record_label wingspan: hits and history
John Winston Ono Lennon , ( born John Winston Lennon ; 9 October 19408 December 1980 ) was an ___MASK46___ singer and songwriter who co - founded ___MASK6___ , the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music . With fellow member Paul McCartney , he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership . ___MASK6___ were an ___MASK46___ rock band , formed in Liverpool in 1960 . With members John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr , they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era . Rooted in skiffle , beat , and 1950s rock and roll , ___MASK6___ later experimented with several musical styles , ranging from ___MASK35___ ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock , often incorporating classical elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways . In the early 1960s , their enormous popularity first emerged as " Beatlemania ", but as the group ' s music grew in sophistication , led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney , they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the counterculture of the 1960s . Denny Laine ( born Brian Frederick Hines , 29 October 1944 ) is an ___MASK46___ musician , singer , songwriter and guitarist . He was an original member of the Moody Blues , singing the band ' s first hit " Go Now " in 1964 , and was a member of Wings with Paul McCartney from 1971 to 1981 . George Harrison , ( 25 February 1943  29 November 2001 ) was an ___MASK46___ guitarist , singer , songwriter , and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of ___MASK6___ . Often referred to as " the quiet Beatle ", Harrison embraced Hindu mythology and helped broaden the horizons of his fellow Beatles as well as their Western audience by incorporating Indian instrumentation in their music . Although most of ___MASK6___ ' songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions . His songs for the group included " Taxman ", " Within You Without You ", " While My Guitar Gently Weeps ", " Here Comes the Sun " and " Something ", the last of which became ___MASK6___ ' second - most covered song . Wingspan : Hits and History is a greatest hits compilation ___MASK5___ by Paul McCartney featuring material spanning his first solo ___MASK5___ McCartney in 1970 to the 1984 Give My Regards To Broad Street movie soundtrack . This set is officially credited to Paul McCartney , although the bulk of the music included was performed by his former band Wings . American and British editions of the ___MASK5___ vary slightly , as the UK edition contains the studio version of `` Coming Up '' while the US edition contains `` Coming Up ( Live at Glasgow ) '' , which had reached number 1 on the Billboard singles chart . The Japanese version of the ___MASK5___ also includes `` Eat at Home '' , which had been issued as a 1971 single in the non - ___MASK46___ - speaking world , as a bonus cut on the `` Hits '' disc . Richard Starkey , ( born 7 July 1940 ), known professionally as Ringo Starr , is an ___MASK46___ musician , singer , songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for ___MASK6___ . He occasionally sang lead vocals , usually for one song on an album , including " With a Little Help from My Friends ", " Yellow Submarine " and their cover of " Act Naturally ". He also wrote ___MASK6___ ' songs " Don ' t Pass Me By " and " Octopus ' s Garden ", and is credited as a co - writer of others , including " What Goes On " and " Flying ". Give My Regards to Broad Street is the fifth ___MASK2___ by Paul McCartney , as well as the soundtrack album to his 1984 film of the same name . The album reached number 1 on the UK chart . The lead single , " No More Lonely Nights ", was BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominated . It was also to be his final album to be released under Columbia Records , which had been his US Label for over 5 years . A soundtrack ___MASK5___ is any ___MASK5___ that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show . The first such ___MASK5___ to be commercially released was Walt Disney ' s " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ", the soundtrack to the film of the same name , in 1938 . The first soundtrack ___MASK5___ of a film ' s orchestral score was that for Alexander Korda ' s 1942 film " Jungle Book ", composed by Miklós Rózsa . However , this ___MASK5___ added the voice of Sabu , the film ' s star , narrating the story in character as Mowgli . ___MASK47___ ( also known simply as Columbia ) is an American ___MASK18___ ___MASK100___ owned by ___MASK96___ ( SME ), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America , Inc ., the United States division of Sony Corporation . It was founded in 1887 , evolving from an earlier enterprise named the American Graphophone Company , the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company . Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business , being the second major ___MASK18___ company to produce recorded records . ___MASK47___ went on to release records by an array of notable singers , instrumentalists , and bands . From 1961 to 1990 , its recordings were released outside the U . S . and Canada by the CBS Records ___MASK100___ ( which was named after the Columbia Broadcasting System ) to avoid confusion with the ___MASK45___ ___MASK100___ of the same name , before adopting the Columbia name internationally in 1990 . It is one of Sony Music ' s three flagship ___MASK18___ labels alongside RCA Records and Epic Records . Sir James Paul McCartney , ( born 18 June 1942 ) is an ___MASK46___ singer - songwriter , multi - instrumentalist , and composer . With John Lennon , George Harrison , and Ringo Starr , he gained worldwide fame with the rock band ___MASK6___ , largely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of ___MASK35___ music . His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most celebrated of the post - war era . After the band ' s break - up , he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife , Linda , and Denny Laine .