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The character of Desmond in the lyrics, from the opening line "Desmond has a barrow in the market-place", was a reference to reggae singer Desmond Dekker, who had recently toured the UK. The tag line "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah" was an expression used by Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott-Emuakpor, an acquaintance of McCartney.
The Beatles UK singles chronology. "Ain't She Sweet". (1964) "A Hard Day's Night" / " Things We Said Today ". (1964) "I Feel Fine" / "She's A Woman". (1964) " Things We Said Today " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released in July 1964 as the B-side to the ...
A Day in the Life. " A Day in the Life " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as the final track of their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, the opening and closing sections of the song were mainly written by John Lennon, with Paul McCartney primarily contributing the ...
The Long and Winding Road. " The Long and Winding Road " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. When issued as a single in May 1970, a month after the Beatles' break-up, it became the group's 20th and final number-one hit on the ...
Songwriter (s) Lennon–McCartney. Producer (s) George Martin. " Here, There and Everywhere " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. A love ballad, it was written by Paul McCartney [4] [5] and credited to Lennon–McCartney. McCartney includes it among his personal favourites of the songs he has written. [4]
"Blue Jay Way" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by George Harrison, it was released in 1967 on the group's Magical Mystery Tour EP and album. The song was named after a street in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles where Harrison stayed in August 1967, shortly before visiting the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.
Producer (s) George Martin. " It Won't Be Long " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released as the opening track on their second UK album With the Beatles (1963), and was the first original song recorded for it. [1] Although credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was primarily a composition by John Lennon, with Paul McCartney ...
The Beatles US singles chronology. "We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper". (1965) "Nowhere Man" / " What Goes On ". (1965) "Paperback Writer". (1966) " What Goes On " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, featured as the eighth track on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. The song was later released as the B-side of the US single "Nowhere Man ...