Songs by The Beatles Trivia

91. This song was inspired by Chuck Berry. It was given to The Rolling Stones, who had a minor hit with it. Name the song.

From Quiz Behind The Songs: The Beatles Song Stories

Answer: I Wanna Be Your Man

One day Paul and John had encountered Andrew Olham, the Stones manager. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had not begun to write yet, and Oldham was looking for a song for the Stones next single. Paul suggested "I Wanna Be Your Man". The Stones recorded it and it helped catapult the Stones into the spotlight.

From Quiz Beatles Songs trivia

Answer: Yellow Submarine

The Beatles were uniterested and unimpressed by the idea of an animated feature based on their characters. They refused to record their voices for the film, but producer George Martin who headed the project convinced them to record a couple of new songs for it. One of them was the quick and minimalistic 'Hey Bulldog', which John wrote and sang lead vocals on.

From Quiz The Beatles - Behind the Music

Answer: I'm Looking Through You

Paul and Jane had a rocky relationship throughout most of the 1960s, and some of that found its way into Paul's songs. "Don't Bother Me" was written by George, and "Run For Your Life" was John's.

From Quiz The Music of Lennon/McCartney

Answer: John Lennon

John Lennon sings this song. According to The Beatles Anthology, Lennon wrote "Nowhere Man" about himself at a time when he was down and depressed.

From Quiz Which Song Isn't it? - Beatles' Songs Part 2

Answer: I Am the Walrus

A Day in the Life: "Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire" The Fool on the Hill: "The man of a thousand voices is talking perfectly loud" I'm a Loser: "She was a girl in a million my friend"

From Quiz Which Song Isn't It? - Beatles' Songs

Answer: Lady Madonna

A Hard Day's Night: "I've been workin like dog" Come Together: "he got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-cola" Norwegian Wood: "and when I awoke I was alone, this bird has flown"

From Quiz Name That Tune Beatles Styles 1968-1970

Answer: Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey

"Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" is about the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi once John Lennon found out he was a phoney. It is one of two regarding this, the other is "Sexy Sadie".

From Quiz Name That Beatles Tune 1967-68

Answer: When I'm Sixty-Four

"When I'm Sixty-Four" was written by Paul McCartney when he was a teen.

From Quiz Things They Said That Day

Answer: Hey Bulldog

John said this in the last minute of "Hey Bulldog" from "Yellow Submarine" while he spoke to the Bulldog (played by Paul McCartney). The Bulldog answered, "Rowrrr-woof!"

From Quiz Did the Bard Write This II

Answer: Things We Said Today

"You say you will love me, if I have to go."

From Quiz Beatles Singles

Answer: 'Ask Me Why'

This single was passed around from EMI Records to Parlophone (a distributor of EMI) to Capitol Records (EMI's "American Arm") and to many others, but was finally taken by Vee Jay Records. It was released on February 25, 1963.

From Quiz Name That Tune Name

Answer: rocky raccoon & rocky racoon

"Rocky Raccoon" was first recorded on August 15, 1968.

From Quiz When I'm Sixty-Four

Answer: 'Would you lock the door?'

'If I'd been out till a quarter to three, would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four.'

From Quiz Beatles Song Titles

Answer: Eleanor Rigby

From Quiz Song by Song: "A Day in the Life"

Answer: Lords

Though not a member of the House of Lords himself, Tara Browne was the son of Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne, an Anglo-Irish peer who was a member of the House of Lords for 72 years. Tara's mother was Oonagh Guinness, heiress to the Guinness fortune. On his 21st birthday, Tara threw a massive party and had private jets fly in his guests, including Paul McCartney.

From Quiz Song by Song: "Strawberry Fields Forever"

Answer: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The group, however, was pressured by its management to release the song as a single instead. It was released on February 13, 1967, months before the "Sgt. Pepper's" album. The song was produced by George Martin and is said to belong to the psychedelic and progressive rock/pop genres.

From Quiz Song by Song: "Here, There and Everywhere"

Answer: Emmylou Harris

The Emmylou Harris version peaked at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. On the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, it hit number 13.

From Quiz Song by Song: Help!

Answer: The Ed Sullivan Show

"The Ed Sullivan Show" ran from 1948 to 1971. In August of 1965, the Beatles recorded five other songs for the September show. The Beatles appeared a total of four times on "The Ed Sullivan Show," performing twenty songs.

From Quiz Song by Song: "In My Life"

Answer: Electric piano

An electric piano was played by George Martin, but it was recorded at half speed and then sped up on tape to sound like a harpsichord. According to "A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles," Lennon wanted the bridge to be "Baroque-sounding."

From Quiz Song by Song: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

Answer: The Beatles' already had a number one song on the charts

When the Beatles released the single in the U.K., they were in competition with their own number one hit, "She Loves You," which was their first song to sell a million copies. "She Loves You" remained at the top of the charts for another two weeks after the release of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," which eventually beat it out for top dog slot and held onto that position for the next five weeks.

From Quiz Song by Song: "Yesterday"

Answer: Scrambled Eggs

The music was written first, and substitute lyrics were used to hold the place of the lyrics until the real lyrics could be written. When McCartney auditioned the song for the producer, he opened it with these lyrics: "Scrambled eggs Oh my baby how I love your legs Not as much as I love scrambled eggs." The working title for the song was thus "Scrambled Eggs." Paul McCartney performed the "Scrambled Eggs" version of the song with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in 2010.

From Quiz Just Another Beatles Quiz

Answer: Martha

"When you find yourself in the thick of it Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you" Those lyrics are from the song "Martha My Dear" which was a track on The Beatles' UK album "The Beatles" (The White Album). It was number one the UK album chart in 1968. The 1987 release peaked at number 18 on the UK Album Chart and the 2009 remastered version peaked at number 21 on the UK Album Chart.

From Quiz The Beatles: The World's Greatest Covers Band!

Answer: Carl Perkins

Carl Perkins, of course, also wrote that great rockabilly classic, "Blue Suede Shoes." In addition to "Matchbox" and "Honey Don't", the Beatles also recorded Perkins' "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", with vocals by keen Perkins' fan George Harrison.

From Quiz The Long and Winding Road

Answer: Greensleeves

Olivia Newton-John covered multiple songs in her 1976 album including "Jolene", which was originally sang by Dolly Parton, and Roy Acuff's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain". The song "Greensleeves" is generally believed to have been written by Henry VIII about his future wife Anne Boleyn.

From Quiz Yes, Beatles' Songs but Which Ones?

Answer: Nowhere Man

"Doesn't have a point of view Knows not where he's going to Isn't he a bit like you and me?" "Nowhere Man" was written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney and appeared on The Beatles' 1965 UK album "Rubber Soul". It was released as a single in the US and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 for The Beatles in 1966.

From Quiz Anatomy of a Song: "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"

Answer: John Lennon

During the later recordings at the Abbey Road studios in July 1969, John Lennon (who had been absent from recording sessions after being injured in a car crash), returned. Yoko Ono, who had been more severely hurt in the accident, lay on a double bed in the studio. Although he had participated during rehearsals at the "Get Back" sessions John Lennon did not play on the final recording of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" for the "Abbey Road" album.

From Quiz Anatomy Of A Song: "The Ballad Of John And Yoko"

Answer: Seine

They were "Honeymooning down by the Seine". "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" was written by John Lennon but attributed to Lennon/McCartney. When back in England, John Lennon brought the song around to Paul McCartney's home on the 14 April 1969 and they recorded it the same evening.

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