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Today's Morning Edition music is the song "Yesterday" by the Beatles, which was No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart 50 years ago Monday. 

Paul McCartney wrote the song and is the only Beatle to perform on it. He says the melody came to him in a dream, but it took him months to come up with the lyrics.

Until he thought of suitable words, McCartney used placeholder lyrics that began with, "Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs..." 

When the song was done, the other Beatles didn't want to release it as a single at first because it was so different than their other songs. As a result, Matt Monro's cover version cracked the top 10 before the Beatles' version. 

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Paul McCartney wrote the song and is the only Beatle to perform on it. When the song was done, the other Beatles didn't want to release it as a single at first because it was so different than their other songs.

Today's Morning Edition music is from the song "Yesterday" by the Beatles which was number one on the Billboard pop chart 50 years ago today. Paul McCartney wrote the song and is the only Beatle to perform on it. He says the melody came to him in a dream, but it took him months to come up the lyrics. Until he thought of suitable words, McCartney used placeholder lyrics which began "Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs..." When the song was done the other Beatles didn't want to release it as a single at first because it was so different than their other songs. As a result, Matt Monro's cover version cracked the top ten before the Beatles.

'Yesterday' hit top 10 as cover song before Beatles version

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