How can two guys write such consistently great songs and still have albums worth of great material to just give away to others like it’s nothing?
Seems like a nice problem to be plagued with.
The out-of-print compilation, The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away, isn’t even a complete collection of the songs they gifted to others. You may notice that Badfinger’s “Come And Get It” is missing. As is the McCartney-penned “Six O’Clock” from Ringo Starr’s Ringo, yet Lennon’s “I’m the Greatest” from the same album is included.
Make sure to check this video out. It features portions of these songs preceded by a clip of a Beatles’ demo version. A lot of these songs can be heard by the Beatles on the Anthology and BBC compilations.
The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away tracklisting:
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- Ringo Starr – “I’m the Greatest”
- The Strangers with Mike Shannon – “One and One is Two”
- Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas – “From a Window”
- Peter and Gordon – “Nobody I Know”
- The Applejacks – “Like Dreamers Do”
- Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas – “I’ll Keep You Satisfied”
- Cilla Black – “Love of the Loved”
- Peter and Gordon – “Woman”
- Tommy Quickly – “Tip of My Tongue”
- The Fourmost – “I’m In Love”
- The Fourmost – “Hello Little Girl”
- PJ Proby – “That Means a Lot”
- Cilla Black – “It’s For You”
- Carlos Mendes – “Penina”
- Cilla Black – “Step Inside of Love”
- Peter and Gordon – “A World Without Love”
- Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas – “Bad to Me”
- Peter and Gordon – “I Don’t Want to See You Again”
- Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas – “I’ll Be On My Way”
- The Chris Barber Band – “Catcall”
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