The Beatles Song John Lennon Gave to Ringo Starr That Showed His 'Tender Side'
John Lennon was the least emotional member of The Beatles. He rarely complimented his bandmates and often wrote many of the band’s more dour songs. However, he once gave Ringo Starr a song to sing, which Paul McCartney said showed his “tender side.”
“Good Night” is a song from The Beatles’ The White Album written by John Lennon, but features Ringo Starr on lead vocals. In an interview with David Sheff, Lennon said he initially wrote the tune for his son, Julian, but he decided to give it to Starr.
‘Good Night’ was written for Julian, the way ‘Beautiful Boy’ was written for Sean… but given to Ringo and possibly overlush,” Lennon said.
In a 1968 interview, Starr noted that the song sounded very different from anything else Lennon has written. It sounds more like a track by McCartney, but Starr cleared things up.
“Everybody thinks Paul wrote ‘Goodnight’ for me to sing, but it was John who wrote it for me,” Starr said. “He’s got a lot of soul, John has.”
Source: Ross Tanenbaum/cheatsheet.com
