Seven Great Classic Songs Featuring Piano By The Beatles
Until The Beatles hit the scene, pop groups just used drums, bass, & guitars. In 1965 The Beatles started to experiment with utilizing different instruments in their songs. What follows are seven of the best Beatles tracks that make use of a piano.
"Hey Jude" is one of The Beatles most well known songs. I mean, really, who can't sing along with "Hey Jude" when they hear it? It was ranked as the 8th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2004 and it's among the band's most played songs on the Last.FM website.
"Let It Be" is one of The Beatles most timeless songs and like all seven of The Beatles piano based songs in this article it was sung and written by Paul McCartney (who also played the piano on all of these songs.) It was title track to the last album The Beatles released, although it was actually recorded before Abbey Road. It was a hit single in countries around the world and is still among their most popular songs today.
"The Long & Winding Road" was The Beatles 20th and final #1 single in the US. It was a song that actually played some role in The Beatles break-up because Paul McCartney was so infuriated by the over the top orchestration that was added to the song by producer Phil Spector. McCartney did not approve of this and actually intended the song to be far more understated. To hear McCartney's intended version of the song check out the Let It Be... Naked album.
"For No One" is a very beautiful ballad from Revolver. Along with the piano, it also features a french horn and a harpsichord. The Beatles were always looking for new sounds to try on their recordings. This song is less well known than it should be. Those of you who only have The Beatles "greatest hits" compilations are really missing out on some of their greatest work. Buy the albums!
"The Fool on the Hill" is a rather quirky tune which includes piano but certainly has many other sounds in there as well (the flutes stand out in particular.)
"Lady Madonna" was another hit song based on the piano (it hit #1 in the UK in the US) for The Beatles. I would say it's amazing how many of The Beatles piano based songs became hits but really that's just par for the course for them. And, oh yeah, the melody for this song became a hit again in the 1990s for the band Sublime ("What I Got.")
"Good Day Sunshine" is another great piano based tune from The Beatles awesome 1966 album Revolver. Along with the piano licks (which are really a good time) I also really enjoy the inventive drumming on this track. Show some love for Ringo Starr. - 18780
"Hey Jude" is one of The Beatles most well known songs. I mean, really, who can't sing along with "Hey Jude" when they hear it? It was ranked as the 8th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2004 and it's among the band's most played songs on the Last.FM website.
"Let It Be" is one of The Beatles most timeless songs and like all seven of The Beatles piano based songs in this article it was sung and written by Paul McCartney (who also played the piano on all of these songs.) It was title track to the last album The Beatles released, although it was actually recorded before Abbey Road. It was a hit single in countries around the world and is still among their most popular songs today.
"The Long & Winding Road" was The Beatles 20th and final #1 single in the US. It was a song that actually played some role in The Beatles break-up because Paul McCartney was so infuriated by the over the top orchestration that was added to the song by producer Phil Spector. McCartney did not approve of this and actually intended the song to be far more understated. To hear McCartney's intended version of the song check out the Let It Be... Naked album.
"For No One" is a very beautiful ballad from Revolver. Along with the piano, it also features a french horn and a harpsichord. The Beatles were always looking for new sounds to try on their recordings. This song is less well known than it should be. Those of you who only have The Beatles "greatest hits" compilations are really missing out on some of their greatest work. Buy the albums!
"The Fool on the Hill" is a rather quirky tune which includes piano but certainly has many other sounds in there as well (the flutes stand out in particular.)
"Lady Madonna" was another hit song based on the piano (it hit #1 in the UK in the US) for The Beatles. I would say it's amazing how many of The Beatles piano based songs became hits but really that's just par for the course for them. And, oh yeah, the melody for this song became a hit again in the 1990s for the band Sublime ("What I Got.")
"Good Day Sunshine" is another great piano based tune from The Beatles awesome 1966 album Revolver. Along with the piano licks (which are really a good time) I also really enjoy the inventive drumming on this track. Show some love for Ringo Starr. - 18780
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