Paul McCartney 'hid identity' on rare solo song - it failed to make Beatles' album

Paul McCartney and John Lennon's songwriting skills didn't just benefit The Beatles. The dynamic duo penned numerous tracks that became hits for other artists during the 1960s. ‌

In the early part of the decade, The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein leveraged John and Paul's talent to boost other artists he managed. He would commission them to write songs or distribute songs they'd already written to other artists in his roster, such as Cilla Black and Bootle-born Billy J. Kramer and his band The Dakotas.

But it wasn't just Epstein's artists who benefited. John and Paul also wrote 'I Wanna Be Your Man', The Rolling Stones' first hit, and gifted songs to bands like Badfinger ('Come and Get It') and Peter and Gordon ('A World Without Love'), which turned into massive successes. Meanwhile, McCartney confirmed he was in floods of tears as he tried to write an 'emotional' song.

Peter and Gordon, in particular, reaped significant benefits from John and Paul's work. Paul had written 'A World Without Love' when he was just 16, reports the Liverpool Echo.  

When he moved in with then-girlfriend Jane Asher in 1963, her brother Peter Asher (of Peter and Gordon) heard the song and asked if he could have it.  Paul didn't think the song was up to par for The Beatles to record, so he was happy to give it away, having already offered it to Billy J. Kramer.  Peter then recorded it with Gordon, and it was released in February 1964 on an album of the same name. It soared to number one in both the UK and the USA.  ‌

It marked the inaugural song credited to John and Paul that wasn't performed by The Beatles to climb the charts. Paul subsequently penned the track 'Nobody I Know' for Peter and Gordon as a follow-up to their chart-topper, before the duo recorded another Lennon-McCartney composition 'I Don't Want to See You Again'.  Paul then chose to launch an experiment. With the next track he crafted for Peter and Gordon, he opted to use a pseudonym.

Source: John O'sullivan, Dan Haygarth/irishstar.com

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