26, 55, 56-57
“Love You To,” 148
Love, Mike, 218, 233
“Lovely Rita,” 193-94
Lovin’ Spoonful, The, 155
Lowe, John ‘Duff’, 354
“Lucille,” (Little Richard) 351
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” 4, 179-81
Lynch, Kenny, 37, 41
“Maggie Mae,” 323
Magical Mystery Tour album, 203-4, 211ff. ; U.S. album became canonical; 203; combined the EP movie songs and recent singles, 203; a favorite of John because so “weird,” 204; experimental, 206, 209-11, 214-15
Magical Mystery Tour double EP, consists of songs from the movie, 203
Magical Mystery Tour TV movie, 203; first major failure for the Beatles, 203; main structure from Paul, 203, 212
“Magical Mystery Tour,” 212-13
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 218, 242, 245, 252, 254-55, 338
“Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues,” (Buddy Holly) 363
“Man We Was Lonely,” 313, 316
Mardas, Yanni Alexis (“Magic” Alex), 254, 361
“Martha My Dear,” 241-42
Martha, 241-42, 318
Martin, George, 1, 4, 8, 31, 40, 45, 52, 89-90, 103, 141, 144, 151, 154, 157, 160-62, 165-67, 168, 171-72, 187, 189-90, 222, 271, 280, 288, 300-1; impact on arranging Beatle songs, 35, 115, 126, 131, 145, 262-63, 291-92; impact on selecting songs for Beatle albums, 269
Mascaró, Juan, 223-24
Massot, Joe, 229-30
“Matchbox,” 78
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“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” 285-87 , 328
“Maybe I’m Amazed,” 317-18
McCartney album, 12, 312ff ; influence of Linda McCartney on, 313-14, 317-18; most of its songs composed during the Beatles era, 312-13; experimentalism of, 317
McCartney, Jim, 52, 143, 229, 257; his taste in music influenced Paul’s, 61
McCartney, Linda Eastman, 253, 279, 292, 304; as subject of Paul’s lyrics, 313-18, 337, 340; marriage to Paul, 292; first meets Paul, 340
McCartney, Mary Patricia Mohin, 309
McCartney, Michael, 325
McCartney, Paul, as drummer, 276; as informal musical producer, 73, 321, 354-55, 384; bass playing, 140; decadence, downfall, as theme in his songs, 256, 285-86; comic tendency in his songs, 384; composed music first, then words (usually), 59-60, 113-14; duality as theme in his songs, 208; interest in experimental music, 161-62, 200-1, 382-83; fictional characters in his songs, 193-94, 242, 245, 257; leanings toward hard rock, 1, 39, 76-77, 93, 97-98, 107-8, 232-33, 255-56, 381; loneliness and isolation as theme in his songs, 142-43, 157, 185-86, 382; love as theme in his songs, 299; movement from sadness to hope, as theme in his songs, 226-27, 244, 309, 382; music as main focus in his songs, 385-88; opposed generation gaps, 215-16, 383; positive tendency in his personality, but moments of depression and dislocation, 298; productivity, 172-73, 383; range of songwriting, from ballads to rock, 381-84; songs from dreams, 113ff., 309; women as subjects of his songs, 142-43, 157, 215-16, 222; tragedy as element of his songs, 385
McCartney, Ruth, 297
McGuinn, Roger, 133, 148, 154n
“Mean Mr. Mustard,” 294
Mellotron, the, 130-31, 168, 214
“Memphis, Tennessee,” (Chuck Berry) 350
“Michelle,” 125-27
middle eight in Beatle songs, 30-31
“Misery,” 37, 40-41
“Miss Ann,” (Little Richard) 329
“Momma Miss America,” 312, 314-17
“Money (That’s What I Want),” (Barrett Strong) 25, 65, 306
Montreal, Canada, 275-76
Moog synthesizer, 281-82
“Moonlight Bay,” (Bing Crosby and Gary Crosby) 359
Mortimer, Celia, 38-39
Motown music, 25, 27, 44, 61-62, 64-65, 68, 86, 122, 134, 159; see rhythm n blues
“Mr. Moonlight,” (Dr. Feelgood and the Interns) 97
music hall songwriting tradition, 191-93, 215-16, 257, 269
musicals, 25, 43, 61
“My Bonnie (Mein Herz ist bei dir nur),” 21-22
“My Love,” 346-47
“My Sweet Lord,” 332, 333-34
Nat King Cole, 252, 343
“Nature Boy,” (Nat King Cole) 252
New York, 261, 292, 293-96
Nicol, Jimmy, 182, 359
“No Reply,” 94-95