Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1957-65 (2008)

Genres - Music  |   Sub-Genres - Biography, Music History  |   Run Time - 79 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |  
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Synopsis by Joe Viglione

An eighty minute documentary on the songwriting of Lennon & McCartney titled Composing The Beatles Songbook but including commentary by Johnny Rogan on songs written by the pair that were utilized by other artists -Billy J. Kramer, Peter and Gordon, Cilla Black and others. A dozen panelists including Rolling Stone Magazine's Anthony De Curtis, Robert Christgau of The Village Voice and Klaus Voorman discuss the songwriting of John and Paul and that catalog's influence.