Consensus per this RfC closure and this RfM closure is to use "the Beatles" mid-sentence.

This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

The Beatles Low‑importance This Beatles-related article is within the scope of WikiProject The Beatles, which focuses on improving coverage of English rock band The Beatles and related topics on Wikipedia. Users who are willing to participate in the project should visit the project page, where they can join and see a list of open tasks.The BeatlesWikipedia:WikiProject The BeatlesTemplate:WikiProject The BeatlesThe Beatles articles Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Songs, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to songs on Wikipedia. To-do list: For WikiProject The Beatles A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Articles on each Beatle tour ( Category:The Beatles concert tours). See: Missing articles. Expand : The Lost Lennon Tapes, notable radio series which has spawned many bootlegs. Apple Records See also: Adopt an article Stubs : See: Category:The Beatles song stubs Update : Pics/Graphics wanted: Kenwood. Verify : Beatle wives Other : Project: Add {{ WikiProject The Beatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members and coordinate tasks. Enter articles assessed as stubs onto this list, also list articles needing cleanup and other work here. This article does not yet have a related to do list. If you can think of any ways to improve the article, why not create one?

Neither Paul or George played in this song. John sang all the vocals part and play acoustic guitar, Ringo played drums and Martin piano. McDonald is wrong again, he is always wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.40.0.34 ( talk) 21:09, 29 April 2008 (UTC) reply

MacDonald may well be wrong in this case, but that's not the point. We are recording evidence, not facts. Facts are slippery things that have a way of changing, but evidence does not change. If you are so certain that MacDonald is wrong, then it should be easy for you to find evidence to the contrary from a reliable source. You can't cite yourself, and you can't cite fan sites that are nothing more than unschooled opinions from fans, but there are various published sources and if you find one that doesn't agree with MacDonald, add it to the article. MacDonald's info should stay because despite your opinion that "he is always wrong", he's regarded as an expert. He listened to master tapes, etc., and that combined with multiple published works gives him validity. John Cardinal ( talk) 02:38, 30 April 2008 (UTC) reply

Mark Lewisohn and Walter Everett are the more accurate sources to date. Both claim Harriosn didn´t play. Lewisohn states Paul didn´t play, and Everett says his bass is barley audible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.122.146.28 ( talk) 22:15, 15 July 2010 (UTC) reply

Personally I find it highly unlikely that at that stage in their career they would have a session at which two of the band members weren't even present (and if they were there, why on earth didn't they play?). But my opinion, and yours, do not matter - what matters are reliable sources. It's up to you to add them to the article.-- Pawnkingthree ( talk) 11:27, 3 August 2010 (UTC) reply

The image Image:Withthebeatlescover.jpg is used in this article under a claim of fair use, but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the requirements for such images when used here. In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Please check

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for the use in this article.
• That this article is linked to from the image description page.

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --06:25, 5 November 2008 (UTC) reply