In newly unearthed interviews, it appears they also remembered certain aspects of The Beatles' legacy differently, demonstrating opposing views when it came to their (and Ringo Starr’s) input when it came to their comedy film A Hard Day’s Night, which came out in 1964.- (Express.co.uk)
The consensus among The Beatles was that the name of the movie, which was also the title of their third studio album, containing some songs from the soundtrack, originated with Starr.
“I was going home in the car and Dick Lester [the film’s director] suggested the title Hard Day’s Night from something Ringo had said,” Lennon told Playboy in 1980.
“I had used it in In His Own Write [the book he was penning at the time], but it was an off-the-cuff remark by Ringo.
“You know, one of those malapropism. A Ringo-ism, where he said it not to be funny… just said it,” he continued.
“So Dick Lester said, ‘We are going to use that title.’”
However, in an interview for The Beatles Anthology years later, McCartney told a different story.
He claimed it was the band, not Lester, who had come up with the ideas of using Starr’s accidental misstep as the title for the film.
“The title was Ringo’s,” he said firmly. “We’d almost finished making the film, and this fun bit arrived that we’d not known about before, which was naming the film.”
“So we were sitting around at Twickenham studios having a little brainstorming session and we said, ‘Well, there was something Ringo said the other day.’
“Ringo would do these little malapropisms, he would say things slightly wrong, like people do, but his were always wonderful, very lyrical,” McCartney recalled. “They were sort of magic even though he was getting it wrong.
“And he said after a concert, ‘Phew, it’s been a hard day’s night.’”
In a 1984 interview with Playboy, McCartney shed more light on Starr’s natural ability to play around with words and phrases.
