The Beatles Lovely Rita 1967

Written by: LennonMcCartney Recorded: 23, 24 February; 7, 21 March 1967 Producer: George Martin Engineer: Geoff Emerick Released: 1 June 1967 (UK), 2 June 1967 (US) Paul McCartney: vocals, piano, bass, comb and paper John Lennon: backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, comb and paper George Harrison: backing vocals, acoustic rhythm guitar, comb and paper Ringo Starr: drums, comb and paper George Martin: piano Available on: Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Paul McCartney s affectionate tale of a female traffic warden was originally written as an antiauthority satire. As McCartney later explained, I was thinking it should be a hate but then I thought it would be better to love