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John Legend and The Beatles

John Legend talks about the influence that John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison have had on his music, beginning at the age of eight, when he learnt to play Yesterday!

In an exclusive interview John Legend talks about the influence that John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison have had on his music, from learning to play Yesterday at the age of 8 to the way that they shaped his songwriting and methods of working in the studio.

In between, he picks his own favourite Beatles songs, discusses the songwriting of Lennon, McCartney & Harrison at length, gives listeners a unique insight into his own songwriting and lets us in on the one song that he thinks sums John Legend up more than any other!

57 minutes

Music Played

  • John Legend

    Let It Be (Radio 2 Session, 7 Feb 2014)

  • The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 006.
  • The Beatles

    Yesterday

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 011.
  • The Beatles

    You Really Got A Hold On Me

    • With The Beatles.
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.
  • John Legend

    All Of Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • The Beatles

    Eleanor Rigby

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 016.
  • The Beatles

    Blackbird

  • John Legend

    Never Break

    • Bigger Love.
    • Columbia.
  • The Beatles

    Come Together

  • The Beatles

    Something

  • The Beatles

    Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End

    • Abbey Road.
    • Apple.
    • 14.
  • John Legend

    Ordinary People

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Nov 2021 21:00