Outtake of the Week: "That Means A Lot" (Re-make)

The version of "That Means A Lot" heard on The Beatles Anthology was the Beatles' first "best" attempt and they tried to better it through recording a re-make. Take 20 features guitar riffs in the style of "Another Girl" and take 24 features an entirely different riff, still in keeping with the idea that the song could become a mid-tempo rocker with a 4/4 beat. After this studio session, the Beatles gave up on the song, offering it instead to their friend P.J. Proby.



Next installment: June 6

"And I Love Her" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

As Released by the Beatles (1964)

I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love her.

She gives me everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her.

A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me.

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her.

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her
Mmm.

Beatle People: Billy Fury

Billy Fury (born Ronald William Wycherley, 17 April 1940 - 28 January 1983), was an internationally successful British pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which damaged his heart, contributed to his death.

Early years

Born at Smithdown Hospital (later Sefton General Hospital, now demolished), Smithdown Road, Liverpool, Ronnie Wycherley first attended a gig in Birkenhead run by impresario Larry Parnes, in the hope of interesting established artiste Marty Wilde in some of the songs he had written. Instead, in an episode that has become pop music legend, Parnes pushed young Wycherley up on stage right away. He was such an immediate success that Parnes signed him, added him to the tour, and renamed him "Billy Fury."

He released his first hit for Decca, "Maybe Tomorrow," in 1959. By March 1960, he hit UK Number 9 with his own composition "Colette," followed by "That's Love" and his first album The Sound of Fury (1960), which featured a young Joe Brown on lead guitar, with backup vocals by The Four Jays.

After further hits and sacking his band The Blue Flames—which included keyboardist Georgie Fame—auditions were held for a new group and held by Parnes in Liverpool. Among those who failed were the pre-fame Beatles, who for the first time called themselves The Silver Beetles. They were offered the job for £20 a week on condition that they sacked bass guitar player Stuart Sutcliffe. John Lennon refused and the band left after Lennon had secured Fury's autograph. The Beatles were salvaged, however, by being sent on a tour of Scotland with Johnny Gentle and Duffy Power, who were a couple more of Parnes' acts.

UK chart and film success

Fury concentrated less on Rock 'n' Roll and more on mainstream ballads, such as "Halfway to Paradise" and "Jealousy" (both 1961, each of which reached number 2 in the British Singles Chart). This was Decca's decision to mould Fury into a teen idol after his last self-penned song, "My Christmas Prayer," had failed to chart. 1962 and 1963 were Billy Fury's best years chart-wise. However, he was not a typical teen idol; there was too much sexuality in his performances and his renditions were never lightweight in the mold of some singers like Craig Douglas or Jimmy Justice. Fury's fans and contemporaries in music knew he was a rocker and the real thing musically.

In 1962 Fury appeared in his first film Play It Cool, modeled on the Elvis movies. It featured Helen Shapiro, Danny Rivers, Shane Fenton (aka Alvin Stardust) and Bobby Vee who appeared with the Vernons Girls. The hit single from the film was "Once Upon a Dream." In the film Fury did not get the girl but stayed with his friends. There are notable performances by many well-known British actors and performers such as Richard Wattis, Lionel Blair and Dennis Price. The music highlight of the film is Fury's singing of the title track.

Fury's We Want Billy (released 1963, with The Tornados) was one of the first live albums in British rock history and featured renditions of his major hits and covers of several classic R&B songs such as "Unchain My Heart" by Ray Charles. "Turn Your Lamp Down Low" (recorded in 1965 with backing band The Gamblers) was one of the earliest examples of a British act recording a track in the reggae style (with the emphasis on the second and fourth beats of each bar).

In 1965 he appeared in the film I've Gotta Horse, which featured the band The Bachelors. Appearing in minor roles were Michael Medwin, and Jon Pertwee of Doctor Who fame. The album from the film is available in stereo.

Having had more UK hits, such as "It's Only Make Believe" and "I Will" (written by Dick Glasser, not to be confused with the Paul McCartney song), both in 1964, and "In Thoughts of You" in 1965, Fury began a lengthy absence from the charts in 1967, and underwent surgery for heart problems caused by rheumatic fever which led to his abandoning touring. Despite spending many weeks on the charts, Billy Fury never achieved a number one single, but he remained popular even after his hits stopped. Fury's song "I Will" became a US hit for Dean Martin in 1965 and for Ruby Winters in 1977.

Later years and death

In 1973, Fury came out of retirement to play rock 'n' roller "Stormy Tempest" in the film That'll Be The Day. The film, starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, was roughly based on the early days of The Beatles. Ringo Starr was from the same Dingle area of Liverpool as Fury and had originally played drums for Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, who the Stormy Tempest group were said to be modeled on.

Billy Fury's health deteriorated and he underwent heart surgery notably in 1976 and later. In 1980 he was declared bankrupt and it is possible this forced him out of retirement against medical advice.

In 1981 and 1982, Fury was signed to Polydor Records by A&R man Frank Neilson and recorded a comeback album, The One And Only (released posthumously) with Shakin' Stevens' producer Stuart Colman and several singles. Because of his health, Fury did little touring to promote the new album. His last public appearance was at the Sunnyside, Northampton, in December 1982. He recorded a live performance for the television show Unforgettable featuring six of his old hits. At the request of his mother, only four were transmitted, however, as the two others had such great emotional attachment for her.

Fury lived with Lee Middleton from 1959 to 1967, married Judith Hall in May 1969 and lived with the property heiress Lisa Rosen from 1971 until his death on 28 January 1983 at Paddington, West London.

The song "A Wondrous Place," a great favorite of Fury's (so much so that he recorded it at least four times during his career) later received much airplay on British television when it was used as the theme for a Toyota Yaris car advertisement in 1999 and 2000.

Billy Fury was a keen amateur birdwatcher.

He is buried at the Paddington District Cemetery, Milespit Hill, Mill Hill, London NW7. His grave is always well maintained, with fresh flowers and messages from fans.

Discography

Albums

* 1960: The Sound of Fury
* 1960: Billy Fury
* 1961: Halfway to Paradise
* 1963: Billy
* 1963: We Want Billy!

Singles
Year Title Highest UK Chart Position Label
1959 "Maybe Tomorrow" #18 Decca
1959 "Margo" #28 Decca
1959 "Angel Face" - Decca
1959 "My Christmas Prayer" - Decca
1959 "Colette" #9 Decca
1960 "That's Love" #19 Decca
1960 "Wondrous Place" #25 Decca
1960 "A Thousand Stars" #14 Decca
1961 "Don't Worry" #40 Decca
1961 "Halfway to Paradise" #3 Decca
1961 "Jealousy" #2 Decca
1961 "I'd Never Find Another You" #5 Decca
1962 "Letter Full of Tears" #32 Decca
1962 "Last Night Was Made for Love" #4 Decca
1962 "Once Upon a Dream" #7 Decca
1962 "Because of Love" #18 Decca
1963 "Like I've Never Been Gone" #3 Decca
1963 "When Will You Say: "I Love You"?" #3 Decca
1963 "In Summer" #5 Decca
1963 "Somebody Else's Girl" #18 Decca
1963 "Do You Really Love Me Too?" #13 Decca
1964 "I Will" #14 Decca
1964 "It's Only Make Believe" #10 Decca
1965 "I'm Lost Without You" #16 Decca
1965 "In Thoughts of You" #9 Decca
1965 "Run to My Lovin' Arms" #25 Decca
1966 "I'll Never Quite Get Over You" #35 Decca
1966 "Don't Let a Little Pride Stand in Your Way" - Decca
1966 "Give Me Your Word" #27 Decca
1967 "Hurtin' is Loving" - Parlophone
1967 "Loving You" - Parlophone
1967 "Suzanne in the Mirror" - Parlophone
1968 "Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt" - Parlophone
1968 "Silly Boy Blue" - Parlophone
1968 "Phone Box" - Parlophone
1968 "Lady" - Parlophone
1969 "I Call for My Rose" - Parlophone
1969 "All the Way to the U.S.A." - Parlophone
1970 "Why Are You Leaving?" - Parlophone
1970 "Paradise Alley" - Parlophone
1972 "Will the Real Man Stand Up?" - Fury Records
1974 "I'll Be Your Sweetheart" - Warner Brothers
1981 "Be Mine Tonight" - Polydor
1982 "Love or Money" #57 Polydor
1982 "Devil or Angel" #58 Polydor
1983 "Let Me Go, Lover!" - Polydor
1983 "Forget Him" #59 Polydor

References in Popular Culture

His life was dramatized for BBC Radio in 1994, in a play called The Sound of Fury, with Anton Lesser playing the singer.

Wikipedia

May 14, 1968 - Larry Kane Interview

Taped: Tuesday 14 May 1968
Aired: Wednesday 15 May 1968

John Lennon and Paul McCartney promote Apple in New York City.

"Good Day Sunshine" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Original Manuscript (1966)

(16E) INTRO (Breaks etc....)

Good day sunshine
I need to laugh, and when the sun is out
I've got something I can laugh about
I feel good in a special way
I'm in love and it's a sunny day

CHORUS
Good day sunshine

We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground.

Good day sunshine (breaks etc.)

Then we lie beneath a shady tree
I love her, and she's loving me

She feels good, she knows she's looking fine
I'm so proud to know that she is mine

Good day sunshine (FORTE)

length 2:10

Second Manuscript (1966)

Intro (Breaks Etc.) then Good day sunshine
(1) I need to laugh, and when the sun is out
I've got something I can laugh about

(2) I feel good in a special way
I'm in love and it's a sunny day

CHORUS Good day sunshine

(3) We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground
- BREAK - B chord.
Verse in B. Solo (guitar)

Good day sunshine (Breaks etc..)

(4) Then we lie beneath a shady tree,
I love her, and she's loving me

She feels good, she's [sic] knows she's looking fine.
I'm so proud to know that she is mine.

Good day sunshine. (Forte fortas fortissimos)

repeat - end

Length 2.10

As Released by the Beatles (1966)

Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine

I need to laugh and when the sun is out
I've got something I can laugh about.
I feel good in a special way
I'm in love and it's a sunny day.

Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine.

We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground.

Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine.

Then we lie beneath a shady tree
I love her and she's loving me.
She feels good (she feels good), she knows she's looking fine
I'm so proud to know that she is mine.

Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine.
Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine.
Good day sunshine (good day sunshine) (good day sunshine)
(Good day sunshine) (good day...

"All Together Now" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

As Released by the Beatles (1969)

One, two, three, four
Can I have a little more?
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
I love you.

A, B, C, D
Can I bring my friend to tea?
E, F, G, H, I, J
I love you.

Bom bom bom bom-pa bom, sail the ship
Bom-pa bom, chop the tree
Bom-pa bom, skip the rope
Bom-pa bom, look at me.

All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now) (all together now).

Black, white, green, red
Can I take my friend to bed?
Pink, brown, yellow, orange and blue
I love you.

All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now).

Bom bom bom bom-pa bom, ((Oh! boy)), sail the ship
Bom-pa bom, chop the tree
Bom-pa bom, skip the rope
Bom-pa bom, look at me.

All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now (all together now)
All together now
All together now! (wuh, yeah, wahoo!)

Photos of Pattie Boyd - Part 3

Beatle People: Gerry Marsden

Gerry Marsden (born Gerard Marsden on 24 September 1942 in Dingle, Liverpool, England) is an English musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the British band Gerry & The Pacemakers.

Marsden's interest in music began at an early age. He remembers standing on top of an air raid shelter singing "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" and getting a great reception from onlookers. He said to himself then, "This is what I want to do."

Gerry & The Pacemakers were the second group signed by Brian Epstein and remained among his favorite artists. Their first single was "How Do You Do It," recommended by George Martin after it was initially given to The Beatles. This was the first number one hit for the Pacemakers. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and was released on EMI's Columbia label. Marsden said the recording took four or five takes. The band's second number one was "I Like It," followed by "You'll Never Walk Alone." Other singles included "It's Gonna Be Alright" (their "heaviest" song), "I'm the One," "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying," and "Ferry Cross the Mersey."

After leaving the Pacemakers — his brother Fred Marsden, Les Maguire and Les Chadwick—Gerry Marsden maintained a low-key career on television, and starred in the West End musical Charlie Girl alongside Derek Nimmo and Anna Neagle.

He is most remembered for the song "I Like It" and his rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone," which has been adopted as an anthem of several football clubs, the most notable being Liverpool, the club that Marsden supports. He sang the song at Wembley Stadium when Everton faced Liverpool at the 1989 F.A. Cup final shortly after the Hillsborough disaster.

The Pacemakers, albeit with different musicians, still tour today and are a popular oldies draw on the circuit.

Marsden returned to No. 1 in the charts twice during the 1980s with re-recordings of two of his old hits, with all profits going to charity. In 1985 after the Bradford Football Club stadium tragedy in which 56 were killed, he formed a group called "The Crowd," which included other musicians, singers, and radio disc jockeys, to produce a new version of "You'll Never Walk Alone." After the Hillsborough football ground tragedy of 1989 which left 96 dead, he joined forces with Paul McCartney, The Christians, Holly Johnson, and his production trio Stock, Aitken & Waterman on a new version of "Ferry Cross the Mersey."

Marsden's favorite recordings are "Ferry Cross the Mersey," "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."

In 1993, Gerry Marsden published his autobiography, I'll Never Walk Alone, co-written with former Melody Maker editor Ray Coleman.

Wikipedia

John's Street Dream

Here are some never-before-seen clips from the making of John Lennon's 1974 promo films.

From the YouTube description:

Here is something rare indeed. John directed this footage for possible use in one of his promo videos. Most likely "Whatever Gets You Though the Night" but some similar footage was used for "#9 Dream" and aired in the UK. John spent the day around New York filming scenes in Central Park and various other locations. Just John and one camera man. After being in front of the camera for several hours, John wanted to capture some footage of average folks, and filmed these scenes Candid Camera style; most did not know they were being filmed. This is part of several 16mm film reels re-discovered in 2001.

"All My Loving" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

As Released by the Beatles (1963)

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you
Tomorrow I'll miss you
Remember I'll always be true
And then while I'm away
I'll write home every day
And I'll send all my lovin' to you.

I'll pretend that I'm kissing
The lips I am missing
And hope that my dreams will come true
And then while I'm away
I'll write home every day
And I'll send all my lovin' to you.

All my lovin', I will send to you
All my lovin', darlin', I'll be true.

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you
Tomorrow I'll miss you
Remember I'll always be true
And then while I'm away
I'll write home every day
And I'll send all my lovin' to you.

All my lovin', I will send to you
All my lovin', darlin', I'll be true
All my lovin', all my lovin', ooo-ooo
All my lovin', I will send to you.

Beatle People: Tony Barrow

Tony Barrow (born in Crosby, Merseyside, England, 1936) is a Press officer who worked with The Beatles between 1962 and 1968. He coined the phrase "The Fab Four," first using it in an early press release.

Liverpool-born Tony Barrow was very much a part of The Beatles' generation and eventually became one of the longest-serving members of their immediate entourage.

While in the late Fifties when teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney were putting together their earliest group in one part of the city, Tony Barrow was presenting jazz bands and skiffle/folk groups at local dance halls and clubs across town in the north Merseyside suburb of Crosby. Educated locally at Merchant Taylors School he then studied languages at Durham University. In 1954, when he was still a 17-year-old sixth form schoolboy, he landed his first regular freelance writing job as pop/rock record reviewer for the Liverpool Echo, the largest-selling provincial evening newspaper in the UK.

At the beginning of the Sixties, while The Beatles paid their dues in the Hamburg clubs, Barrow moved from Crosby to London to work for the Decca Record Company where he wrote the liner notes that appeared on the back of LP album covers. From his new London base he continued to contribute his weekly record column to the Liverpool Echo and when Liverpool record retailer Brian Epstein signed The Beatles to a management deal at the end of 1961 he contacted Barrow for professional advice. This led to an informal arrangement whereby Barrow became The Beatles' part-time press/publicity consultant which involved promoting the launch of the new EMI band from behind a desk at rival London record company Decca. His earliest task for Epstein was to co-ordinate a media publicity campaign to surround the release of the group's first UK single, "Love Me Do," on EMI's Parlophone label in October 1962. He was paid a one-off freelance fee of around 50 US dollars to compile The Beatles' initial press kit.

When Epstein promised to double his Decca salary, Barrow left the record company to join Epstein's new artists' management company, NEMS Enterprises, on a full-time basis in May 1963. Barrow opened Epstein's first London office and as head of the Press and Public Relations Division, began to promote the careers of not only The Fab Four but also Epstein's other artists from Cilla Black to Gerry & The Pacemakers, from Billy J Kramer With The Dakotas to The Fourmost. In view of his previous employment as a liner-note writer with Decca, it was taken for granted that he would do the same job for The Beatles and Epstein's other acts.

It was Barrow's idea to give out Beatles Christmas greetings to their fan club members. Barrow thought this goodwill gesture might limit the damage done to the group's reputation by delays in replying to an ever-increasing volume of fan mail. The Beatles were three weeks behind in answering membership applications. At the time he said facetiously that he thought of how the Queen always sent out yuletide greetings to her subject every year on UK radio and TV and he decided that The Beatles should "follow her fine example but in their own way." All members of the group's official fan club would receive an exclusive flexi-disc carrying messages from John, Paul, George and Ringo. What started as a one-off damage limitation job grew into an eagerly anticipated annual event.

In 1965 and 1966 Tony Barrow traveled around the globe with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr on The Beatles' biggest, most lucrative and most dangerous international concert tours, conducting their massive daily press conferences wherever they were on the road, accompanying them on their very private "summit of the giants" meeting with Elvis Presley at his home in Bel Air, California, and setting up The Fab Four's media interviews and photo shoots when they returned home. One of Barrow's final tasks as The Beatles' Press Officer was to compile and edit the strip-cartoon story booklet which was part of the "Magical Mystery Tour" recording package at the end of 1967.

When The Beatles set up their own self-management operation, Apple Corps, in 1968, the year after Brian Epstein's death, Barrow's job as The Fab Four's publicist came to its natural end. He left NEMS Enterprises to set up his own independent show business PR consultancy, Tony Barrow international. Headquartered in London's Mayfair district, TBI and its sister company, Tony Barrow Management, represented many of Britain's top entertainers and recording stars in the Seventies (including The Kinks, The Bay City Rollers, The New Seekers, Bob Monkhouse) and an equally awesome list of bill-topping American artists (including David Cassidy, Gladys Knight, David Soul, The Monkees, Tony Bennett, The Jackson Five, Andy Williams, Neil Sedaka) for their European tours.

In 1980, partly because he disliked the unsavory images portrayed by the era's new wave of punk bands, Tony Barrow quit the PR business to return to freelance journalism, writing various books including a highly successful career guide,Inside The Music Business (co-authored with Julian Newby) and John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me, his memoirs of the Sixties.

By 2007, he had become the last surviving professional writer from The Fab Four's original inner circle of business aides and associates and was continuing to take on selected writing and broadcasting assignments including (inevitably) some directly linked to his uniquely memorable years with The Beatles.

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His Master's Choice Discography

HMC 001 - The Beatles And The Great Concert At Shea!
HMC 002 - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - It's Gonna Be Alright
HMC 003 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Remember New York City
HMC 004 - John Lennon - Come On, Listen To Me
HMC 005 - The Rolling Stones - Danger! Keep Behind Barbed Wire
HMC 006 - The Beatles - Revolution take... your knickers off!
HMC 007 - The Beach Boys - Live In London
HMC 008 - John Lennon At Home

John Lennon at Home

Label: His Master's Choice, HMC 008

Disc one: Guitar demos

1. Watching The Wheels 3:05
2. Knocking On Dylan's Door 2:19
3. It Sounds Like A Ballad To Me 4:33
4. More Satire 0:47
5. Lebenstraum 1:24
6. French Song 1:05
7. Serve Yourself 3:51
8. She Is Coming 'Round The Mountain 1:00
9. Dear Yoko 3:36
10. I'm Stepping Out 2:57
11. I Don't Wanna Face It 2:05
12. Borrowed Time 4:48
13. Beautiful Boy 4:08
14. Grow Old With Me 3:05
15. Starting Over 3:06
16. Woman 3:27
17. Say It Again 3:39
18. Nobody Told Me 3:54
19. Nobody Told Me 3:53
20. Nobody Told Me 3:54
21. I'm Losing You 3:05
22. I Ain't Got Time 3:09

Total time: 67:47

Disc two: Piano demos

1. Grow Old With Me 3:05
2. Help Me To Help Myself 2:35
3. I Don't Wanna Sleep Alone 2:50
4. Now And Then 4:59
5. Cleanup Time 9:04
6. Watching The Wheels 12:52
7. Serve Yourself 3:26
8. Memories/Cathy's Clown 5:46
9. Real Love 4:39
10. She's A Friend Of Dorothy 3:24
11. Starting Over 4:21
12. I'm Losing You 5:58
13. I'm Stepping Out 3:12
14. Don't Be Afraid 2:43
15. Why Must We Be Alone 2:29
16. Solitude 5:14

Total time: 77:15

Grow Old With Me (acoustic):



Grow Old With Me (piano):



Nobody Told Me:



My Life (take 3):



Why Must We Be Alone:



She Is A Friend Of Dorothy (take 2):



I Ain't Got Time:



Say It Again:



I Don't Wanna Sleep Alone:



Solitude:

Holy Grail Recording #8 - Complete Quarry Men live songs (1957)

In this series, In The Life Of...The Beatles presents the top 10 unreleased recordings of the Beatles.

By some mysterious stroke of good luck, Bob Molyneux happened to record two songs of the Quarry Men's Woolton Fete gig on July 6, 1957 -- the day that John Lennon met Paul McCartney. The tape was put up for auction at Sotheby's in 1994. Molyneux said of the recordings, "They still give me goose pimples after 37 years." It eventually sold for £78,500 to EMI. Though the recordings are of poor quality, they would still be interesting to hear in their entirety. Here are fragments of the two songs recorded that day: Lonnie Donegan's "Puttin' On The Style" and Elvis Presley's "Baby, Let's Play House."



Next installment: June 2

May 14, 1968 - The Tonight Show

Taped: Tuesday 14 May 1968
Aired: Wednesday 15 May 1968

That evening they appeared on NBC's The Tonight Show where they were interviewed by Joe Garagiola as Johnny Carson was away. As well as discussing their plans for Apple, John used the opportunity to denounce the Maharishi.

John: "We made a mistake. He's human like the rest of us."

"For You Blue" Lyrics

by George Harrison

Original Manuscript, "For You Blues" (1969)

(12 bar A)

Because your [sic] sweet and lovely
Girl - I love you - Because
your [sic] sweet and lovely girl it's true
I love you more than ever girl I do

I want you in the morning girl I
love you - I want you at moment
I feel blue - I'm living every
moment girl for you

I loved you from the moment that I saw you
You looked at me; that's all you had
to do, I feel it now I hope you feel it
too.

As Released by the Beatles (1970)

Queen says no to pot-smoking FBI member.

Because you're sweet and lovely girl, I love you
Because you're sweet and lovely girl, it's true
I love you more than ever girl, I do.

I want you in the morning girl, I love you
I want you at the moment I feel blue
I'm living every moment girl for you.

Bop - bop cat bop
Go Johnny go.
Them old twelve-bar blues.
(Hit it)
Elmore James got nothing on this baby - heh.

I've loved you from the moment I saw you
You looked at me, that's all you had to do
I feel it now, I hope you feel it too.

Because you're sweet and lovely girl, I love you
Because you're sweet and lovely girl, it's true
I love you more than ever girl, I do - really love blues.

Andy White on the "Love Me Do" Session

Q: Some of the history of this is that, the Beatles come into the recording studio in June of 1962 with their first drummer, Pete Best, and record a demo of the song "Love Me Do." George Martin and I guess Ron Richards hear it and think Well, this is, you know, not very good, but maybe we can do something with this. We'll bring in a session drummer. In the meantime the Beatles and Brian Epstein go out, get rid of Pete Best and bring in Ringo Starr. So they bring Ringo Starr into the studio in early September and do a version of "Love Me Do." They're still not happy, so they call out to Mr. Dependable, Andy White, to come in and do this. If you're trying to listen to the difference, you hear different versions of "Love Me Do." The version with Ringo is out there, in fact it was the single in the UK. But on the LP and over here it was Andy's version. You can always tell the version with Andy because Ringo is playing tambourine on there. But something I'd never listened for and Andy told me last night, he said, "I didn't play any hi-hat on it."

WHITE: That's true. I don't know why that was that we didn't use a hi-hat. Maybe because they knew they were going to put Ringo on tambourine. Give him space to play.

Q: But you also said that one of the things you were doing was linking up what you were doing with the bass drum to what Paul was doing on the bass.

WHITE: Yeah, yeah.

Q: And indeed that's one of the things that distinguishes that version of "Love Me Do" from the other two.

WHITE: Absolutely.

Q: Do you remember anything of the session?

WHITE: Oh yeah.

Q: What do you remember?

WHITE: I remember Ringo coming in and seeing me setting up the drums, you know. The look on his face would've killed. And he's never forgotten it, even to this day.

Q: Have you talked to him since then?

WHITE: I never talked to him at all, ever. I was involved with John and Paul that whole session because they had done the music and they'd use routines of course, so I had to learn the routines and the time was all taken up with that. I didn't speak to George or Ringo not because I didn't want to, but I was just too busy. And we also did a take of "Please Please Me," which went on the first album, my version.

Q: Your version. Oh really?

WHITE: Yeah. And I like that one because that was a good arrangement, a lot of good breaks and things in it. Very good. And I know exactly that it...obviously I can tell the sound of my drums, you know, anywhere.

Q: You were playing Ludwigs and Ringo still had his old Premiers I think at that point.

WHITE: Oh yeah. A bunch of old rubbish he had. The drums are a dead give-away. Somebody at EMI said -- well, they didn't say it to me -- but they said, "Oh no, Ringo did that, that 'Please Please Me,' that wasn't them." But the sound of the drums...

Various Artists - The Songs We Were Singing Part Two

The Music That Inspired the Beatles - Solo Songs They Were Singing

Labels: Purple Chick, PC-46-50 / FLO Records, FLO 012-016

DISC ONE - JOHN
1: Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
2: Lost John - Lonnie Donegan
3: Well - The Olympics
4: Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
5: Be Bop A Lula (BBC Saturday Club) - Gene Vincent
6: Stand By Me - Ben E. King
7: Rip It Up - Little Richard
8: Ready Teddy - Little Richard
9: You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry
10: Ain't It A Shame - Fats Domino
11: Do You Want To Dance - Bobby Freeman
12: Sweet Little Sixteen (alt. take) - Chuck Berry
13: Slippin' And Slidin' - Little Richard
14: Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
15: Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke
16: Send Me Some Lovin' - Little Richard
17: Bony Maronie - Larry Williams
18: Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey
19: Just Because - Lloyd Price
20: Angel Baby (UK Version) - Rosie and the Originals
21: Be My Baby - The Ronettes
22: My Baby Left Me - Elvis Presley
23: Thirty Days - Chuck Berry
24: C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
25: Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
26: Dream Lover - Bobby Darin
27: Stay - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
28: Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry
29: Just Because - Larry Williams
30: Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan

DISC TWO - PAUL (STUDIO)
1: Love Is Strange - Mickey and Sylvia
2: Crossroads Theme - Tony Hatch
3: Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
4: Twenty Flight Rock (BBC Saturday Club) - Eddie Cochran
5: Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
6: I'm In Love Again - Fats Domino
7: Bring It On Home To Me (live) - Sam Cooke
8: Lucille - Everly Brothers
9: Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
10: I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday - Fats Domino
11: That's All Right (Mama) (alt.) - Elvis Presley
12: Summertime - Sam Cooke
13: Ain't It A Shame (live) - Fats Domino
14: Crackin' Up - Bo Diddley
15: Just Because - Elvis Presley
16: Midnight Special - Leadbelly
17: It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley
18: A Room With A View - Noel Coward
19: Blue Jean Bop - Gene Vincent
20: She Said Yeah - Larry Williams
21: All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
22: No Other Baby - The Vipers Skiffle Group
23: Lonesome Town - Ricky Nelson
24: Movie Magg - Carl Perkins
25: Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Buddy Holly
26: Coquette - Fats Domino
27: I Got Stung - Elvis Presley
28: Honey Hush - Big Joe Turner
29: Shake A Hand - Little Richard
30: Let's Have A Party - Wanda Jackson
31: Fabulous - Charlie Gracie
32: Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly
33: I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

DISC THREE - PAUL (LIVE AND BOOTLEG)
1: Help Me - (BONUS)
2: Go Now - Bessie Banks
3: Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Staples Singers
4: Cottonfields - The Beach Boys
5: Tragedy - Thomas Wayne
6: I'm Gonna Love You Too - Buddy Holly
7: Loving You - Elvis Presley
8: We're Gonna Move - Elvis Presley
9: Richard Cory - Simon and Garfunkel
10: It's So Easy - Buddy Holly
11: Bo Diddley - Buddy Holly
12: Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry and the Pacemakers
13: Sally - Gracie Fields
14: Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Ray Charles
15: All My Trials (live) - Harry Belafonte
16: Cumberland Gap - Lonnie Donegan
17: Cut Across Shorty - Eddie Cochran
18: Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
19: Tequila - The Champs
20: Mean Woman Blues - Elvis Presley
21: Matchbox (alt) - Carl Perkins
22: San Fransisco Bay Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliot
23: Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Bill Monroe
24: Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Elvis Presley
25: Be Bop A Lula (live) - Gene Vincent
26: The Fool - Sanford Clark
27: Hi-Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker
28: Good Rockin' Tonight - Elvis Presley
29: Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
30: Singing the Blues - Tommy Steele
31: All My Trials - Elvis Presley
32: Lucille - Little Richard (BONUS)

DISC FOUR - RINGO
1: Fiddle About - The Who
2: Tommy's Holiday Camp - The Who
3: Have You Seen My Baby - Randy Newman
4: You're Sixteen - You're Beautiful (And You're Mine) - Johnny Burnette
5: Occapella - Lee Dorsey
6: Husbands And Wives - Roger Miller
7: Snookeroo (demo) - Elton John
8: No No Song - Hoyt Axton
9: Only You (And You Alone) - The Platters
10: Easier For Me - Harry Nilsson
11: Hey Baby - Bruce Channel
12: Drowining In The Sea Of Love - Joe Simon
13: Tango All Night - La Seine
14: Sneakin' Sally Thru The Alley - Lee Dorsey
15: Bad Boy - Clarence Palmer and the Jive Bombers
16: Lipstick Traces - Benny Spellman
17: Heart On My Sleeve - Gallagher and Lyle
18: Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
19: Hard Times - Peter Skellern
20: Tonight - Small Faces
21: Money See, Monkey Do - Michael Franks
22: You Belong To Me - The Duprees
23: She's About A Mover - Sir Douglas Quintet
24: I Keep Forgettin' - Chuck Jackson
25: Party Doll - Buddy Knox
26: Some Kind Of Wonderful - The Drifters
27: I Can Help - Billy Swan
28: You Better Move On - Arthur Alexander
29: When You Wish Upon A Star - Disney O.S.T.
30: Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley

DISC FIVE - RINGO (ctd.)
1: Golden Blunders - The Posies
2: What Goes Around (demo) - Rich Suchow
3: Lay Down Your Arms - Harry Nilsson
4: Drift Away - Dobie Gray

GEORGE
5: He's So Fine - The Chiffons
6: If Not For You - Bob Dylan
7: Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers
8: True Love - Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly
9: Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel
10: Baltimore Oriole - Hoagy Carmichael
11: Hong Kong Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
12: I Really Love You - The Stereos
13: Abandoned Love - Bob Dylan
14: Got My Mind Set On You (parts 1 & 2) - James Ray
15: Let It Be Me - Everly Brothers
16: Every Grain Of Sand - Bob Dylan
17: Nobody's Child - Lonnie Donegan
18: Runaway - Del Shannon
19: In My Little Snapshot Album - (BONUS)
20: Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - Cab Calloway
21: Absolutely Sweet Marie - Bob Dylan
22: Your True Love - Carl Perkins
23: Congratulations - Trad. (BONUS)
24: My Sweet Lord - (BONUS)

"All I've Got to Do" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

As Released by the Beatles (1963)

Whenever I want you around, yeah
All I gotta do
Is call you on the phone
And you'll come running home
Yeah, that's all I gotta do.

And when I, I wanna kiss you, yeah
All I gotta do
Is whisper in your ear
The words you long to hear
And I'll be kissing you.

And the same goes for me
Whenever you want me at all
I'll be here, yes I will
Whenever you call
Ya just gotta call on me, yeah
Ya just gotta call on me.

And when I, I wanna kiss you, yeah
All I gotta do
Is call you on the phone
And you'll come running home
Yeah, that's all I gotta do.

And the same goes for me
Whenever you want me at all
I'll be here, yes I will
Whenever you call
Ya just gotta call on me, yeah
Ya just gotta call on me
(Ooh) ya just gotta call on me
Mmm mmm mmm.

Beatle People: Andy White

Andy White (born 1930, Glasgow, Scotland) is a drummer, best known for playing drums on The Beatles first single, "Love Me Do." White was on the 7" single version released in the United States. He also played drums on the "Love Me Do" B-side, "P.S. I Love You."

White was a studio drummer in the 1950s and 1960s in London, recording with artists such as Billy Fury, Marlene Dietrich, Herman's Hermits, Bert Weedon and Tom Jones. He married the British Decca artist, Lynn Cornell, who later became a member of The Pearls. White is currently married to Thea White, who supplied the voice of 'Muriel' on the Cartoon Network show, Courage the Cowardly Dog.

White used to live in Thames Ditton, and currently lives in New Jersey, teaching beginner and intermediate drum lessons. White is an accomplished Pipe Band Highland drummer and is an active and popular drumming judge for the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA). At one point, he was a drum instructor for the New York City Department of Corrections Emerald Pipe Band. White has played at concerts for Rod Stewart.

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"Across the Universe" Lyrics

by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

As Released by the Beatles (1970)

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy
Are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me.

Jai Guru Deva OM.
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe.
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter-box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe.

Jai Guru Deva OM.
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter, shades of life
Are ringing through my opened ears
Inciting and inviting me.
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe.

Jai Guru Deva OM.
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world.

Jai Guru Deva, Jai Guru Deva, Jai Guru Deva
Jai Guru Deva, Jai Guru Deva, Jai Guru Deva.

Beatle People: Chas Newby

Charles "Chas" Newby (born 18 June 1941, in Liverpool) was temporarily the bassist for The Beatles in December 1960, following the departure of Stuart Sutcliffe. When The Beatles returned from Germany for the first time, they were short a bass guitarist. Pete Best suggested Chas Newby. Chas had been with The Blackjacks (Pete Best's group), and was now attending college, but was on vacation and so agreed to play with The Beatles. He appeared with them for three engagements in December 1960. John Lennon asked him to go to Germany, for the Beatles' second trip, but he chose to return to college.

Chas later continued his studies and became a teacher of Mathematics at Droitwich High School in Worcestershire.

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