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Everything Fab Four: The Beatles, Humphrey Lyttelton, and “Mountain Madonna”
Paul McCartney's "Lady Madonna" was both startlingly original, and yet, in true Beatles fashion, cheekily appropriated from its forebears.
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Paul McCartney's "Lady Madonna" was both startlingly original, and yet, in true Beatles fashion, cheekily appropriated from its forebears.

The Beatles did love songs like no other band. Hey, all you need is love, right?

Some songwriting credits he shares with Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison. Some he has all to himself.

Fats Domino was a huge influence on this song but the horn section is pure Fab Four ingenuity.

The Aerovons, Liverpool Echo, and Emitt Rhodes truly soaked up the Fab Four vibe…