Harmonica

Blues harmonica – played extensively by Lennon on early singles and BBC recordings

songs

Analysis

Song count per year

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

Early9 · 64%

Mid-period2 · 14%

Late3 · 21%

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Performer(s)	Notes
1	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	John Lennon	Chromatic, dockside-blues riff
2	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	John Lennon	Intro and fills
3	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	John Lennon	Iconic intro hook, overdubbed
4	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	John Lennon	Iconic intro and middle riff
5	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	John Lennon	Intro and outro hooks
6	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	John Lennon	Iconic intro and fills
7	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	John Lennon	–
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8	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	John Lennon	Lennon's signature intro and solo
9	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	John Lennon	Lennon – solo and outro
10	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Mal Evans,Neil Aspinall,John Lennon,Ringo Starr	–
11	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Ray Thomas,John Lennon,George Harrison	Bass harmonica
12	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	John Lennon	–
13	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	John Lennon	–
14	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	John Lennon	–