Did Frank Sinatra really think "Something" was a Lennon/McCartney song?

Read enough articles about The Beatles and you'll repeatedly hit the claim that Frank Sinatra frequently introduced his cover of George Harrison's "Something" as his "favourite Lennon & McCartney number." Much like the misquote about Ringo not being the best drummer in The Beatles, I think this might be one of those semi-apocryphal lines which has taken on a life of its own. Here's what Paul McCartney has to say in The Beatles Anthology, Episode 4. https://shkspr.mobi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sinatra.webm That was broadcast in 1995 - so we need to look for sources from before that. There's not much Internet before the mid-1990s. Google's mismanagement of the USENET archives is a cultural obscenity. Nevertheless, we can find a few references which predate McCartney's broadcast. 1994-12-26 Frankie used to introduce "Something" as his "tribute to Mr. Lennon and Mr. McCartney" ;^) 1990-03-05 In fact, a friend of mine (a supposed Beatle fan; turns out she's really just a L/M fan),…