John Lennon's frustration over giving away Beatles song he later performed himself
Paul McCartney and John Lennon were not only the dynamic duo behind The Beatles' hits, but they also penned tunes for other big names in the 60s, with McCartney also providing the inspiration for the name of an iconic rock band.
The ECHO has delved into how the pair - whose tense relationship is often cited as one of the reasons why the band split up - crafted The Rolling Stones' first smash 'I Wanna Be Your Man,' as well as supplying chart-toppers to groups like Badfinger with 'Come and Get It' and Peter and Gordon with 'A World Without Love.'
Beatles manager Brian Epstein was well aware of the goldmine he had in John and Paul's songwriting genius, with McCartney once writing 'a huge' song for the Beatles but then giving it to another band. He often tasked them with creating hits or passed on their compositions to other acts under his wing.
One such beneficiary was Bootle's own Billy J. Kramer and his band, The Dakotas. Billy soared to stardom in the swinging sixties, thanks to a series of chart-busters from the Lennon-McCartney team, including 'Bad to Me,' which hit the top spot in the UK charts in 1963, reports the Liverpool Echo.
The origins of 'Bad to Me' are somewhat muddled. Billy claimed in a 1964 interview that it was co-written with Paul in the back of a van.
Yet, John gave a different version in a 1980 Playboy interview, asserting that he wrote it solo while vacationing with Brian in Spain in April 1963. John shared with the magazine: "I was rather enjoying the experience, thinking like a writer all the time."
Source: irishstar.com/Dan Haygarth
