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Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison in 1963(Image: Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/p>\nThe band recorded it years after Ringo first suggested itPaul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison in 1963(Image: Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote the vast majority of The Beatles’ songs and were the creative leaders of the group. The two often wrote in tandem in the early years before artistic differences in the second half of the 1960s saw them write more independently and then present songs to one another for tweaks and edits.<\/p>\n
About their writing partnership Wilfred Mellors wrote in 1972: “Opposite poles generate electricity: between John<\/a> and Paul<\/a> the sparks flew. John’s fiery iconoclasm was tempered by Paul’s<\/a> lyrical grace, while Paul’s wide-eyed charm was toughened by John’s resilience.”<\/p>\n But it wasn’t just John and Paul who wrote the band’s songs. George Harrison was also an accomplished songwriter – even though he had to fight to make his voice heard at times, with Paul<\/a> and John assuming creative control.<\/p>\n In the early days, the Wavertree-born<\/a> star had written some songs that The Beatles<\/a> recorded and was given a quota of compositions for each album.<\/p>\n But in the band’s later years he delivered classics like ‘Something’, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ and ‘Here Comes the Sun’.<\/p>\n In total, George<\/a> wrote 22 songs that The Beatles recorded. Drummer Ringo Starr<\/a> also provided two of his own compositions – famously ‘Octopus’ Garden’ as well as the 1968 track ‘Don’t Pass Me By’.<\/p>\n
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Ringo Starr pictured in 1964(Image: Larry Ellis\/Express\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n