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Spoken word

Performers credited with spoken-word contributions - announcements, asides, count-ins, dialogue - distinct from sung vocals.

10
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22
total uses
Ten people speak on thirteen Beatles recordings. John Lennon speaks on eight of them, ahead of Paul McCartney on five and Mal Evans on two. Most of them are credited on one record only, seven of the ten, including Mark Dignam (on 'I Am the Walrus'), George Harrison (on 'Revolution 9') and George Martin (on 'Revolution 9'). The Magical Mystery Tour album shows more of them than any other album for its length, three of the ten across its eleven tracks. More of them were written by McCartney than by anyone else, eight of the thirteen.
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All Values(10)

#ValueSongs% of total
1John Lennon

John Lennon contributing spoken word.

8
36.4%
2Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney contributing spoken word.

5
22.7%
3Mal Evans

Road manager and personal assistant to the Beatles from the Cavern years through the rooftop concert.

2
9.1%
4Yoko Ono

Japanese conceptual artist and John Lennon's partner from 1968 and wife from 1969.

1
4.5%
5Alistair Taylor

Apple Corps general manager and the Beatles' personal fixer through the 1960s.

1
4.5%
6George Martin

Classically trained English producer, arranger, and head of EMI's Parlophone label, widely called the 'Fifth Beatle' for his central role in shaping the band's recordings.

1
4.5%
7George Harrison

George Harrison contributing spoken word.

1
4.5%
8John Bryning

British actor active in mid-20th-century radio and theatre.

1
4.5%
9Philip Guard

British actor active in mid-20th-century radio and theatre.

1
4.5%
10Mark Dignam

British stage, film and radio actor (1909-1991).

1
4.5%