The Beatles Bible

Recorded: September 1962-April 1970
Released: 13 November 2000

Tracklisting:
Love Me Do
From Me To You
She Loves You
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Can't Buy Me Love
A Hard Day's Night
I Feel Fine
Eight Days A Week
Ticket To Ride
Help!
Yesterday
Day Tripper
We Can Work It Out
Paperback Writer
Yellow Submarine
Eleanor Rigby
Penny Lane
All You Need Is Love
Hello, Goodbye
Lady Madonna
Hey Jude
Get Back
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Something
Come Together
Let It Be
The Long And Winding Road

1 collates The Beatles' number one hit singles, charting their rise from tentative R&B-influenced rockers through to era-defining songwriters, encompassing guitar pop, childhood singalongs, strings-based balladry, psychedelia, boogie woogie and much more along the way. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 18 February 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 13 August 1965 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney: bass, guitar
George Harrison: acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine, maracas
Johnnie Scott: tenor and alto flutes

Available on:
Help!
Anthology 2

One of the highlights of The Beatles' Help! album, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away was also the first of their songs since 1962 to feature a session musician. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 19 February 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 13 August 1965 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: backing vocals, bass, piano
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, bongos

Available on:
Help!

Co-written by Lennon and McCartney at the former's home in Weybridge, You're Going To Lose That Girl was the last song The Beatles recorded before they left England to film Help! in the Bahamas. Read more »

Written by: Harrison
Recorded: 17 February 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 14 June 1965 (US)

George Harrison: vocals, lead guitar
John Lennon: acoustic rhythm guitar, electric piano
Paul McCartney: bass, piano
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine
George Martin: piano

Available on:
Help!

George Harrison's second composition for the Help! album was recorded for inclusion in the film of the same name, although it was later relegated to the second, non-soundtrack, half. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 14, 17 June 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 13 September 1965 (US)

Paul McCartney: vocals, guitar
Tony Gilbert: violin
Sidney Sax: violin
Kenneth Essex: viola
Francisco Gabarro: cello

Available on:
Help!
1
Anthology 2
Love

Written by Paul McCartney, Yesterday holds the record as the most covered song in history, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 15 February 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 9 April 1965 (UK), 19 April 1965 (US)

John Lennon: double-tracked lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: harmony vocals, bass, lead guitar
George Harrison: rhythm guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine, handclaps

Available on:
Help!
1
Anthology 2
Live At The BBC

Ticket To Ride was the first song to be released from Help!, The Beatles' fifth album. The group's performance of the song, filmed on the ski slopes in Austria, was one of the highlights of the Help! film. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 17 February 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 13 August 1965 (US)

Paul McCartney: vocals, bass, lead guitar
John Lennon: harmony vocals, electric piano
George Harrison: harmony vocals, lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, percussion

Available on:
Help!

Written mainly by Paul McCartney, The Night Before was featured in the Help! film during a scene filmed on Salisbury Plain, England. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 18 February 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 14 June 1965 (US)

Paul McCartney: vocals, bass, electric piano
John Lennon: vocals, rhythm guitar, tambourine
George Harrison: lead guitar, güiro
Ringo Starr: drums, claves

Available on:
Help!

Written mainly by Paul McCartney, Tell Me What You See was first released in the UK on the Help! album, and in the US on the Beatles VI collection. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 15 June 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 6 December 1965 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, electric guitar
Paul McCartney: bass
George Harrison: lead guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine

Available on:
Help!
Anthology 2

Written primarily by John Lennon, It's Only Love first appeared on the second side of the Help! album. It originally had the working title That's A Nice Hat. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 14 June 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 6 December 1965 (US)

Paul McCartney: vocals, acoustic guitar
John Lennon: acoustic guitar
George Harrison: acoustic lead guitar
Ringo Starr: brushed snare drum, maracas

Available on:
Help!

I've Just Seen A Face was composed by Paul McCartney in the music room at Jane Asher's parents' house on Wimpole Street, London. Read more »

Written by: Harrison
Recorded: 15, 16 February 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 13 August 1965 (US)

George Harrison: vocals, lead guitar
John Lennon: harmony vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: harmony vocals, bass
Ringo Starr: drums, cowbell

Available on:
Help!

The second of George Harrison's songs to be recorded by The Beatles, I Need You was featured in the film Help! and appeared on its soundtrack LP. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 13 April 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 23 July 1965 (UK), 19 July 1965 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: backing vocals, bass
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine

Available on:
Help!
1
Anthology 2
Love

The title track to The Beatles' fifth album and second film, Help! was written mainly by John Lennon at his home in Weybridge. Read more »

Written by: Williams
Recorded: 10 May 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 14 June 1965 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, rhythm guitar, Hammond organ
Paul McCartney: bass
George Harrison: double-tracked lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, cowbell

Available on:
Help!
Live At The BBC

The Beatles recorded Larry Williams' Dizzy Miss Lizzie for their US record company Capitol, who released it on the 1965 compilation Beatles VI. Read more »

Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 15, 16 February 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 13 August 1965 (US)

Paul McCartney: vocals, bass, lead guitar
John Lennon: harmony vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar
George Harrison: harmony vocals, electric rhythm guitar
Ringo Starr: drums

Available on:
Help!

Another Girl, released on the soundtrack to The Beatles' second film Help!, was written by Paul McCartney while on holiday in Tunisia. Read more »

Written by: Morrison-Russell
Recorded: 17 June 1965
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith

Released: 6 August 1965 (UK), 13 September 1965 (US)

Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, sticks
Paul McCartney: harmony vocals, bass
John Lennon: acoustic rhythm guitar
George Harrison: lead guitar

Available on:
Help!

The last cover version recorded by The Beatles until the Get Back sessions in 1969, Act Naturally was sung by Ringo Starr and appeared in the second half of the Help! album. Read more »

Recorded: 1965-1995
Released: 18 March 1996

Tracklisting:
Real Love
Yes It Is
I'm Down
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
If You've Got Trouble
That Means A Lot
Yesterday
It's Only Love
I Feel Fine
Ticket To Ride
Yesterday
Help!
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
I'm Looking Through You
12-Bar Original
Tomorrow Never Knows
Got To Get You Into My Life
And Your Bird Can Sing
Taxman
Eleanor Rigby (Strings Only)
I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal)
I'm Only Sleeping (Take 1)
Rock And Roll Music
She's A Woman
Strawberry Fields Forever (Demo Sequence)
Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1)
Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7 & Edit Piece)
Penny Lane
A Day In The Life
Good Morning Good Morning
Only A Northern Song
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (Takes 1 and 2)
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (Take 7)
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Within You Without You (Instrumental)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)
I Am The Walrus
The Fool On The Hill (Demo)
Your Mother Should Know
The Fool On The Hill (Take 4)
Hello, Goodbye
Lady Madonna
Across The Universe

Recorded: February-June 1965
Released: 6 August 1965

Tracklisting:
Help!
The Night Before
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
I Need You
Another Girl
You're Going To Lose That Girl
Ticket To Ride
Act Naturally
It's Only Love
You Like Me Too Much
Tell Me What You See
I've Just Seen A Face
Yesterday
Dizzy Miss Lizzy

The Beatles' eighth US album released by Capitol Records, Help!, was issued on this day as MAS-2386 (mono) and SMAS-2386 (stereo). Read more »

The Beatles' fifth UK album, Help!, was released on this day as Parlophone PMC 1255 (mono) and PCS 3071 (stereo). Read more »

The Beatles made just one television appearance in Britain to promote the Help! album; other shows had to run pre-recorded clips instead. Read more »