Lennon–McCartney is the songwriting partnership between the English musicians John Lennon (1940 - 1980) and Paul McCartney (born 1942) of the Beatles....
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songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One of the most successful composers and performers of all time, McCartney is known for his melodic approach...
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Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away is a conceptual compilation album containing the original artist recordings of songs composed by John Lennon and Paul...
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Lennon or McCartney is a 2014 Canadian documentary short film directed by Matt Schichter. The film is a compilation of 550 celebrities' responses, taken...
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Yesterday (song) (redirect from Yesterday (Paul McCartney song))
by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released on the album Help! in August 1965...
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Pickles, who had previously dated Lennon. She later married Liverpool poet Roger McGough, but she remembered McCartney as growing from a "plump young schoolboy...
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confusion, following John Lennon's private departure from the Beatles in September 1969. Conflicts over the release of McCartney's album further estranged...
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The Quarrymen (section Paul McCartney joins the group)
contests before Paul McCartney joined in early July, 1957. George Harrison joined in early 1958 at McCartney's recommendation, though Lennon initially resisted...
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The Music of Lennon & McCartney is a 1965 British television special honouring the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the English...
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out in 2011 when Lennon was not invited to McCartney's wedding to Nancy Shevell. According to Lennon, McCartney later assured him that "someone obviously...
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McCartney told a BBC interviewer that he had mooted the idea "a little bit" of forming a "next generation" version of the Beatles with Sean Lennon, Zak...
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List of songs recorded by the Beatles (redirect from List of Beatles songs written by Lennon/McCartney)
co-writer for four others. While songs written by Lennon or McCartney were always credited to "Lennon–McCartney", the pair wrote many songs completely separately...
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created with cooperation from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison – widows of John Lennon and George Harrison respectively –...
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New York, while McCartney and John Lennon were there to inaugurate Apple Records. A few months after he returned to London, McCartney invited Eastman...
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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
primarily by John Lennon with assistance from Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. Lennon's son Julian inspired...
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Maxwell's Silver Hammer (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song is about a student named Maxwell...
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Come Together (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
by the British rock band The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on the band's 1969 album...
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1960 until 1970. From 1962 onwards, the band's members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Their break-up is attributed to...
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His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history. Born in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze...
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Imagine: John Lennon. Imagine was written and recorded during a period of particularly bad feeling between Lennon and former bandmate Paul McCartney, following...
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A Day in the Life (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
Band. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, the opening and closing sections of the song were mainly written by John Lennon, with Paul McCartney primarily contributing...
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Hey Jude (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release...
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in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the...
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In My Life (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, the song is one of only a few in which there is dispute over the primary author; John Lennon wrote the...
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Helter Skelter (song) (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
the "White Album"). It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song was McCartney's attempt to create a sound as loud and dirty...
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Help! (category Albums arranged by Paul McCartney)
fat Elvis period." McCartney's "The Night Before" is the first Beatles song to feature electric piano, played by Lennon. McCartney and George Harrison...
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Let It Be (song) (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
their album Let It Be. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single version of the song, produced...
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the other's new compositions; Lennon found McCartney's songs "cloyingly sweet and bland", while McCartney viewed Lennon's as "harsh, unmelodious and deliberately...
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Blackbird (Beatles song) (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, and performed as a solo piece by McCartney. When discussing the song, McCartney has said that...
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song) (category Songs written by Lennon–McCartney)
by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon–McCartney, and released in 1967 on the album of the same name. The...
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