6/20/2023 0 Comments Lennon by Tim Riley![]() ![]() Setting aside the songs of Harrison and Starr at this time, all their songs were attributed to "Lennon-McCartney," which suggests 50-50 songwriting ownership, in the tradition of George and Ira Gershwin. They have been widely misunderstood because the history of their songwriting has not been examined carefully. Unlike rock stars such as Elvis, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, they were songwriters first and performers second. ![]() The Beatles are arguably the most influential group in the history of popular music, and the single most important element in their success was their songwriting. It also has a strong biographical element: I tell the fascinating story of John Lennon and Paul McCartney as songwriters. However, unlike those books, Who Wrote the Beatle Songs concentrates solely on songwriting. ![]() Who Wrote the Beatle Songs: A History of Lennon-McCartney is a book in the tradition of Mark Lewisohn's The Beatles Recording Sessions, Walter Everett's The Beatles as Musicians, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, and Tim Riley's Tell Me Why -it surveys all of the songs by the Beatles. ![]()
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