It’s time for the next installment of our year-by-year comparison. While they were in the Beatles, John and Paul attributed all the songs they wrote to “Lennon-McCartney.” But after 1963, most tunes were primarily the work of one composer or the other, who would usually sing lead on the track.
Who do you think came out ahead in the year Beatlemania broke worldwide?
John:
A Hard Day’s Night
I Feel Fine
Eight Days a Week
I Should Have Known Better
If I Fell
I’m a Loser
No Reply
You Can’t Do That
Tell Me Why
Any Time at All
I’ll Cry Instead
When I Get Home
I’ll Be Back
I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party
I’m Happy Just to Dance With You (written for George)
Rock and Roll Music (cover)
Slow Down (cover)
Mr. Moonlight (cover)
Leave My Kitten Alone (cover)
Paul:
Can’t Buy Me Love
And I Love Her
Things We Said Today
She’s a Woman
I’ll Follow the Sun
What You’re Doing
Every Little Thing
It’s For You (written for Cilla Black)
From A Window (written for Billy J. Kramer)
Nobody I Know (written for Peter & Gordon)
I Don’t Want to See You Again (written for Peter & Gordon)
One and One Is Two (written for The Strangers)
Long Tall Sally (cover)
Kansas City/ Hey Hey Hey Hey! (cover)
Both:
Baby’s in Black
Words of Love (cover)
