“Birthday” is a rock song by The Beatles from their 1968 double album White Album (officially titled The Beatles). Paul McCartney led the writing and the vocal, with the song credited to Lennon-McCartney. The band wrote and recorded “Birthday” fast…

“Besame Mucho” is an early cover version played by The Beatles before they had a record deal. It was captured twice in 1962: at the Decca Records audition on 1 January 1962, and again at EMI Studios on on 6…

“Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!” is a song by The Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. John Lennon built it around the wording of a real 1843 circus poster, then pushed the studio…

“Because” is a song by The Beatles, released on the 1969 album “Abbey Road”. It sits on side two (track 2) right before the long medley begins, and it is famous for its rich, stacked three-part harmony. Musically, “Because” pairs…

“Beautiful Dreamer” is a Beatles cover recorded for BBC Radio in January 1963 and officially released five decades later on the album On Air: Live at the BBC, Volume 2 (2013). The performance does not come from a Beatles studio…

“Bad Boy” is a Larry Williams rock and roll song that The Beatles recorded in 1965. Unlike most Beatles tracks, it first appeared on a US release (the Capitol album Beatles VI) before the UK got it in December 1966…

Back In The USSR (stylised as “Back in the U.S.S.R.”) opens The Beatles’ 1968 double album The Beatles (the “White Album”). Paul McCartney wrote it (credited to Lennon-McCartney) as a playful pastiche of 1950s rock and early-60s American pop. However,…

John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote “Bad To Me,” and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas made it famous with their 1963 hit recording. This page covers the best-known release by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, plus the later…