| THE BEATLES  Lennon & McCartney Songs | All songs credited as written by Lennon/McCartney unless otherwise noted. * indicates a song not (at that time) available in a version by The Beatles themselves.
1962 11.10.62 The Beatles Love Me Do (17) 1963 17.01.63 The Beatles Please Please Me (2 / NME 1) 18.04.63 The Beatles From Me To You (1) 02.05.63 Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas Do You Want To Know A Secret? (2 / NME 1) 01.08.63 Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas Bad To Me* (1) 29.08.63 The Beatles She Loves You (1) 12.09.63 The Fourmost Hello Little Girl* (9) - was one of the songs from the rejected Decca audition tapes 17.10.63 Cilla Black Love Of The Loved* (35) 07.11.63 Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas I'll Keep You Satisfied* (4) 14.11.63 Rolling Stones I Wanna Be Your Man* (12) - first non-Liverpool act to score with a L/M song 05.12.63 The Beatles I Want To Hold Your Hand (1) 26.12.63 The Fourmost I'm In Love* (17) 1964 09.01.64 The Dowlands All My Loving (33) 12.03.64 Peter And Gordon A World Without Love* (1) - Peter is the brother of McCartney's then-girlfriend Jane Asher 26.03.64 The Beatles Can't Buy Me Love (1) 30.04.64 Ella Fitzgerald Can't Buy Me Love (34) - first established act to hit with a Beatles cover 04.06.64 Peter And Gordon Nobody I Know* (10) 11.06.64 Applejacks Like Dreamers Do (20) - another song from the Decca audition tapes 16.07.64 The Beatles A Hard Day's Night (1) 23.07.64 Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas From A Window* (10) 06.08.64 Cilla Black It's For You* (7) 20.08.64 The Naturals I Should Have Known Better (24) 03.12.64 The Beatles I Feel Fine (1) 1965 16.05.65 The Beatles Ticket To Ride (1) 29.07.65 The Beatles Help! (1) 30.09.65 PJ Proby That Means A Lot* (30) 21.10.65 Matt Monro Yesterday (8) 04.11.65 Marianne Faithfull Yesterday (36) - Originally offered to Billy J Kramer, who turned it down. "Yesterday" is listed in the Guinness Book Of Records as the most covered song of all time. 09.12.65 The Beatles Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out (1) 09.12.65 The Hollies If I Needed Someone* (20) 23.09.65 Silkie You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (28) 23.12.65 Peter Sellers A Hard Day's Night (14) 1966 13.01.66 Overlanders Michelle (1) 13.01.66 David And Jonathan Michelle (11) 13.01.66 St Louis Union Girl (11) 03.02.66 Truth Girl (27) 24.02.66 Peter And Gordon Woman* (28) - McCartney 10.03.66 Three Good Reasons Nowhere Man (47) - the Beatles released this song as a single in the USA but not in the UK 16.06.66 The Beatles Paperback Writer (1) 11.08.66 The Beatles Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby (1) 11.08.66 Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers Got To Get You Into My Life (6) 1967 23.02.67 The Beatles Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever (2) 23.03.67 Otis Redding Day Tripper (45) 12.07.67 The Beatles All You Need Is Love (1) 29.06.67 Young Idea With A Little Help From My Friends (10) 29.06.67 Joe Brown With A Little Help From My Friends (32) 19.07.67 Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen When I'm Sixty Four (43) 29.11.67 The Beatles Hello Goodbye (1) 13.12.67 The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Double EP (2) 20.12.67 Ray Charles Yesterday (44) 1968 13.03.68 Cilla Black Step Inside Love* (8) 20.03.68 The Beatles Lady Madonna (1) 31.07.68 Ray Charles Eleanor Rigby (36) 04.09.68 The Beatles Hey Jude (1) 02.10.68 Joe Cocker With A Little Help From My Friends (1) 04.12.68 Marmalade Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (1) 18.12.68 Bedrocks Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (20) 1969 08.01.69 Wilson Pickett Hey Jude (16) 02.04.69 Mary Hopkin Goodbye* (2) - written by McCartney 23.04.69 The Beatles with Billy Preston Get Back (1) 04.06.69 The Beatles Ballad Of John And Yoko (1) 25.10.69 Trash Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight (35) 08.11.69 The Beatles Something / Come Together (4) - "Something" by Harrison
1970 10.01.70 Badfinger Come And Get It* (#4) - McCartney 14.03.70 The Beatles Let It Be (#2) 20.06.70 Shirley Bassey Something (#4) - Harrison 25.07.70 Ray Morgan The Long And Winding Road (#32) 1971 02.01.71 Shirley Bassey The Fool On The Hill (#48) 15.05.71 Stevie Wonder We Can Work It Out (#27) 1974 27.07.74 David Cassidy Please Please Me (#16) 23.11.74 Elton John Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (#10) 1976 06.03.76 Emmylou Harris Here There And Everywhere (#30) 13.03.76 The Beatles Yesterday (#8) - first UK single release 27.03.76 The Beatles Hey Jude (#12) re-entry of 1968 hit 27.03.76 The Beatles Paperback Writer (#23) re-entry of 1966 hit 03.04.76 The Beatles with Billy Preston Get Back (#28) re-entry of1969 hit 03.04.76 The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane (#32) re-entry of 1967 hit 10.04.76 The Beatles Help! (#37) re-entry of 1965 hit 10.07.76 The Beatles Back In The USSR (#19) 31.07.76 Steve Harley Here Comes The Sun[/b] (#10) - Harrison 20.11.76 Rod Stewart Get Back (#11) 27.11.76 The Four Seasons We Can Work It Out (#34) - last two from the V/A film soundtrack "All This And World War II" 1977 12.11.77 DBM Disco Beatlemania (#45) - a disco medley of Beatles songs 1978 07.10.78 Earth Wind & Fire Got To Get You Into My Life (#33) - from the V/A film soundtrack "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 1979 24.11.79 Dollar I Wanna Hold Your Hand (#9)
1981 21.03.81 Elton John Band ft John Lennon I Saw Her Standing There (#40) - originally released Feb 1975 as b-side of Elton John Band's "Philadelphia Freedom" (#12) 18.04.81 Starsound Stars On 45 (#2) - "soundalike" medley including the following Lennon/McCartney songs: Drive My Car / Do You Want To Know A Secret / We Can Work it Out / I Should Have Known Better / Nowhere Man / You're Going To Lose That Girl. 31.10.81 Gary "U.S." Bonds It's Only Love (#43) 1982 05.06.82 The Beatles Beatles Movie Medley (#10) - megamix comprising: Magical Mystery Tour / All You Need Is Love / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away / I Should Have Known Better / A Hard Day's Night / Ticket To Ride / Get Back. 16.10.82 The Beatles Love Me Do (#4) re-entry of 1962 hit 1983 22.01.83 The Beatles Please Please Me (#29) re-entry of 1963 hit 23.04.83 The Beatles From Me To You (#40) re-entry of 1963 hit 03.09.83 The Beatles She Loves You (#45) re-entry of 1963 hit 01.10.83 Siouxsie and the Banshees Dear Prudence (#3) 1984 25.02.84 Tina Turner Help (#40) 1987 04.04.87 Ferry Aid Let It Be (#1) - charity ensemble for the Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster Fund 18.07.87 The Beatles All You Need Is Love (#47) re-entry of 1967 hit 1988 14.05.88 Wet Wet Wet With A Little Help From My Friends / Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey She's Leaving Home (#1) - both tracks from the V/A charity compilation "Sgt Pepper Knew My Father" 04.06.88 Tiffany I Saw Him Standing There (#8) 1989 25.02.89 Bananarama and LaNaNeeNeeNooNoo Help! (#3) - charity single in aid of Comic Relief.
1990 17.03.90 Candy Flip Strawberry Fields Forever (3) 11.08.90 Wet Wet Wet I Feel Fine (30) - Double-A with "Stay With Me Heartache" 20.10.90 Paul McCartney Birthday (29) - originally recorded by The Beatles on their self-titled 1968 album 1991 16.03.91 Scritti Politti ft Shabba Ranks She's A Woman (20) 1992 15.02.92 Michael Jackson Come Together (3) - double-A with Remember The Time 03.10.92 Betty Boo I'm On My Way (44) - This is a Boo original but the main mix morphs into "Lady Madonna" for the last 40 seconds or so. Full writers credit reads Boo/Coxon/Lennon/McCartney. The mixes which do not use the Lady Madonna section do not have a Lennon/McCartney credit. 1993 06.02.93 Tom Jones All You Need Is Love (19) - charity single for Childline 1995 12.08.95 Suggs I'm Only Sleeping (7) 23.12.95 The Smokin' Mojo Filters Come Together (War Child) (19) - one-off supergroup featuring Paul McCartney, Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher. Was in the charts at the same time as the Beatles's "comeback" single "Free As A Bird" 1997 16.08.97 Wet Wet Wet Yesterday (4) 13.12.97 Blackstreet (Money Can't) Buy Me Love (18) 1998 22.08.98 Justin This Boy (34)
2002 01.11.02 Will Young & Gareth Gates The Long And Winding Road (1) |