“To Know Her Is Love Her” The Silver Beatles
John singing “To Know Her Is Love Her” in the early 60s. At that time The Beatles were known as the “Silver Beatles”…
“Don’t Ever Change”
The Beatles performing “Don’t Ever Change” from the album “The Beatles Live At The BBC”
“Don’t Ever Change” is a 1961 popular song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It is one of their lesser-known songs, although a version by The Crickets reached the top 5 in the United Kingdom. The Beatles performed the song on their BBC radio show Pop Go The Beatles, which was later released on their 1994 compilation Live at the BBC. It was taped on August 1, 1963, had its first broadcast on August 27, 1963, was produced by Terry Henebery and was a rare harmony duet between Paul McCartney and George Harrison
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“Carol”
“Carol” is a song written by Chuck Berry, first released in 1958. It was later covered by The Beatles for a live BBC performance during 1963, this version was released on the 1994 compilation album “Live at the BBC”.
“A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues”
“A Shot of Rhythm and Blues” is a song written by Terry Thompson and first recorded by US soul singer Arthur Alexander. It was originally released in the USA in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the following year, as the b-side of You Better Move On.
The Beatles recorded “A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues” three times for the BBC in 1963, with John Lennon on lead vocals each time. One of the versions was included on the Live at the BBC album, released in 1994.
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“I Forgot to Remember to Forget”
“I Forgot to Remember to Forget” is a country song written by Stan Kesler and Charlie Feathers. It was recorded at Sun Studio July 11, 1955 by Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and Johnny Bernero on drums, and released on August 20, 1955 along with Mystery Train.
The Beatles covered this song once for a BBC radio show, From Us To You, on 1 May 1964. The recording was included on the Live at the BBC album in 1994.
“Clarabella”
Clarabella is a pop song composed by Frank Pingatore and recorded by The Jodimars (a group made of former members of Bill Haley & His Comets) in 1956. It was recorded by The Beatles for radio show Pop Go The Beatles on 2 July 1963, which was broadcast on the 16th of that month. It was released commercially much later on compact disc on the 1994 compilation album, Live at the BBC.
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“Besame Mucho”
This is one of the songs The Beatles played for their audition for Decca Records on January 1st, 1962. They were rejected and another band now forgotten was signed. The song was written by Consuelito Velazquez, a Mexican songwriter, and was published in 1995 on the album “Anthology 1″.
“Cry For A Shadow” (1961)
“Cry for a Shadow” is an early Beatles instrumental. It was recorded on 22 June 1961 at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany while they were performing as Tony Sheridan’s backup band for a few tracks. It was written by George Harrison with John Lennon as a parody of The Shadows style. (The Shadows, who backed Cliff Richard were the biggest British instrumental rock & roll group at the time of the recording.) It imitates the lead guitar with typical Hank Marvin licks, the melodic bass fills, and even has an imitation during the second middle 8 of the famous Jet Harris yell. It is the only Beatles track to be credited to Lennon and Harrison alone.
It was intended to be released as the b-side of “Why”, another Sheridan song with The Beatles, but the record company chose to release another song instead. In early 1964, as The Beatles were gaining popularity, the record company Polydor decided to release it, with “Why” changed to the b-side. According to Bill Harry, editor of the Mersey Beat newspaper, Cry for a Shadow’s original title was “Beatle Bop”.
It was also released in 1995 as part of the Anthology 1 compilation.
[From Wikipedia. Original page is here]
“That’s alright mama” – July 1963
“That’s All Right” is the name of the first single released by Elvis Presley, written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup as “That’s All Right, Mama”. Elvis’ version was recorded in July 1954, and released on 19 July 1954 with “Blue Moon of Kentucky” as the B-side.
The Beatles used to cover this song during their BBC Sessions; one version of this song appears in the album Live at the BBC.
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The Beatles “Love Of The Loved”, “Some Other Guy”
“Love of the Loved” is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon/McCartney. It is one of his earliest compositions and featured in the Beatles live act in their early days. The group recorded the song at their 1962 audition for Decca Records, but never issued it on any of their official releases. Instead, Cilla Black recorded it for her debut single, which was produced by George Martin. It was not a big hit for her, reaching #35 on the UK Singles Chart.
Oddly, the Beatles audition version was left off Anthology 1, even though the other Lennon/McCartney originals from the same session, “Hello Little Girl” and “Like Dreamers Do”, were included.
“Some Other Guy” is a rock ‘n roll song, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richard Barrett. It was first released by Barrett as a single in 1962.
It was recorded by The Beatles during a live BBC radio session and included on the album, Live at the BBC. The song is especially popular in Beatles lore, being featured in the only known existing film with synchronized sound showing the Beatles performing live at the famous Cavern Club. The crude, grainy footage features John Lennon and Paul McCartney singing the song’s melody in unison on Wednesday August 22, 1962. It is also the first film of Ringo Starr as the Beatles drummer; Pete Best was discharged from the band the week prior.
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