John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the majority of Beatles songs. George Harrison would usually have one or two songs per album and Ringo would have one here or there which he may or may not have written himself.
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney, though George Harrison and Ringo Starr had some of their own as well.
Michael Jackson bought the rights to many of The Beatles songs many years ago, outbidding Paul McCarthy for them. Recently he has sold some of them in an attempt to liquidate some of his debts.Rumor has it that he leaves the remainder to Paul McCarthy in his will. Michael Jackson bought the publishingrights to most of the Beatles catalog. The individual Beatles still retained songwriters rights and we paid for it each time a song in the catalog was licensed.
The Animals. It's possible that The Beatles performed it live in their early years, but they never recorded the song.
The book The Beatles: An Illustrated Record shows a photo of George in his early teens, wearing glasses. He did not wear any during the Beatles years, except for sunglasses.
John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison had been together since early 1958; they began calling themselves the Beatles in 1960. Starr joined the band in August 1962. Lennon quit the band in September 1969; McCartney made a public announcement that he was quitting in April 1970. So the Beatles were together approximately ten years.
They were active for 10 years, from 1960 to 1970