“Yesterday”‘s Italian Roots?
An Italian producer claims the Beatles’ hit Yesterday is in fact a cover of a 19th century Neapolitan song. Lilli Greco, a song-writer famous during the 1960s and 1970s, played a version of Piccere’ Che Vene a Dicere’ on Italian television late Tuesday. The song, composed in Naples in 1895, appeared remarkably similar to Paul McCartney’s composition.
Various Beatles biographies say McCartney was initially concerned that he had subconsciously plagiarised the song. ‘For about a month I went round to people in the music business and asked them whether they had ever heard it before. This is not the first time that music experts have noted similarities between Yesterday and other songs.
