Since their breakup in 1970, they have put together various compilations of their music representing The Beatles and their estates. In 1973, the former band members released “The Beatles 1962-1966 (The Red Album)” and “The Beatles 1967-1970 (The Blue Album). In 1990, the three surviving Beatles released a series of three “Anthologies” that included many previous demos, audios and it contained old releases, along with out-of-print versions of songs and other rarities.More recently, “The Beatles 1” CD contained all the hits that had crossed the music charts in the US and/or the UK.
In this era of iPod, MP3 and downloading, we can assemble our collections. But for those who still enjoy listening to CDs, wouldn’t it be great if the rest of the Beatles and those who represent the estates of deceased members, a double CD collection of the best Beats solo careers? (Paul McCartney tried with wings and Linda McCartney as part of his solo career to each Beatle would have eight solos or post-Beatles on CD, and the songs could be arranged in chronological order with each of the eight songs. It would be difficult to limit each to Meum, who had so many solos do they make cut songs?
Let’s start with Ringo Starr, who became an amazing hit-maker as a solo artist. While with the Beatles album fillers he was mostly given to singing wildly, and his only single hit as a lead singer was “Yellow Submarine.” But as a solo artist he had many hits and even topped the Billboard chart a couple of times. These additions to our dream CD.
“Phograph” – since 1973, this was his first number one song. George Harrison helped write a song.
“You are sixteen”
“Only You” – an envelope version of the hit dish, Ringo took this one into the top ten.
“Don’t Come Easy” – Ringo’s first big solo hit, a song written by Ringo and released at number four in June 1971.
“Back Off Boogaloo” – another top ten hit from 1971.
“O Meum” – fun song from 1974.
“No No Song” – a clever and witty anti-drug and substance abuse song that hit five headlines.
“Goodnight Vienna” – down to this or “Snookeroo.”
At the time of the Beatles’ break-up, George Harrison was writing arguably his most famous songs. Something” and “Here’s the Sun” were probably the two tracks on “Abbey Road” which was the next album to record that was constipated over the years. had and then draw the flow,” Harrison was quoted as saying in the “Billboard Albums Number Book.” He said, “I was allowed to do one or two on the Beatle albums; so I had a backlog of songs. When I did ‘All Must Pass,’ it was just good to get them out of the way.”
My sweetest Lord” – The first number one song by a former Beatle, for four weeks at the top of the chart. At the end of 1970 and in early 1971. It was later decided by the courts that “He’s So Fine” by the Chiffons sounded too good, although it was found that Harrison had not intentionally plagiarized the song.
“Give Me Love” – another spiritual song that topped the chart, this time in the summer of 1973.
“What Is Life” – a great song from the “Everything Must Pass” album.
“You” – with good reason this made it onto his “The Best of George Harrison” collection.
“Put My Mind On You” – Harrison’s third chart-topper, this one from 1988.
“Crackerbox Palace” – top 20 hit from 1977.
“Take Away” – another top 20 hit, this one from 1979.
“All Those Years” – a tribute to the late John Lennon that reached number two in 1981.
John Lennon released less commercial material than his former bandmates, and he was the last Beatle to have a number one release. His music, however, was certainly as clear and aesthetically pleasing as anything that anyone in the world of music could produce. His selections for this CD:
“Instant Karma!” – his first major solo hit, reaching number three in 1970.
“Whatever Thru The Night” – is the first number one, reaching its peak in 1974.
#9 Dream” – had poetic lyrics, along the lines of Beatles song “Throughout the universe.
“Mind Games” – another song whose lyrics were deep, probing and intellectually stimulating.
“Imagine” – an idealistic song along the lines of “All You Need Is Love”.
“Beautiful Boy” – a tribute to Sean’s son and the expectation of growing up watching him, which unfortunately Lennon never experienced.
“Starting Over” – the biggest hit from the “Double Fantasy” album.
“Woman” – one of his songs saluting Yoko.
As a solo artist, Paul McCartney wrote his own wonderfully melodic tunes, and in terms of chart performance, he was the most successful Beatle as a solo artist. Again, we count the songs he did with the Wings and with Linda McCartney as part of his solo or post-Beatles career.
“Baby I’m Stupet” – a song that has grown in stature over the years, was first released in 1970.
“Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” – number one song from 1971.
“My love” – one of his great melodies, hitting number one in 1973.
“Gang on the Run” – number one song of 1974.
“Jet” – a powerful rocker from 1974.
“Stupid Songs” – was number one for the entire year of 1976, according to Billboard.
“Ascending” – was a live recording number one song in 1980.
“Another Day” – Paul adores a woman who gets up every morning and lives to work.
A CD with hits from the previous year’s Beatle solo would be ripped off on the Internet, stores on the Internet would fly away and the music would rise to the charts.
Sources:
“The Teubnerian Library of Greek and Roman Scripts”, by Fred Bronson, Billboard Books, 2003
“The Billboard Book of Album Numbers” by Craig Rosen, Billboard Books, 1996
Popular and Rock Price Guide, 3rd Edition”, Osborne-Hamilton
“The John Lennon Collection” Audio CD, Capitol Records, 1989
“The Best of George Harrison,” Audio CD, EMI Records, 1976
