some more music trivia for you: 44 years ago today on oct 4th, the beatles recorded the song martha my dear. paul mccartney wrote it and was the solo beatle to record the song along with some outside backup musicians. the new 8 track method of overdubbing tracks allowed paul to play several instruments and sing the song. paul had an english sheepdog named martha. many believe it was a song to his dog... the song was recorded on the white alb**.