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Folk rock

Folk-song structures and themes amplified with rock-band instrumentation.

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32 recordings have it, from 1964 to 1970, and 1965 has more of them than any other year, with sixteen. It first turns up on 'I Should Have Known Better', cut 25 February 1964, and was last heard on 'I Me Mine'. More of them come from 1965 or earlier than from 1967 on, 22 against nine. John owns the singing here, nineteen of the 32, against five for George, with Paul on three. Lennon and Harrison reach for it at the same rate, 20% and 20% of their own songs. On 'I'll Be Back': acoustic-led arrangement anticipates folk rock. On 'Baby's in Black': acoustic-led waltz with two-voice lead.

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1964 was the Beatles' biggest year for new musical genres since they began recording: 8 debuts that hadn't appeared on a Beatles record before - including Folk, Folk rock, and Blues.

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-
2	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Acoustic-led arrangement anticipates folk rock
3	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Strummed acoustic feel with harmonica
4	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Dylan-inflected folk-pop hybrid
5	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
6	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	Acoustic-led waltz with two-voice lead
7	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	-

8	Help!	1965	Help!	John	-
9	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	-
10	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	-
11	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	-
12	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	-
13	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	-
14	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	-
15	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
16	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
17	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
18	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	-
19	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
20	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	-
21	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
22	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
23	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	-
24	Long, Long, Long	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
25	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
26	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
27	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	-
28	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	-
29	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	-
30	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	-
31	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	-
32	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	-

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Songs(32)

Things We Said Today

I'll Be Back

I Should Have Known Better

I'm a Loser

No Reply

Baby's in Black

Ticket to Ride

Help!

I Need You

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

It's Only Love

I've Just Seen a Face

Tell Me What You See

We Can Work It Out

Girl

Run for Your Life

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Wait

In My Life

If I Needed Someone

Nowhere Man

I'm Looking Through You

I'm Only Sleeping

Long, Long, Long

Cry Baby Cry

Dear Prudence

The Ballad of John and Yoko

Here Comes the Sun

Across the Universe (Wildlife version)

Two of Us

I Me Mine

Across the Universe