Paul McCartney revises Beatles songwriting history

By at 8:39 am Wednesday, Dec 18

Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono are duking it our over Paul's attempt to get the famous "Lennon-McCartney" songwriting credit changed to "McCartney-Lennon" on various songs that Paul claims to have been the principal author of. Paul calls it "historical housekeeping" and Yoko calls it revisionism.

Here are the "McCartney-Lennon" songs:

All My Loving
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Blackbird
Can't Buy Me Love
Carry That Weight
Eleanor Rigby
The End
The Fool on the Hill
Getting Better
Hello Goodbye
Here, There and Everywhere
Hey Jude
I Saw Her Standing There
Let It Be
Lady Madonna
The Long and Winding Road
Mother Nature's Son
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We Can Work It Out
Yesterday
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