McCartney Times

When most people think of bands with great harmonies, they think of the Beach Boys. They hear Brian Wilson and his bandmates singing in perfect harmony on tracks like ‘Good Vibrations’ and ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, blending their voices together seamlessly until they become almost another element of instrumentation. But the Beach Boys didn’t have a monopoly on the art of harmonies, and their pop rivals, The Beatles, would occasionally try their hand at shared vocal parts, too.Harmonies weren’t quite as essential to the Beatles’ sound as they were to the Beach Boys. Usually, Paul McCartney or John Lennon would take up lead vocals, the choice often depending on who penned the song. McCartney sang his melancholic ‘Yesterday’ alone, Lennon helmed ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’. Of course, they would provide backing vocals for one another, but those carefully constructed harmonies were less prevalent in their sound than in their peers. When they were included, they were all the more purposeful and impactful.

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Source: The best vocal harmonies in The Beatles’ catalogue