Authors: Hunter Davies
Beatles (71 page)
NOTE: There were 12 other extended players, but only one contains a song (‘I Call Your Name’ on the EP
Long Tall Sally
), not already on an LP or single.
Lennon and McCartney songs recorded by other artists:
Up to April 1968 there had been over 1,000 different recordings of Lennon–McCartney songs made by other singers, groups, orchestras or bands. The most popular was ‘Yesterday’, which had been recorded by 119 different artists, ranging from Pat Boone, Johnny Mathis and Connie Francis to Kenneth McKellar, the Big Ben Banjo Band and the Band of the Irish Guards.
The author would like to thank Paul, Ringo, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison and Apple for allowing him to continue to use their copyrighted material.
The publisher would also to like to thank the other individuals and agencies for the use of their photographs. Every care has been taken to establish exact ownership, but we apologise if we have omitted anyone and shall, if informed, make amends in any future editions. Unless otherwise stated, the photographs come from the Hunter Davies Collection.
Plate section 1
Stanley Parkes (p.2, top), Sean Mahoney (Beat publications) (p.9 – both), United Press (p. 12, top)
Plate section 2
JL Davis (p.1), Peter Bruchmann (p.2 below), Yoko Ono (p.4, bottom), Cumbrian Newspapers Limited (p.8), Ringo Starr (pages 10 and 11), John Lennon (p.12), Cheshire Observer (p.14) – Mark Lewisohn Collection, Paul McCartney (p.16, below).
Family snap of George (centre), aged eight, with his parents, Harold and Louise, and, behind, his brothers, Harold (left) and Peter.
George, aged five.
John, aged eight, with his mother, Julia – a family snap taken in 1949. I have the original copy, which was given to me by John, but until recently I had never known who took it. It was John’s cousin, Stanley Parkes. Thank you, Stanley.
Polyphoto strip of John, aged five, looking a very sweet and innocent little boy, as his aunt Mimi always preferred to remember him.
Fred Lennon, John’s father.
John’s Aunt Mimi, who brought him up from the age of three.
Paul, aged nine.
The McCartney family at the races, 1968: Michael, Angela (Paul’s stepmother), Paul, Jim McCartney (Paul’s father and racehorse owner).
Paul (left) aged seven with his mother and brother Michael.
Ringo’s father, Richard Starkey.
