Listing all unreleased Beatles songs, arranged in order of the year they were written (Beatles compositions) or when they were first performed (cover songs).
LEGEND for available Beatles recordings
STUDIO: Studio outtake. A copy resides in the EMI archives.
DEMO: Home demo.
BBC: Recorded for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Recording date is indicated unless otherwise noted.
GBS: Get Back sessions, recorded at Twickenham Film Studios / Apple Studios, January 2-31, 1969.
LIVE: Live recording.
DECCA: Demo recorded for Decca Records.
LEGEND for unavailable Beatles recordings
BBCx: Recorded for the British Broadcasting Corporation, not aired.
LIVEx: Performed live, unavailable (specific years are indicated in brackets).
STUDIOx: Studio outtake. Tape destroyed.
LEGEND for official releases
Format: Title, year of release (catalogue number)
1956
I Lost My Little Girl (McCartney)
Paul’s first composition, 1956
LIVEx (1957-1959)
GBS – January 25, 1969*
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Let It Be... Naked, 2003 (Apple/Capitol CDP 7243 5 95227 2 2)
1957
All Shook Up (Blackwell/Presley)
LIVEx (1957-1960)
GBS – January 3, 1969
Baby Let’s Play House (Gunter)
LIVE Woolton, Liverpool – July 6, 1957
LIVEx (1960-1962)
GBS – January 26, 1969
Be Bop A Lula (Vincent/Davis)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
LIVE Hamburg, Germany – December 25, 1962*
GBS – January 7 & 9, 1969
STUDIO – July 24, 1969
*Released on:
LP: Live! At The Star-Club, 1977 (Atlantic/Lingasong LS-2-7001)
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Monroe)
LIVEx (1957-1961)
Blue Suede Shoes (Perkins)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
GBS – January 3 & 26*, 1969
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 3, 1996 (EMI CDP 7243 8 34451 2)
Bony Moronie (Williams)
LIVEx (1957-1961)
Come Go With Me (Quick)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
The Cumberland Gap (trad. arr. Donegan)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Everyday (Hardin/Petty)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
Freight Train (trad. arr. James/Williams)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Guitar Boogie (Smith)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Heartbreak Hotel (Axton/Durden/Presley)
LIVEx (1957-1961)
Hello Little Girl (Lennon)
Lennon’s first composition, 1957
LIVEx (1957-1962)
BBCx Teenager’s Turn (Here We Go) – March 7, 1962
DECCA – January 1, 1962*
Released by the Fourmost on:
45: “Hello Little Girl”/“Just In Case”, 1963 (US: ATCO 6280, UK: Parlophone R 5056)
*Released on:
CD: Anthology 1, 1995 (EMI CDP 7243 8 34445 2)
Home (When Shadows Fall) (Van Steeden/Clarkson/Clarkson)
LIVEx (1957-1960)
Honky Tonk Blues (Williams)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Hot As Sun (McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
GBS – January 24, 1969
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney, 1970 (US: Apple STAO 3363, UK: Apple PCS 7102)
Hound Dog (Leiber/Stoller)
LIVEx (1957-1961)
It Takes A Worried Man To Sing A Worried Song (traditional)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Just Fun (Lennon/McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
GBS – January 8, 1969
Keep Looking That Way (Lennon/McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Price)LIVEx (1957-1962)
GBS – January 26, 1969
Lend Me Your Comb (Twomey/Wise/Weisman)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
LIVE Hamburg, Germany – December 28, 1962*
BBC Pop Go The Beatles – July 2, 1963**
*Released on:
LP: Live! At The Star-Club, 1977 (Atlantic/Lingasong LS-2-7001)
**Released on:
CD: Anthology 2, 1996 (EMI CDP 7243 8 34448 2)
Like Dreamers Do (McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
DECCA – January 1, 1962*
Released by the Applejacks on:
45: “Like Dreamers Do”/“Everybody Fall Down”, 1964 (US: London 9681, UK: Decca F 11916)
*Released on:
CD: Anthology 1, 1995 (EMI CDP 7243 8 34445 2)
Looking Glass (Lennon/McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Long Black Train (Lennon)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Lucille (Penniman/Collins)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
BBCx Pop Go The Beatles – August 1, 1963
BBC Pop Go The Beatles – September 3, 1963
BBC Saturday Club – September 7, 1963*
GBS – January 3 & 7, 1969
*Released on:
CD: Live at the BBC, 1994 (Capitol CDP 8 31796 2)
Mailman Blues (Price)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Mean Woman Blues (De Metruis)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
Midnight Special (Prisoner’s Song) (trad. arr. Ledbetter/Lomax)
LIVEx (1957-1960)
GBS – January 3, 1969
Moonglow And The Theme From Picnic (Hudson/De Lange/Mills/Duning/Allen)
LIVEx (1957-1960)
Mystery Train (Parker/Phillips)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Party (Robinson)
LIVEx (1957-1960)
GBS – January 31, 1969
Peggy Sue (Holly/Allison/Petty)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
Putting On The Style (Cazden)
LIVEx (1957)
LIVE Woolton, Liverpool – July 6, 1957
Railroad Bill (traditional)
LIVEx (1957-1961)
Raunchy (Justis/Manker)
LIVEx (1958-1960)
Rock Island Line (Ledbetter)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
GBS – January 24, 1969
Searchin’ (Leiber/Stoller)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
DECCA – January 1, 1962*
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 1, 1995 (EMI CDP 7243 8 34445 2)
Suicide (McCartney)
GBS – January 26, 1969
Released by Paul McCartney on:
LP: McCartney, 1970 (US: Apple STAO 3363, UK: Apple PCS 7102)
Sure To Fall (In Love With You) (Perkins/Claunch/Cantrell)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
DECCA – January 1, 1962
BBC Pop Go The Beatles – June 1, 1963*
BBC Pop Go The Beatles – September 3, 1963
BBC Saturday Club – March 31, 1964
BBC From Us To You – May 1, 1964
GBS – January 6, 1969
*Released on:
CD: Live at the BBC, 1994 (Capitol CDP 8 31796 2)
Sweet Little Sixteen (Berry)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
LIVE Hamburg, Germany – December 25, 1962*
BBCx Pop Go The Beatles – July 2, 1963
BBC Pop Go The Beatles – July 10, 1963**
GBS – January 8 & 24, 1969
*Released on:
LP: Live! At The Star-Club, 1977 (Atlantic/Lingasong LS-2-7001)
**Released on:
CD: Live at the BBC, 1994 (Capitol CDP 8 31796 2)
Tennessee (Perkins)
LIVEx (1957-1961)
GBS – January 9, 1969
That’ll Be The Day (Holly/Allison/Petty)
LIVEx (1957-1960)
DEMO – Summer, 1958*
GBS – January 9, 1969
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 1, 1995 (EMI CDP 7243 8 34445 2)
That’s All Right (Crudup)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
BBC Pop Go The Beatles – July 2, 1963*
GBS – January 6 & 21, 1969
*Released on:
CD: Live at the BBC, 1994 (Capitol CDP 8 31796 2)
That’s My Woman (Lennon/McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
Thinking Of Linking (Lennon/McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
GBS – January 29, 1969
Too Bad About Sorrows (Lennon/McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
GBS – January 8 & 21, 1969
Twenty Flight Rock (Cochran/Fairchild)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
GBS – January 23, 1969
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Williams/David/Lewis)
LIVEx (1957-1962)
GBS – January 3, 1969
Winston’s Walk (Lennon/McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1960)
Years Roll Along (Lennon/McCartney)
LIVEx (1957-1959)
You Were Meant For Me (Freed/Brown)
LIVEx (1957-1960)
1958
Ain’t That A Shame (Domino/Bartholomew)
LIVEx (1958-1961)
Catswalk (McCartney)
LIVEx (1958-1962)
LIVE rehearsal Cavern Club, Liverpool – December, 1962
GBS – January 24, 1969
Released as “Cat Call” by the Chris Barber Band on:
45: “Cat Call”/“Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”, 1967 (Polydor DB 59 133)
Good Rockin’ Tonight (Brown)
LIVEx (1958-1962)
GBS – January 9 & 21, 1969
High School Confidential (Lewis/Hargrave)
LIVEx (1958-1961)
GBS – January 6 & 26, 1969
In Spite Of All The Danger (McCartney/Harrison)
LIVEx (1958-1959)
DEMO – Summer, 1958*
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 1, 1995 (EMI CDP 7243 8 34445 2)
It’s So Easy (Holly/Petty)
LIVEx (1958-1962)
Jailhouse Rock (Leiber/Stoller)
LIVEx (1958-1960)
Johnny B. Goode (Berry)
LIVEx (1958-1962)
BBC Saturday Club – January 7, 1964*
GBS – January 14 & 22, 1969
*Released on:
CD: Live at the BBC, 1994 (Capitol CDP 8 31796 2)
Maybe Baby (Holly/Petty/Hardin)
LIVEx (1958-1961)
GBS – January 29, 1969
No Other Baby (Bishop/Watson)
LIVEx (1958-1959)
Ramrod (Casey)
LIVEx (1958-1960)DEMO – April, 1960
GBS – January 24, 1969
Short Fat Fanny (Williams)
LIVEx (1958-1961)
GBS – January 3 & 24, 1969
Summertime (Gershwin)
LIVEx (1958-1961)
STUDIO (acetate) Hamburg, Germany – October 15, 1960
Recorded with Lu Walters of Rory Storm and The Hurricanes
STUDIO – July 19, 1968
Six-minute instrumental jam
Think It Over (Holly/Allison/Petty)
LIVEx (1958-1962)
When (Reardon/Evans)
LIVEx (1958)
A World Without Love (McCartney)
Written in Forthlin Road, 1958
DEMO – January, 1964
Released by Peter & Gordon on:
45: “A World Without Love”/“If I Were You”, 1964 (US: Capitol 5175, UK: Columbia DB 7225)
You Win Again (Williams)
LIVEx (1958-1961)
GBS – January 8, 1969
Young Blood (Leiber/Stoller/Pomus)
LIVEx (1958-1962)
LIVE Cavern Club, Liverpool – July, 1962
BBC Pop Go The Beatles – June 1, 1963*
*Released on:
CD: Live at the BBC, 1994 (Capitol CDP 8 31796 2)
Your True Love (Perkins)
LIVEx (1958-1962)
GBS – January 3, 1969
1959
Boppin’ The Blues (Perkins/Griffin)
LIVEx (1959-1962)
C’mon Everybody (Cochran/Capehart)
LIVEx (1959-1962)
GBS – January 10, 1969
Do You Want To Dance (Freeman)
LIVEx (1959-1962)
Don’t Be Cruel (To A Heart That’s True) (Blackwell/Presley)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
GBS – January 10, 1969
I Know (Domino/Bartholomew)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
I Wonder If I Care As Much (Everly/Everly)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
It’ll Be Me (Clement)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
Lazy River (Carmichael/Arodin)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
Loving You (Leiber/Stoller)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
Vocal by Stuart Sutcliffe
Maybellene (Berry/Freed/Fratto)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
GBS – January 24, 1969
Movin’ And Groovin’ (Hazlewood/Eddy)
LIVEx (1959-1960)
DEMO – April, 1960
Raining In My Heart (Bryant/Bryant)
LIVEx (1959-1962)
Ready Teddy (Blackwell/Marascalco)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
Rip It Up (Blackwell/Marascalco)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
GBS – January 26, 1969*
*Released in edited form on:
CD: Anthology 3, 1996 (EMI CDP 7243 8 34451 2)
Send Me Some Lovin’ (Marascalco/Price/Blackwell)
LIVEx (1959-1962)
GBS – January 6, 1969
Tequila (Rio)
LIVEx (1959-1960)
STUDIO – October 18, 1964
That’s When Your Heartaches Begin (Fisher/Raskin/Hill)
LIVEx (1959-1961)
Three Cool Cats (Leiber/Stoller)
LIVEx (1959-1963)
DECCA – January 1, 1962*
BBCx Here We Go – January 16, 1963
BBCx Pop Go The Beatles – July 2, 1963
GBS – January 3 & 29, 1969
*Released on:
CD: Anthology 1, 1995 (EMI CDP 7243 8 34445 2)