Word Ladder #5 - Fab Four Edition

Each word sounds kind of like the one above it. More or less.
Answers must correspond to yellow box.
Everybody’s got something to hide, except me and my monkey.
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Beatle and gospel writer.
John
Flag Day month.
June
Precious stone.
Jewel
Betting or Olympic-sized ____.
Pool
Beatle and epistle writer.
Paul
Hawaiian harbor.
Pearl
Bulimic’s binge & _____.
Purge
Gershwin’s “_____ and Bess.”
Porgy
Beatle and dragon slayer.
George
Sex party.
Orgy
Bach’s instrument.
Organ
Pizza spice.
Oregano
The remaining Beatle.
Ringo
Church basement game.
Bingo
“_____ for the Benefit of Mr. Kite”
Being
You’re _______ a dead horse.
Beating
Scarab, for example.
Beetle
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