George Martin demands credit for Yesterday

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Martin demands credit for Yesterday

21/02/2006 - 11:03:32

Songwriter George Martin is demanding recognition for co-writing The
Beatles' hit Yesterday, insisting he penned the track alongside Paul
McCartney.

The song's composers are officially listed as McCartney and late Beatle John
Lennon, but Martin claims McCartney added Lennon's name to the songwriters
list, despite the Imagine singer having no involvement in the melody.

went away and wrote a score for a string quartet to go with it.

"Two days later I was rehearsing it and Paul McCartney walked in. He'd never
seen a score before, and he said, 'It hasn't got my name on it.'

"So I handed him a pencil and he signed it.

"He wrote John Lennon's name too - although he had nothing to do with it -
and added Esquire to mine."

Meredith...

Yes.

Meredith...

Maybe it's because, after 30+ years, McCartney suddenly decided to
change the order of the writing credits on Yesterday (instead of
Lennon/McCartney, Paul now wants Yesterday's writing credits noted as
McCartney/Lennon).

Meredith...

I'm guessing it has nothing to do with royalties, too. I think Martin is
reminding McCartney that McCartney/Lennon isn't correct either.

Meredith...

Granted, Martin could have gotten his message across in a number of
ways, but I think this approach will be very effective. Hopefully, it
will deter McCartney from opening another can of worms.