<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Lennon--McCartney </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> George Martin </Td> </Tr> <P> "With a Little Help from My Friends" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt . Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and intended as the album's featured vocal for drummer Ringo Starr . The group recorded the song towards the end of the sessions for Sgt . Pepper, with Starr singing as the character "Billy Shears". </P> <P> A subsequent recording of the track by Joe Cocker became a hit single in 1968 and an anthem for the Woodstock era . In 1978, the Beatles' recording, paired with "Sgt . Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", was reissued as a single, and peaked at number 63 in Britain and number 71 in the United States . Starr has regularly performed the song in concert as a solo artist . "With a Little Help from My Friends" was ranked number 311 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . </P>

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