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Violin

Bowed orchestral string instrument, soprano range.

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The violin is on 22 Beatles recordings, from 1965 to 1970. It first turns up on 'Yesterday', cut 14 June 1965, and was last heard on 'I Me Mine', with the Let It Be album leaning on it hardest, four of its twelve tracks. More of them come from 1967 on than from the first four years, nineteen against one. The lead vocals go Paul on eight, John on four, George on four and Ringo on two. All four of them take the lead on 'Carry That Weight'. On 'Within You Without You' it is eight-piece string section, 8 violins. On 'All You Need Is Love' it is Harrison, on the backing track.

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Performer(s)	Notes
1	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	Sidney Sax,Tony Gilbert	2 violins
2	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Jurgen Hess,Sidney Sax,John Sharpe,Tony Gilbert	4 violins
3	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Henry Datyner,Ernest Scott,Granville Jones,Donald Weekes,Lionel Bentley,D. Bradley,Hans Geiger,David McCallum,Sidney Sax,Jurgen Hess,Bill Monro,Erich Gruenberg,Carlos Villa	13 violins
4	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	Jose Luis Garcia,José‐Luis García,Derek Jacobs,Erich Gruenberg,Trevor Williams	4 violins
5	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	Alan Loveday,Jack Rothstein,Paul Scherman,Erich Gruenberg,David Wolfsthal,Ralph Elman,Julien Gaillard,Jack Greene	Eight-piece string section: 8 violins
6	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	John Ronayne,George Harrison,Eric Bowie,Sidney Sax,Patrick Halling	Harrison, on the backing track
7	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Ralph Elman,Sidney Sax,Jack Greene,Jack Rothstein,Jack Richards,John Jezzard,Louis Stevens,Andrew McGee	8 violins

8	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-	10 violins
9	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Jack Fallon	Country-style fiddle obbligato
10	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Eric Bowie,Henry Datyner,Norman Lederman,Ronald Thomas	4 violins
11	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Uncredited	12 violins
12	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Les Maddox,Dennis McConnell,Bernard Miller,Lou Sofier	4 violins
13	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Henry Datyner,Ronald Thomas,Norman Lederman,Eric Bowie	4 violins
14	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	Uncredited	-
15	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Uncredited	12 violins
16	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	Uncredited	12 violins
17	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-	-
18	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Uncredited	Album version only
19	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	-	Spector orchestral overdub
20	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	Uncredited	18 violins
21	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	-	18 violins
22	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	Songa Lee,Serena McKinney,Andrew Bulbrook,Charlie Bisharat,Adrianne Pope,Neel Hammond	-

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Songs(22)

Yesterday

Eleanor Rigby

A Day in the Life

She's Leaving Home

Within You Without You

All You Need Is Love

I Am the Walrus

Hey Jude

Don't Pass Me By

Glass Onion

Good Night

Martha My Dear

Piggies

Carry That Weight

Golden Slumbers

Something

The End

Let It Be

Across the Universe

I Me Mine

The Long and Winding Road

Now and Then