Why does every Beatles song have the songwriter credited as “Lennon-McCartney”?

Literally every song has the song has the songwriter credited as “Lennon-McCartney”…why?

Did they actually write every song together?

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BamPow · 51-55, M

The Stones had a similar arrangement where songs were credited to Jagger-Richards even if there were other writers. Mick Taylor lost tons of money in publishing by being omitted for his contributions while he was in the band. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were other contributors similarly stiffed by Lennon and McCartney.

GhostNuclear · M

@BamPow who is Mick Taylor?

BamPow · 51-55, M

@GhostNuclear Mick Taylor was their second guitar player from ‘69 to ‘74. Taylor replaced Brian Jones and was replaced by Ron Wood after Rod Stewart disbanded his British-based band and set up in the U.S. Mick Taylor was on several Stones albums as a full member, including Sticky Fingers and Exile. On Sticky, he wrote “Moonlight Mile” with Jagger, but the song was still published as Jagger-Richards. Mick Taylor was also a huge part of the jam sessions in France that culminated in Exile and wasn’t credited for his writing contributions. He was a hugely important part of their sound during those years and didn’t get the recognition he deserved for it.