In Part 2 of our podcast we explore what inspired Paul McCartney to write the song, “She’s Leaving Home.” We learn how John Lennon’s childhood experiences formed an important contribution to the lyrics to this song. We'll share more insights into the grand songwriting competition between Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson, of The Beach Boys, and reveal the inspiring, fateful, and tearful conclusion.

Songs:

She’s Leaving Home, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, and Winter

You Keep Me Hangin’ On, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Because, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Mike Sugar

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Look Away (theme song for the television series, a Series of Unfortunate Events), Nick Urata and Daniel Handler; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky), Bill Conti, Carol Connors, and Ayn Robbins; performed by Mike Sugar

That Day is Done, Paul McCartney and Declan MacManus; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

California Dreamin, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

God Only Knows, Brian Wilson and Tony Asher; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Original music score composed, performed, and produced by Mike Sugar

Sources:

Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company, 2016

Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York, 2006

With a Little Help from my Friends, the making of Sgt. Pepper, George Martin, with William Pearson; Little Brown and Company, 1994

I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir, Brian Wilson and Ben Greenman; Da Capo Press, 2016

All You Need Is Ears, George Martin with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin’s Press, 1979

The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books, 2000

The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press, 2003

Many Years From Now, Barry Miles; Vintage Books, Harvill Secker, 1997

Meet the Runaway Who Inspired ‘She’s Leaving Home, Jordan Runtagh; Rolling Stone,

May 23, 2017

A Hard Day’s Write; The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song, Steve Turner; !T Books, 1994

Twilight of the Gods, the Music of the Beatles, Wilfrid Mellers; Schirmer/ Macmillan, 1973

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