Lennon–McCartney (also written
Lennon/McCartney and occasionally known as
McCartney–Lennon) was the rock music songwriting partnership between English musicians
John Lennon (9 October 19408 December 1980) and
Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) of
the Beatles. It is one of the best known and most successful musical collaborations in history. Between 1962 and 1969, the partnership published approximately 180 jointly credited songs, of which the vast majority were recorded by the Beatles, forming the bulk of their catalogue.