The Beatles’ back catalogue is pretty massive, with most of the songs written by the famous duo Lennon-McCartney. They were the brains behind many songs we know and love, from Hey Jude to I Am the Walrus. But which song is Sir Paul McCartney’s favourite? As is often the case in...
Paul McCartney wrote this song—originally titled“Hey Jules”— for John Lennon’s 5-year-old son Julian to help him with his parent’s divorce. Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Elvis Presley have all covered the song, as didWilson Pickett, whose R&B version of “Hey Jude”made the B...
Paul McCartney wrote this song—originally titled“Hey Jules”— for John Lennon’s 5-year-old son Julian to help him with his parent’s divorce. Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Elvis Presley have all covered the song, as didWilson Pickett, whose R&B version of “Hey Jude”made the B...
Paul McCartney wrote this song—originally titled“Hey Jules”— for John Lennon’s 5-year-old son Julian to help him with his parent’s divorce. Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Elvis Presley have all covered the song, as didWilson Pickett, whose R&B version of “Hey Jude”made the B...
but there seems to be more than a little bit of disdain thrown towards Paul McCartney whenever he played his “granny music”.Because let’s be honest: McCartney could get more than a little bit corny when he wanted to. Although he wrote fantastic joint efforts with John Lennon that resulte...
seem to have beenJohn LennonandPaul McCartney, the talented young musicians from Liverpool whose songs have been sweeping the country since last Christmas, whether performed by their own group, the Beatles, or by the numerous other teams of English troubadours that they also supply with songs. ...
“I say all this with the knowledge that nobody can ever play these songs the way Paul did, but as always, what matters is that you play with spirit and love.” As a final rule, Ray says that to most successfully perform the Beatles’ material, it's essential that you nail the solo...
However, most of what is below can easily be applied to popular songs as much it can to piano rags and blues. I suggest that you start by concentrating on the Ragtime style with piano rags, which by their composed nature already contain many of the inherent Ragtime elements that songs do...
14), Swift performed “This Is What You Came For” — the Billboard Hot 100 top five hit released by Calvin Harris and Rihanna in 2016, which Harris co-wrote with his then-girlfriend Swift — in a mash-up with Evermore‘s “gold rush” for the first ...
this time he pretty much wrote the songs and then came to the studio to record. Paul would usually start out by making a click track using a percussion instrument, or even just tapping out a rhythm on his guitar — he rarely uses an electronic click-track — then he'd play a guitar ...