Which early Lennon & McCartney songs were recorded?
John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote a large number of songs in their teens - up to 200 according to some estimates. Many disappeared without trace - a Wimpole Street spring clean by Jane Asher put paid to a pile written on scrap paper. Others, like Lennon's 'Hello Little Girl' were fixture of their live act but then given to other artists to cover. These were generally off-cuts not deemed quite up to scratch, though arguably some like 'World Without Love' and 'Love of the Loved' deserved a seat at the top table. Quirky numbers like "When I'm 64" would eventually make it when The Beatles were in a position to dictate terms to the record company, rather than vice versa. In 1963 only the most commercial compositions would do. George Martin reluctantly accepted Love Me Do and a revamped Please Please Me - but no other Lennon and McCartney original presented impressed him. And with The Beatles having just made number one he wanted a knock-out fol