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R&B influence

Black American rhythm-and-blues vocal and rhythm style.

songs

John Lennon's three most-cited musical influences in his Beatles songs: Blues influence (15), R&B influence (15), Bob Dylan influence (14).

John Lennon Blues influence Bob Dylan influence Influence

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early15 · 58%

Mid-period9 · 35%

Late2 · 8%

By Album

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1

Abbey Road1

Songs(26)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	–
2	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Jimmy Reed-style harmonica
3	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
4	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	Call-and-response structure
5	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	–
6	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	–
7	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	–
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8	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	Smokey Robinson model
9	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul, George	1950s doo-wop changes
10	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	12-bar verse frame, blues vocabulary
11	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	Latin-tinged bongo groove and minor-key opening
12	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Soul-tinged arrangement, Shirelles model
13	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	–
14	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	Paul McCartney has directly and repeatedly stated the drum pattern on 'I Feel Fine' was modeled on Milt Turner's drumming on Ray Charles's 1959 'Wh…
15	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	–
16	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul, George	Doo-wop ballad lineage, akin to 'This Boy'
17	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	–
18	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Otis Redding 'Respect' inspired bass
19	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	–
20	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	–
21	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	–
22	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	–
23	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	–
24	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Soul-style brass punctuation
25	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Fats Domino vocal style
26	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–