Two legends of the music world are heading to the Milton Rooms in Malton next month.

The fascinating tale of The Songs The Beatles Gave Away, stars BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Bob Harris and former custodian of John Lennon's childhood home Colin Hall.

As The Beatles burst on to the mainstream UK music scene in 1963, John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney had already written so many songs that they could not all be fitted on the band’s recordings – so they offered some of them to other artists.

Bob, the legendary Old Grey Whistle Test presenter and author and music journalist Colin will talk about their love of The Beatles and the songs which McCartney, Lennon and George Harrison penned for other artists including Cilla Black's top 10 hit Step Inside Love, Peter and Gordon's transatlantic chart-topper A World Without Love and Jackie Lomax's debut single Sour Milk Sea.

Colin said: "First and foremost I hope people will enjoy their evening with us and hopefully discover something new about The Beatles. Our remit is to delve into an often overlooked aspect of the story of the Fab Four.

"That aspect is, of course, songs John, Paul and George wrote at the time but chose to give to other artists to record rather than record with The Beatles. Bob and I not only trade stories people may not have heard before but along the way we call upon eyewitnesses such as Sir Paul himself, Sir George Martin, Cilla Black and George Harrison together with clips from the songs themselves."

The stage production was inspired by the Bob-hosted BBC Radio 2 documentary which featured interviews conducted by Colin and Colin's latest book of the same name.

Bob has interviewed all four members of the Fab Four including putting the questions to John for cult BBC2 series The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Colin has also interviewed Sir Paul and for nearly 20 years was custodian of John's childhood home in Liverpool. His BBC Radio 4-featured book The Songs The Beatles Gave Away, which includes a preface from Bob, was Best of British book of the month earlier this year.

Bob and Colin have also worked together for the Sony award-winning BBC Radio 2 programme The Day John Met Paul. Bob said: ‘’Colin is perhaps the world's greatest Beatle authority."

The Songs The Beatles Gave Away is The Milton Rooms on Friday, October 6 at 8pm. Tickets are £20 from themiltonrooms.com