Timeline
Every song ordered by first recording date, 1962–1970.
Source: Lewisohn (1988) for studio context.
1962
| 4 Sep & 11 Sep 1962 | Love Me Do (Lennon/McCartney) |
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| 11 Sep 1962 | P.S. I Love You (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 26 Nov 1962 | Ask Me Why (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 26 Nov 1962 | Please Please Me (Lennon/McCartney) |
1963
| 11 Feb 1963 | I Saw Her Standing There (Lennon/McCartney) |
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| 11 Feb 1963 | Anna (Go to Him) (Alexander) |
| 11 Feb 1963 | Chains (Goffin/King) |
| 11 Feb 1963 | Boys (Dixon/Farrell) |
| 11 Feb 1963 | Baby It's You (Bacharach/David/Williams) |
| 11 Feb 1963 | Do You Want to Know a Secret (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Feb 1963 | A Taste of Honey (Scott/Marlow) |
| 11 Feb 1963 | There's a Place (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Feb 1963 | Twist and Shout (Medley/Russell) |
| 20 Feb 1963 | Misery (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 5 Mar 1963 | From Me to You (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 5 Mar 1963 | Thank You Girl (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Jul 1963 | She Loves You (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Jul 1963 | I'll Get You (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 18 Jul 1963 | Till There Was You (Willson) |
| 18 Jul 1963 | You Really Got a Hold on Me (Robinson) |
| 18 Jul 1963 | Devil in Her Heart (Drapkin) |
| 18 Jul 1963 | Money (That's What I Want) (Bradford/Gordy) |
| 30 Jul 1963 | It Won't Be Long (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 30 Jul 1963 | All My Loving (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 30 Jul 1963 | Please Mister Postman (Holland/Bateman/Garrett/Dobbins/Gorman) |
| 30 Jul 1963 | Roll Over Beethoven (Berry) |
| 11 Sep 1963 | All I've Got to Do (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Sep 1963 | Don't Bother Me (Harrison) |
| 11 Sep 1963 | Little Child (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Sep 1963 | Not a Second Time (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 12 Sep 1963 | Hold Me Tight (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 12 Sep 1963 | I Wanna Be Your Man (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 17 Oct 1963 | I Want to Hold Your Hand (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 17 Oct 1963 | This Boy (Lennon/McCartney) |
1964
| 29 Jan 1964 | Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon/McCartney) |
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| 25 Feb 1964 | I Should Have Known Better (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 25 Feb 1964 | You Can't Do That (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 27 Feb 1964 | If I Fell (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 27 Feb 1964 | And I Love Her (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 27 Feb 1964 | Tell Me Why (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Mar 1964 | I'm Happy Just to Dance with You (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Mar 1964 | Long Tall Sally (Penniman/Johnson/Blackwell) |
| 1 Mar 1964 | I Call Your Name (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 16 Apr 1964 | A Hard Day's Night (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Jun 1964 | I'll Cry Instead (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Jun 1964 | I'll Be Back (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Jun 1964 | Slow Down (Williams) |
| 1 Jun 1964 | Matchbox (Perkins) |
| 2 Jun 1964 | Any Time at All (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 2 Jun 1964 | Things We Said Today (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 2 Jun 1964 | When I Get Home (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Aug 1964 | Baby's in Black (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 14 Aug 1964 | I'm a Loser (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 14 Aug 1964 | Mr. Moonlight (Johnson) |
| 29 Sep 1964 | Every Little Thing (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 29 Sep 1964 | I Don't Want to Spoil the Party (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 29 Sep 1964 | What You're Doing (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 30 Sep 1964 | No Reply (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 6 Oct 1964 | Eight Days a Week (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 8 Oct 1964 | She's a Woman (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 18 Oct 1964 | Rock and Roll Music (Berry) |
| 18 Oct 1964 | I'll Follow the Sun (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 18 Oct 1964 | Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Leiber/Stoller/Penniman) |
| 18 Oct 1964 | Words of Love (Holly) |
| 18 Oct 1964 | Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby (Perkins) |
| 18 Oct 1964 | I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 26 Oct 1964 | Honey Don't (Perkins) |
1965
| 15 Feb 1965 | I Need You (Harrison) |
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| 15 Feb 1965 | Another Girl (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 15 Feb 1965 | Ticket to Ride (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 17 Feb 1965 | The Night Before (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 17 Feb 1965 | You Like Me Too Much (Harrison) |
| 18 Feb 1965 | You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 18 Feb 1965 | Tell Me What You See (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 19 Feb 1965 | You're Going to Lose That Girl (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 13 Apr 1965 | Help! (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 10 May 1965 | Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Williams) |
| 14 Jun 1965 | I've Just Seen a Face (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 14 Jun 1965 | Yesterday (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 15 Jun 1965 | It's Only Love (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 17 Jun 1965 | Act Naturally (Russell/Morrison) |
| 17 Jun 1965 | Wait (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 12 Oct 1965 | Run for Your Life (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 13 Oct 1965 | Drive My Car (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 16 Oct 1965 | If I Needed Someone (Harrison) |
| 16 Oct 1965 | Day Tripper (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 18 Oct 1965 | In My Life (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 20 Oct 1965 | We Can Work It Out (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 21 Oct 1965 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 22 Oct 1965 | Nowhere Man (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 3 Nov 1965 | Michelle (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 4 Nov 1965 | What Goes On (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey) |
| 8 Nov 1965 | Think for Yourself (Harrison) |
| 10 Nov 1965 | The Word (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Nov 1965 | You Won't See Me (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Nov 1965 | Girl (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Nov 1965 | I'm Looking Through You (Lennon/McCartney) |
1966
| 6 Apr 1966 | Tomorrow Never Knows (Lennon/McCartney) |
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| 7 Apr 1966 | Got to Get You into My Life (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Apr 1966 | Love You To (Harrison) |
| 13 Apr 1966 | Paperback Writer (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 14 Apr 1966 | Rain (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 17 Apr 1966 | Doctor Robert (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 20 Apr 1966 | And Your Bird Can Sing (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 21 Apr 1966 | Taxman (Harrison) |
| 27 Apr 1966 | I'm Only Sleeping (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 28 Apr 1966 | Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 9 May 1966 | For No One (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 26 May 1966 | Yellow Submarine (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 2 Jun 1966 | I Want to Tell You (Harrison) |
| 8 Jun 1966 | Good Day Sunshine (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 14 Jun 1966 | Here, There and Everywhere (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 21 Jun 1966 | She Said She Said (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 24 Nov 1966 | Strawberry Fields Forever (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 6 Dec 1966 | When I'm Sixty-Four (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 29 Dec 1966 | Penny Lane (Lennon/McCartney) |
1967
| 19 Jan 1967 | A Day in the Life (Lennon/McCartney) |
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| 1 Feb 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 8 Feb 1967 | Good Morning Good Morning (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 9 Feb 1967 | Fixing a Hole (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 13 Feb 1967 | Only a Northern Song (Harrison) |
| 17 Feb 1967 | Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 23 Feb 1967 | Lovely Rita (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 28 Feb 1967 | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 9 Mar 1967 | Getting Better (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 15 Mar 1967 | Within You Without You (Harrison) |
| 17 Mar 1967 | She's Leaving Home (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 29 Mar 1967 | With a Little Help from My Friends (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Apr 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 25 Apr 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 May 1967 | Baby, You're a Rich Man (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 12 May 1967 | All Together Now (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 25 May 1967 | It's All Too Much (Harrison) |
| 26 Jun 1967 | All You Need Is Love (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 22 Aug 1967 | Your Mother Should Know (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 5 Sep 1967 | I Am the Walrus (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 6 Sep 1967 | Blue Jay Way (Harrison) |
| 8 Sep 1967 | Flying (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) |
| 25 Sep 1967 | The Fool on the Hill (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 2 Oct 1967 | Hello, Goodbye (Lennon/McCartney) |
1968
| 12 Jan 1968 | The Inner Light (Harrison) |
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| 3 Feb 1968 | Lady Madonna (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 4 Feb 1968 | Across the Universe (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Feb 1968 | Hey Bulldog (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 30 May 1968 | Revolution 1 (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 30 May 1968 | Revolution 9 (Lennon/Harrison/Ono) |
| 5 Jun 1968 | Don't Pass Me By (Starkey) |
| 11 Jun 1968 | Blackbird (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 26 Jun 1968 | Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 28 Jun 1968 | Good Night (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 8 Jul 1968 | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 10 Jul 1968 | Revolution (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 15 Jul 1968 | Cry Baby Cry (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 19 Jul 1968 | Sexy Sadie (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 31 Jul 1968 | Hey Jude (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 9 Aug 1968 | Mother Nature's Son (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 13 Aug 1968 | Yer Blues (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 15 Aug 1968 | Rocky Raccoon (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 20 Aug 1968 | Wild Honey Pie (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 22 Aug 1968 | Back in the U.S.S.R. (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 28 Aug 1968 | Dear Prudence (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 5 Sep 1968 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) |
| 9 Sep 1968 | Helter Skelter (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 11 Sep 1968 | Glass Onion (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 16 Sep 1968 | I Will (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 18 Sep 1968 | Birthday (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 23 Sep 1968 | Happiness Is a Warm Gun (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Oct 1968 | Honey Pie (Lennon/McCartney) |
| Oct 1968 | Pepperland (Martin) |
| Oct 1968 | Sea of Time (Martin) |
| Oct 1968 | Sea of Holes (Martin) |
| Oct 1968 | Sea of Monsters (Martin) |
| Oct 1968 | March of the Meanies (Martin) |
| Oct 1968 | Pepperland Laid Waste (Martin) |
| Oct 1968 | Yellow Submarine in Pepperland (Martin) |
| 3 Oct 1968 | Savoy Truffle (Harrison) |
| 4 Oct 1968 | Martha My Dear (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 7 Oct 1968 | Long, Long, Long (Harrison) |
| 8 Oct 1968 | The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 8 Oct 1968 | I'm So Tired (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 10 Oct 1968 | Piggies (Harrison) |
| 10 Oct 1968 | Why Don't We Do It in the Road? (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 13 Oct 1968 | Julia (Lennon/McCartney) |
1969
| 24 Jan 1969 | Maggie Mae (Traditional, arr. Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) |
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| 25 Jan 1969 | For You Blue (Harrison) |
| 26 Jan 1969 | Dig It (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) |
| 28 Jan 1969 | Don't Let Me Down (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 30 Jan 1969 | Dig a Pony (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 30 Jan 1969 | I've Got a Feeling (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 30 Jan 1969 | One After 909 (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 30 Jan 1969 | Get Back (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 31 Jan 1969 | Two of Us (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 31 Jan 1969 | Let It Be (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 31 Jan 1969 | The Long and Winding Road (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 22 Feb 1969 | I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 14 Apr 1969 | The Ballad of John and Yoko (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 16 Apr 1969 | Old Brown Shoe (Harrison) |
| 20 Apr 1969 | Oh! Darling (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 26 Apr 1969 | Octopus's Garden (Starkey) |
| 2 May 1969 | Something (Harrison) |
| 6 May 1969 | You Never Give Me Your Money (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 2 Jul 1969 | Golden Slumbers (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 2 Jul 1969 | Carry That Weight (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 2 Jul 1969 | Her Majesty (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 7 Jul 1969 | Here Comes the Sun (Harrison) |
| 9 Jul 1969 | Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 21 Jul 1969 | Come Together (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 23 Jul 1969 | The End (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 24 Jul 1969 | Sun King (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 24 Jul 1969 | Mean Mr. Mustard (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 25 Jul 1969 | Polythene Pam (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 25 Jul 1969 | She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (Lennon/McCartney) |
| 1 Aug 1969 | Because (Lennon/McCartney) |
1970
| 3 Jan 1970 | I Me Mine (Harrison) |
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