Quincy Jones Interview

Schubert its generally known fact that not all songs credited to Lennon-McCartney were in fact written by both, especially in the latter years. Their arrangement was all songs the two of them did with The Beatles were credited to both, however many credited to Lennon/Mccartney were written solely by either Lennon or McCartney.

Other that that it is a pretty safe bet that the songs that were credited as written by one or more members of The Beatles were in fact.   No shenanigan's there!

Regarding The Monkees, most all of their earlier songs were written by others and credited accordingly, but I believe many of their latter songs were in fact written by group members. Not to say that they may not have still had some help. Not sure about that.

My understanding is the Monkees were permitted to play their own instruments around the time of their third album. Originally that was not in the plans.

A lot of The Monkees stuff actually holds up pretty well as pop music IMHO. Most of their songs do not all sound the same at all. Rather diverse actually! I still enjoy them. Does that make me a bad person? Tapioca Tundra remains one of my favorite 60’s treats that I never get tired of.