Chains – Beatles Song
“Chains” is a Beatles cover of a Gerry Goffin and Carole King song, released on the 1963 album “Please Please Me”. The band later recorded a separate BBC performance, which appeared on the 2013 set “On Air: Live at the…
Cayenne – The Quarrymen (Anthology 1)
The Quarrymen recorded “Cayenne” at home in April 1960, months before they adopted the name The Beatles. The short official edit later appeared on Anthology 1 in 1995. It matters because it captures the band before the world knew them:…
Carry That Weight – The Beatles
“Carry That Weight” is a short but crucial Beatles song from Abbey Road. It links Golden Slumbers to The End in the Side Two medley and brings all four Beatles together on a rare unison chorus. Despite its 1:36 runtime,…
Carol – The Beatles
“Carol” is a Chuck Berry song that The Beatles recorded for BBC Radio in 1963 and later released on Live At The BBC in 1994. This is not a polished Abbey Road studio master. It is a BBC session performance…
Carnival Of Light – The Beatles
“Carnival of Light” is The Beatles’ most famous unreleased studio recording: a 13-minute experimental sound collage taped at EMI Studios in London on 5 January 1967. It was commissioned for a London light-and-sound event at the Roundhouse, and it has…
Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles
“Can’t Buy Me Love” is a 1964 Beatles single written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney). Released in March 1964 with “You Can’t Do That” as the B-side, it later appeared on the album A Hard Day’s Night. Recorded during…
Let It Be Album – The Beatles
Let It Be is The Beatles’ twelfth and final studio album, released in May 1970. Although it was the last studio LP to appear, most of its core performances come from the January 1969 “Get Back” sessions, recorded before Abbey…
Boys – The Beatles
“Boys” is a fast, straight-ahead rock and roll cover by The Beatles with Ringo Starr on lead vocal. The Beatles released it on their 1963 debut album Please Please Me, making it the first officially released Beatles track with Ringo…
Blue Jay Way – The Beatles
“Blue Jay Way” is a Beatles song written by George Harrison for the 1967 Magical Mystery Tour project. It is one of the band’s moodiest psychedelic recordings, built around a droning Hammond organ and heavy studio effects. Harrison took the…
Blackbird – The Beatles
“Blackbird” is a Beatles song from their 1968 self-titled double album The Beatles (better known as the White Album). Paul McCartney wrote the song, but it is credited to Lennon-McCartney. McCartney recorded the master on 11 June 1968 at EMI…
