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Percussion

Generic percussion - unspecified instruments.

151

songs

Performed byRingo Starr Paul McCartney John Lennon George Harrison Mal Evans Andy White Neil Aspinall Norman Smith Tristan Fry

Analysis

Every song on this page, across all of them: others, ringo, paul, john and george.

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early30 · 22%

Mid-period60 · 43%

Late48 · 35%

By Album

Past Masters21

The Beatles (The White Album)20

Abbey Road13

Revolver12

Help!11

Magical Mystery Tour11

Rubber Soul10

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band10

The instruments that played it

Every model the catalogue names for this part, counted by the year of the session.

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Songs(139 of 151)

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	-	-
2	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	Andy White	-
3	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-	-
4	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	Ringo Starr	-
5	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	-	-
6	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	-
7	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	Paul McCartney	-

8	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	-	-
9	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	-	-
10	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	-
11	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	-
12	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	-
13	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Ringo Starr,Norman Smith	-
14	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	-	-
15	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-	-
16	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-	-
17	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-	-
18	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-	-
19	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-	-
20	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	Ringo Starr	-
21	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-	-
22	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
23	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	-	-
24	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-	-
25	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-	-
26	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-	-
27	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
28	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-	-

29	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-	-
30	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	-	-
31	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	-	-
32	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	-	-
33	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	-	-
34	Help!	1965	Help!	John	-	-
35	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	-	-
36	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	Ringo Starr,John Lennon	-
37	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	-	-
38	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	-	-
39	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	-	-
40	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	-	-
41	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	-	-
42	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	-	-
43	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	-	-
44	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	-	-
45	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	-	-
46	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
47	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	-	-
48	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-	-
49	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-	-
50	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-	-
51	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	-	-
52	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	-	-
53	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	-	-
54	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	-	-
55	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-	-
56	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	-	-
57	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	-	-
58	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	-	-
59	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	-	-
60	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
61	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	-	-
62	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	-	-
63	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	-	-
64	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	-	-
65	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	-	-
66	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	Ringo Starr	-
67	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	-	-
68	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	-	-
69	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	Mal Evans	-
70	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-	-
71	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Ringo Starr,George Harrison,John Lennon,Paul McCartney	-
72	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Tristan Fry	-
73	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-	-
74	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-	-
75	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
76	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-	-
77	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	George Harrison,Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr,John Lennon	-
78	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-	-
79	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	-	-
80	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	-	-
81	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	-	-
82	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-	-
83	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-	-
84	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Paul McCartney	-
85	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-	-
86	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	-	-
87	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	-	-
88	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	George Harrison,Neil Aspinall,Mal Evans,Ringo Starr,John Lennon	-
89	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
90	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-	-
91	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-	-
92	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	-	-
93	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-	-
94	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	-	-
95	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	John Lennon	-
96	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	-	-
97	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-	-
98	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-	-
99	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-	-
100	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	-	-
101	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
102	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-	-
103	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Ringo Starr	-
104	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	John Lennon,Ringo Starr	-
105	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-	-
106	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Paul McCartney	-
107	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
108	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-	-
109	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-	-
110	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-	-
111	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-	-
112	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-	-
113	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-	-
114	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Paul McCartney	-
115	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	Ringo Starr,Paul McCartney	-
116	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	-	-
117	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-	-
118	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-	-
119	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	John Lennon	-
120	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	-	-
121	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	-	-
122	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
123	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	-	-
124	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	-	-
125	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	-
126	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	Ringo Starr	-
127	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Ringo Starr	-
128	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	-	-
129	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	-	-
130	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	-
131	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	-
132	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	-	-
133	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	Ringo Starr	-
134	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	-	-
135	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr	-
136	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	-	-
137	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	-	-
138	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr,George Harrison	-
139	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	Ringo Starr,Paul McCartney	-

Updated 2026-10-09

Percussion

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The instruments that played it

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Songs(139 of 151)

Love Me Do

P.S. I Love You

Please Please Me

Do You Want to Know a Secret

I Saw Her Standing There

I'll Get You

Don't Bother Me

Hold Me Tight

I Wanna Be Your Man

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Sie Liebt Dich

Can't Buy Me Love

I Call Your Name

You Can't Do That

A Hard Day's Night

And I Love Her

Any Time at All

I'll Cry Instead

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

Things We Said Today

She's a Woman

Baby's in Black

Eight Days a Week

Every Little Thing

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

I'll Follow the Sun

I'm a Loser

No Reply

What You're Doing

Ticket to Ride

Yes It Is

I'm Down

Help!

Another Girl

I Need You

I've Just Seen a Face

It's Only Love

Tell Me What You See

The Night Before

You Like Me Too Much

You're Going to Lose That Girl

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

Day Tripper

Drive My Car

I'm Looking Through You

If I Needed Someone

In My Life

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Run for Your Life

The Word

Think for Yourself

Wait

We Can Work It Out

You Won't See Me

Rain

Paperback Writer

And Your Bird Can Sing

Doctor Robert

For No One

Good Day Sunshine

Got to Get You into My Life

Here, There and Everywhere

I Want to Tell You

Love You To

She Said She Said

Taxman

Tomorrow Never Knows

Yellow Submarine

Penny Lane

Strawberry Fields Forever