Scat singing

Improvised wordless syllabic singing, often associated with jazz.

songs

Analysis

Song count per year

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

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period5 · 38%

Late8 · 62%

Book

All the Songs

Margotin & Guesdon

Book

The Beatles: Complete Scores

Hal Leonard

Sheet music

Musicnotes – Beatles Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Musicnotes

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Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	la-la (bridge Ahh-la-la-la)
2	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	tit-tit / dit-dit
3	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	la-la
4	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	na-na
5	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	'Da da dada' verse 3 vocal
6	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	'Pa-pa-pa' brass-imitation vocals
7	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	na-na (coda chant)

8	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Vocal bass line and outro vocables
9	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	sha-la (Shoo-be-doo-wah doo-wop)
10	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	'Do-do-do' chorus
11	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	'La-la-la-la-la' backing throughout choruses
12	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	'Doo-dah' outro vocables
13	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	-