Where did The Beatles get their inspiration from?

Three great influences that shaped The Beatles’ music include Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and The one and only King, Elvis Presley. While all three of these musicians impacted The Beatles strongly, Elvis’ style, sound, and all around charisma left a lasting impression on all four of the young, eager members.

How did The Beatles have so many good songs?

The Beatles wrote so many good songs because they had three extremely talented songwriters—Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison—who worked hard at songwriting. Plus it helped to have a producer the caliber of George Martin around to offer sage advice.

How did The Beatles write songs if they couldn’t read?

Since they were trying to write songs that were catchy, this rule worked very well. They wrote words down and changed them on the page, and they might scribble guitar chord names above the words, but as far as the tunes and guitar parts were concerned, they just remembered them.

How many songs did The Beatles actually write?

John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote lyrics and music for almost 200 songs and The Beatles have sold hundreds of millions of albums. The story goes that the two Beatles agreed as teenagers to the joint credit for all songs they wrote, no matter the divide in work.

Why did the Beatles write so many good songs?

The Beatles wrote so many good songs because they had three extremely talented songwriters—Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison—who worked hard at songwriting. Plus it helped to have a producer the caliber of George Martin around to offer sage advice.

How did John Lennon and Paul McCartney write their songs?

Paul McCartney has stated many times that most of the band’s songs were written by he and John Lennon; specifically while they were secluded in a room together facing each other with their guitars in hand. It was a process of playing out their ideas in sync.

Did the Beatles play instruments on “Rubber Soul”?

Mike “homes in” on the legendary “Rubber Soul” album and using the “official” production timeline, archive footage and so on, he argues (very convincingly) that the Beatles only had time to do the vocals on the album and didn’t play the instruments, nor did they write the songs.

What did Martin Martin actually write for the Beatles?

Martin did a lot of this kind of stuff for The Beatles. Other times, especially when Paul was working with outside music conventions, he would compose the chord progression and then make up lyrics and melodies. Some examples include “Lady Madonna” (a piano rag) or “Ob-la-di Ob-la-da” (silly attempt at ska).