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The Beatles song Lennon and McCartney dumped on George Harrison

The Beatles song Lennon and McCartney dumped on George Harrison

The Beatles song Lennon and McCartney dumped on George Harrison
May 14
10:45 2026

George Harrison had to fight to get his voice heard during the early days of The Beatles. Part of that was metaphoric, considering how his first only self-written song on the first three Beatles albums was ‘Don’t Bother Me’ from With The Beatles. Part of it was literal, considering how Harrison usually only got one lead vocal for each album/live performance.Even worse, several of Harrison’s early lead vocal turns were written by his bandmates instead of himself. Both ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret’ from Please Please Me and ‘I’m Happy Just to Dance With You’ from A Hard Day’s Night were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and both singers had to veto their own desire to sing lead on the tracks before they were shoved onto Harrison.

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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