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The Beatles - Any Time At All

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Album: A Hard Day's Night
Released: 1964

Any Time At All Lyrics

Any Time At All, any time at all, any time at all, all
You've gotta do is call and I'll be there.
If you need somebody to love, just look into my eyes, I'll
Be there to make you feel right.
If you're feeling sorry and sad, I'd really sympathize.
Don't you be sad, just call me tonight.
Any time at all, any time at all, any time at all , all
You've gotta do is call and I'll be there.
If the sun has faded away, I'll try to make it shine,
There's nothing I won't do
If you need a shoulder to cry on I hope it will be mine.
Call me tonight, and I'll come to you.
Any time at all, any time at all, any time at all , all
You've gotta do is call and I'll be there.
Any time at all, all you've gotta do is call and I'll be there.

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is one of those songs that was finished "on the fly" so to speak. John Lennon had it half written when they went into the studio with it and he just finished it up and recorded it there. He called it, "An effort at writing 'It Won't Be Long'... with me shouting."

Lennon's original draft of this song had two extra verses that he left off, the last of which started, "I'll be waiting here all alone/Just like I've always done." He left them off because he felt they didn't really advance the story in the song.

Lennon's handwritten lyrics were auctioned for 6000 pounds in 1988.

This is one of the songs not in the film A Hard Day's Night which was written to fill out the album. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Lennon wrote 10 of the 13 songs on A Hard Day's Night. In his Playboy interview in September of 1980, he went through the entire Lennon/McCartney catalogue song by song, and stated which bits of the songs were his and which were Paul's. This was the first time we learned specifically about the songwriting breakdown between John and Paul.

Albert Goldman thought in his book The Lives of John Lennon that the refrain was fantastic: "It sounds as a pistol shot... his voice is burning in a true gospel frenzy... he had a remarkable ability to utter cries from the deep of his soul." (thanks to Johan Cavalli, who is a music historian in Stockholm)

The Beatles - Tell Me Why

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Album: A Hard Day's Night
Released: 1964

Tell Me Why Lyrics

Tell Me Why you cried, and why you lied to me,
Tell me why you cried, and why you lied to me.

Well I gave you ev'rything I had,
But you left me sitting on my own,
Did you have to treat me oh so bad,
All I do is hang my head and moan.

Tell me why you cried, and why you lied to me,
Tell me why you cried, and why you lied to me.

If there's something I have said or done,
Tell me what and I'll apologise,
If you don't really can't go on,
Holding back these tears in my eyes.

Tell me why you cried, and why you lied to me,
Tell me why you cried, and why you lied to me.

Well I beg you on my bended knees,
If you'll only listen to my pleas,
Is there anything I can do,
'Cause I really can't stand it, I'm so in love with you.

Tell me why you cried, and why you lied to me.

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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John Lennon, whose parents separated when he was 3 years old, has said that the lyrics were about children whose parents split up. Apparently, he didn't put a great deal of effort into the song, staing: "They needed another upbeat song, and I just knocked it off." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

This was performed in The Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night. It was The Beatles first movie, and the group was not yet popular in America when the deal was signed to make it. Before filming began, The Beatles became huge and the movie did very well.

John and Paul sang lead vocals, but Lennon was double-tracked to create a 3 part harmony.

This was recorded on Thursday, February 27, 1964. Take 8 was used. (thanks, Ben - Cheverly, MD)

The Beatles - And I Love Her

The Beatles - And I Love Her Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: A Hard Day's Night
Released: 1964

And I Love Her Lyrics

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

She gives my 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, ooh

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Paul McCartney wrote most of this song, and in a 1984 interview with Playboy magazine, he stated, "It's just a love song; no, it wasn't for anyone." That was probably the chivalrous thing to do, as by then he was 15 years into his marriage to Linda. When he wrote the song, he was dating an actress named Jane Asher. For a while, they were the most popular couple in England. After they broke up in 1968, McCartney married Linda Eastman and Asher became a proficient author. She runs her own business called "Jane Asher Party Cakes."
McCartney did write "We Can Work It Out" and "Here, There And Everywhere" about Asher. See a photo and learn more about Paul and Jane Asher in Song Images.

This was one of the first pop songs with a title that starts in mid-sentence. Paul was inspired by songs such as Perry Como's "And I Love Her So."

Most of the songs on the album A Hard Days Night are Lennon compositions. Lennon helped out with the middle part of this song, but it's mostly the work of McCartney. Structurally, the song is fairly conventional, with a clear melody in A+A+B+A system similar to popular music from the '30s that Irving Berlin wrote. (thanks to Johan Cavalli, who is a music historian in Stockholm)

Paul McCartney was the only Beatle to sing on this. Like "Yesterday," it is one of just of few Beatle songs with only one vocalist.

This is the second most covered Beatles song with 372 versions recorded by 1972. Their most-covered track is "Yesterday."

Paul always intended this to be a ballad. He felt that all of their albums, regardless of how "rocky" they were, should have at least one ballad "to enrich the show." It's the reason he added "Till There Was You" to With The Beatles. The Beatles Anthology 1 album has a much faster version that includes both drums and George's 12-string electric guitar, but that wasn't the original intent.

The Beatles recorded this song at the end of February 1964, in the week after returning from the United States and before the start of filming their movie A Hard Day's Night, where they perform the song. The take you hear on record is Take 21.

Ringo played the bongos on this track, and George Harrison played the acoustic guitar solo.

The guitar duo Santo & Johnny recorded a mellow surf instrumental version of this song in 1965 which was a huge hit in Mexico. Santo & Johnny are known for their #1 hit "Sleep Walk."

Despite the fact that he wrote 35% of this song (the middle eight), John Lennon called this "Paul's first 'Yesterday.'"

This was the first Beatles recording using purely acoustic instruments.

Paul once stated "This was the first song that I impressed myself with."

When Paul McCartney was asked during a 2014 Twitter Q&A what he considers to be his favorite cover of one of his tracks, the former Beatle replied: "There are so many that I love it's difficult to say, but Esther Phillips' version of 'And I love HIM' comes to mind."

The Beatles - I'm Happy Just To Dance With You

The Beatles - I'm Happy Just To Dance With You Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: A Hard Day's Night
Released: 1964

I'm Happy Just To Dance With You Lyrics

Before this dance is through
I think I'll love you too
I'm so happy when you dance with me

I don't wanna kiss or hold your hand
If it's funny try and understand
There is really nothing else I'd rather do
'Cause I'm Happy Just To Dance With You

I don't need to hug or hold you tight
I just wanna dance with you all night
In this world there's nothing I would rather do
'Cause I'm happy just to dance with you

Just to dance with you
Is everything I need
Before this dance is through
I think I'll love you too
I'm so happy when you dance with me

If somebody tries to take my place
Let's pretend we just can't see his face
In this world there's nothing I would rather do
'Cause I'm happy just to dance with you

Just to dance with you
Is everything I need
Before this dance is through
I think I'll love you too
I'm so happy when you dance with me

If somebody tries to take my place
Let's pretend we just can't see his face
In this world there's nothing I would rather do
I've discovered I'm in love with you
'Cause I'm happy just to dance with you

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote this as a showcase song for George Harrison, who sang lead. George had already written only one Beatles song by this point: "Don't Bother Me." (thanks, Adrian - Wilmington, DE)

Typical of the early Beatles, this is a very innocent song - the singer is taking it slow, as he's OK just dancing with the girl of his dreams. There is an old-time Irving Berlin/Cole Porter feel to the song, focusing on the de-lightful feeling of being smitten.

The Beatles performed this in their movie A Hard Day's Night, giving Harrison some quality screen time.

John Lennon wrote most of this song. Typical of his style, the first short notes are followed with tree longer notes. The Irvin Berlin influence comes when the melody rises in the five notes in "kiss or hold your hand..." In the cadence, Lennon jokes: he repeats the mentioned five notes, but just sinks it with a third. (thanks to Johan Cavalli, who is a music historian in Stockholm)

The Beatles recorded this on Sunday, March 1, 1964 in 4 takes. Recording on a Sunday was very rare at the time. (thanks, Ben - Cheverly, MD)

The Beatles - If I Fell

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Album: A Hard Day's Night
Released: 1964

If I Fell Lyrics

If I Fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
'Cause I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding hands

If I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than her

If I trust in you oh please
Don't run and hide
If I love you too oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her

'Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain

So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
If I fell in love with you

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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John Lennon wrote this song, which may have been influenced by the ambivalence he felt during his first marriage. Lennon called this song "my first attempt at a ballad... it's semi autobiographical, but not consciously."

Lennon and McCartney sang together into the same microphone when recording this song. John sang the lead on the intro, then Paul sang in a higher lead while John sang harmony. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

The structure of the song is rather intriguing. It opens with an intro that contains no musical elements found in the rest of the song, and the body of this song has no real verse/chorus structure, just 2 verses that each turn halfway through on an unexpected chord.
The song is very expressive, with large intervals between the notes in a quasi-modal way. Typical of Lennon are the emphasis on three recurrent long notes ("...give my heart..."). It has similarities with John Dunstable's motet "Quam pulchra es" from the fifteenth century. The introduction is also unusual, with four modulations - even tighter than most music from late romantic music. (thanks to Johan Cavalli, who is a music historian in Stockholm)

At the end of the second time that they sing, "Would be sad if our new love was in vain," McCartney's voice cracks on "vain," but on newer releases of the song this mistake is covered over. (thanks, Adrian - Wilmington, DE)

There were a few demos of this song recorded in January 1964 before The Beatles came to America. The proper recording came on Thursday, February 27, 1964. The take you hear on the album is Take 15. (thanks, Ben - Cheverly, MD)

The Beatles performed this in the movie A Hard Day's Night. It was used in a scene where they perform to a group of school kids in a theater. The kids were all borrowed from nearby schools, and had no idea they would see The Beatles. On of the kids was 13-year-old Phil Collins, who didn't make the final cut, but was given outtakes with him in it years later when he contributed commentary for the DVD release of the movie.

This was used as the B-side of "And I Love Her."

During their 1964 tour, Lennon had some fun with McCartney, adding the word "over" when Paul introduced the song. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better

The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: A Hard Day's Night
Released: 1964

I Should Have Known Better Lyrics

I Should Have Known Better with a girl like you,
That I would love everything that you do; and I do,
Hey, hey, hey, and I do.

Whoa, oh, I never realized what a kiss could be,
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see

That when I tell you that I love you, oh,
You're gonna say you love me too,
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, oh
And when I ask you to be mine,
You're gonna say you love me too

So oh I should realized a lot of things before
If this is love you've got to give me more
Give me more, hey hey hey, give me more

Whoa, oh, I never realized what a kiss could be,
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see

That when I tell you that I love you, oh,
You're gonna say you love me too,
Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, oh
And when I ask you to be mine,
You're gonna say you love me too
You love me too, you love me too, you love me too

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Composed by John Lennon, at first he "hammers the melody on the same note." (The Italian composer Monteverdi discovered the effect of hammering on the same note. He called the style "stile concitato"). Then comes the middle part in long notes. The middle part has a change of keynote, which is unusual with such a change in a middle part. And then the rise in falsetto. Typical of Lennon's songs, there is also a rise of excitement. When you think that the mood will cool a little - when you come to the middle part - the excitement instead increases. (thanks to Johan Cavalli, who is a music historian in Stockholm)

The Beatles performed this in their first movie, A Hard Day's Night. It was used in a scene where The Beatles sing it to a group of girls, one of which was played by an actress named Pattie Boyd. This was the first time George Harrison met her - he fell for her and married her a few years later. They divorced in 1977, and Pattie married Harrison's friend Eric Clapton in 1979. That marriage also ended in divorce, but along the way, Pattie inspired some of the most famous songs of all time, including The Beatles' "Something" and Clapton's "Layla."

This was done in three takes on Tuesday, February 25, 1964. But it didn't end there - they completely remade it the next day. The take you hear on record is Take 22. (thanks, Ben - Cheverly, MD)

John Lennon's vocal was double-tracked to make it stand out.

This was released as the B-side of "A Hard Day's Night."

Lennon played the harmonica solo.

McCartney played a 12-string electric guitar on this track. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

At first, Lennon was proud of the composition, and said in 1964 that the song was one of the three best songs in the film A Hard Days Night. Later on he lost his self-confidence as a lyricist, and would often slag off his own songs as meaningless. He said in 1980 that "I Should Have Known Better" is, "just a song, it doesn't mean a damn thing."

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: A Hard Day's Night
Released: 1964

A Hard Day's Night Lyrics

It's been A Hard Day's Night, and I been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright

You know I work all day to get you money to buy you things
And it's worth it just to hear you say you're going to give me everything
So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel OK

When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight

It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright, oww

So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel OK

When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight

It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright
You know I feel alright
You know I feel alright

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The title was taken from an expression Ringo used to say. In a 1964 interview with DJ Dave Hull, Ringo explained: "We went to do a job, and we'd worked all day and we happened to work all night. I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said, 'It's been a hard day...' and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, 'Night!' So we came to 'A Hard Day's Night.'"
John Lennon used the phrase "A hard day's night" in a his book In His Own Write before it was used as a song or movie title. He used it in the short story (more of a vignette) titled "Sad Michael." An excerpt: "There was no reason for Michael to be sad that morning, (the little wretch): everyone liked him, (the scab). He'd had a hard day's night that day, for Michael was a Cocky Watchtower." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

John Lennon wrote this song, which contains long, repeating notes that are uncommon in Pop music. Even more unusual, Lennon sang it in glissando: "haaaard days night...". The melody resembles the Irish folk song "Donall Og," with the same pentatonic, and small glissandos. Such glissandos you even find in the English ballad "Three Babes."
Albert Goldman wrote in his 1980 book The Lives of John Lennon , "The whole composition is written in mixolydic key, an old key which was abandoned in the beginning of the seventeenth century, but is maintained in English and Irish folk music." (thanks to Johan Cavalli, who is a music historian in Stockholm)

This was the title song to the first of five Beatles movies. It got two Oscar nominations and was a hit with critics and audiences. At the time, a lot of movies were made starring musicians, but most were showcases for the singers and not very good (think Elvis movies). A Hard Day's Night was a surprise because it actually had cinematic value. It even sold well when it was released on DVD many years later.

When the deal was made to make the movie, The Beatles had not yet caught on in America and there were fairly low expectations for the film, as The Beatles were thought of as a fad that would soon pass. By the time filming began, The Beatles were huge and it was clear that a lot of people would see the movie. The studio considered putting more money into the film, but they decided to stick with the original modest budget. In order to save money, it was shot in black and white.

The movie presented The Beatles as four distinct personalities, which changed the way they were marketed. Previously, they were always presented as a unified group, but it became clear that fans loved seeing their differences and began to associate with them individually. The concept of focusing on individual personalities in a band continues to this day, as groups like Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys are marketed with a focus on the various traits of the members, allowing fans to get to know them better.

The last song in the movie soundtrack to be composed, the motion picture was being produced when Ringo made his statement that inspired the song (original movie title: Beatlemania). Walter Shenson, who was the movie producer of A Hard Day's Night, told PBS that he said to John, "You need to write a song that will incorporate the movie's title," and Shenson was amazed when John came in the very next day with the song. He thought John would labor over it for days or weeks.

Phil Collins was one of the school kids brought in as extras for a scene in the movie where The Beatles perform. He didn't make the cut, but years later, the film's producer gave Collins the outtake footage with him in it and had Collins add commentary to the DVD release.

Lennon sang lead and Paul McCartney sang the middle sequences. John had Paul sing the middle section because he felt Paul had the more appropriate vocal range for it. Surprisingly, he insisted on singing a higher harmonization in "From Me To You" only a year earlier because he said he could sing the higher stuff better than Paul. (thanks, Adrian - Wilmington, DE)

A journalist friend of Lennon's, Maureen Cleave, claims that she suggested a slight change to one of the lyrics for this song on the way to Abbey Road studios shortly before it was recorded. (thanks, John - London, England)

The Beatles recorded this in nine takes on Thursday, April 16, 1964. It was written and recorded in a little more than 24 hours. It had to be done quickly when film name was changed from "Beatlemania!" to "A Hard Day's Night." (thanks, Ben - Cheverly, MD)

The Beatles won just four Grammy Awards in the '60s, and one of them was for this song: It won for Best Performance By A Vocal Group in 1964. The Beatles also won for Best New Artist that year.

At the 2002 Super Bowl, where Paul McCartney performed "Freedom," Terry Bradshaw started singing this with McCartney when Paul joined the Fox announcers on the set.

The Hard Day's Night Hotel opened in Liverpool in 2003. It is next to The Cavern Club, where The Beatles played many of their early shows.

A Beatles cartoon aired on ABC from 1965-1969. On each segment, the animated group (voiced by actors) would go on some kind of adventure before performing one of their songs. The very first episode was called "A Hard Day's Night" - when the Beatles need a quiet space to rehearse, Ringo suggests a castle, where various monsters and ghouls appear when the boys start playing. In a stroke of luck, the creatures are happy to hear the music, and The Beatles play this song while Dracula and the gang dance along.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: Second Helping
Released: 1974

Call Me The Breeze Lyrics

Call Me The Breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
Well now, they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
I ain't got me nobody
I don't carry me no load
Ain't no change in the weather
Ain't no changes in me
Well, there ain't no change in the weather
Ain't no changes in me
And I ain't hidin' from nobody
Nobody's hidin' from me
Oh, that's the way its supposed to be
Well, I got that green light, baby
I got to keep movin' on
Well, I got that green light, baby
I got to keep movin' on
Well, I might go out to California
Might go down to Georgia, I don't know
Well, I dig you Georgia peaches
Makes me feel right at home
Well now, I dig you Georgia peaches
Makes me feel right at home
But I don't love me no one woman
So I can't stay in Georgia long
Well now, they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
Well now, they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
I ain't got me nobody
I don't carry me no load
Ooh, Mr. Breeze

Writer/s: J. J. CALE
Publisher: CARLIN AMERICA INC
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This was written and originally recorded by the Oklahoma guitarist J.J. Cale. The song is about a guy who can go where the weather takes him, unburdened by the weight of the world. It was a fitting statement for Cale, who went out of his way to keep things simple and stay out of the spotlight (his photo didn't appear on his first seven albums). The concept of savoring simplicity and going where the wind takes you is also a theme of many Skynyrd songs.

"Call Me The Breeze" appeared on Cale's first solo album, a 1971 release called Naturally. He got his record deal after Eric Clapton recorded "After Midnight," a song Cale wrote and recorded with his band the Leathercoated Minds in 1966. Naturally did well, placing three songs in the Hot 100 and garnering Cale offers from bigger labels (he was signed to Shelter Records). Cale kept it low-key, however, and worked at his own pace.

When Lynyrd Skynyrd covered this song, it once again financed Cale's lifestyle, allowing him to release albums in a leisurely fashion and without concern for hit potential. Clapton remained a key supporter of Cale, later recording his songs "Cocaine" and "Travellin' Light." Cale died in 2013 at age 74.

The original J.J. Cale version of this song is stripped-down, with the vocals far lower in the mix. Skynyrd decided to cover the song when guitarist Gary Rossington came up with a riff that distinguished it from the original.

This was one of the few cover songs Skynyrd recorded, and the only one on the album a band member didn't write. They recorded another J.J. Cale song, "Same Old Blues," on their 1976 album Gimme Back My Bullets, and had plans to work with Cale that were derailed by the 1977 plane crash that killed three members of the band.

Despite being one of the most popular Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, this was not released as a single. Albums were a much bigger deal in 1974, so just two singles were issued from Second Helping: "Don't Ask Me No Questions" and "Sweet Home Alabama."

Since it never got overplayed when the album was out, "Call Me The Breeze" found a spot on most classic rock playlists for many years.

The Beatles - Matchbox

The Beatles - Matchbox Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: Long Tall Sally EP
Released: 1964

Matchbox Lyrics

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This was first recorded as "Match Box Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson in 1927. It was reworked by several Blues musicians afterwards. The Beatles' version is influenced by Carl Perkins recording of the song. The Beatles also covered Perkins' "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby" and "Honey Don't."

The original first line in the song is "Sittin' here wonderin' will a matchbox hold my clothes," a reference to being poor. Perkins uses this line in his version, but Ringo sings both this line and "Sittin' here watchin', matchbox hole in my clothes," which are erroneously assumed by many to be the real lyrics. There are also verses present which do not exist in Perkins' original, suggesting the group had heard other interpretations.

Pete Best, The Beatles original drummer, sang lead on this until he was fired. John Lennon sang it at their Hamburg shows, and Ringo did the lead vocals on the recorded version. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France, for all above)

Carl Perkins was at this session in early June, 1964. In a letter Perkins wrote before he died, he mentioned that he and the Beatles (at their request) played a few of his songs together on this date, but these jams were not taped. The only song he absolutely remembered was "Your True Love," which George Harrison did with Perkins on his cable special. Harrison also sang it at Perkins' memorial service. (thanks, Barry Kesten - Bellmore, United States)

Ringo sang this on the 2014 CBS tribute special The Beatles: The Night That Changed America, which aired exactly 50 years after the group made their first Ed Sullivan Show appearance.

E.U. - Da Butt

E.U. - Da Butt Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: School Daze Soundtrack
Released: 1988

Da Butt Lyrics

Alright.
Come on.
Sing it one time
(Yeah-ee yeah.
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee Yeah)
Sing! Ow!
(Yeah-ee yeah.
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee Yeah)
Ha! Ha!

Walked in this place surprised to see
A big girl gettin' busy, just rockin' to the go-go beat
The way she shook her booty sho' looked good to me
I said, come here, big girl, won't you rock my world
Show that dance to me.' She was

Doin' the butt.
Hey pretty, pretty
When you get that notion, put your backfield in motion, hey
Doin' the butt.
Hey sexy, sexy
Ain't nothing wrong, if you
Want to do the butt all night long

(Hey yeah-ee yeah.
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee yeah)
Ow, what you gonna do about it
(Yeah-ee yeah, yeah-ee)
Shake it! (Yeah-ee, yeah-ee yeah)

I took that girl out on the floor
She rocked me from the backside
We did the butt til it made me sore
Now, it's a physical thing, but not hard to do
You just shake-a shake shake shake
Shake-a shake shake
Doin' the butt the whole night through, come on

Doin' the butt.
Hey pretty, pretty
When you get that notion, put your backfield in motion, hey
Doin' the butt. Hey sexy, sexy
Ain't nothing wrong, if you
Want to do the butt all night long

That's right!
Shake your butt.
Come on!
Gimme that butt!
Gimme that butt!

Tanya got a big ol' butt (oh yeah?)
Theresa got a big ol' butt (oh yeah?)
Irene got a big ol' butt (oh yeah?)
Melissa got a big ol' butt now
And Sonya got a big ol' butt (oh yeah?)
And Shirley got a big ol' butt (oh yeah?)
Ol' Tammy got a bubble butt (oh yeah?)
Little Keisha got a big ol' butt, now, gimme the butt!

(Yeah-ee yeah.
Yeah-ee, yeah-ee, yeah-ee yeah)
I'm gonna drop you lines, before we set up
We're screamin' at girls with the big ol' butt, sing it
(Yeah-ee yeah.
Yeah-ee) Ow! (Yeah-ee, yeah-ee yeah)
I want your butt. That butt. That big ol' big ol' butt, ow!

Doin' the butt.
Hey pretty, pretty
When you get that notion, put your backfield in motion, hey
Doin' the butt.
Hey sexy, sexy
Ain't nothing wrong, if you
Want to do the butt all night long

Writer/s: MILLER, MARCUS / STEVENS, MARK ELMER
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Spike Lee commissioned this song for his 1988 movie School Daze, which was his first major picture. He needed a song for a scene where the kids would be doing a new dance called "Da Butt," so he called his friend Marcus Miller and asked him to write one. Miller is best known for his work with Luther Vandross, but he has done production work and played bass on hundreds of tracks for artists including Herbie Hancock, Natalie Cole and George Benson. He used to play in a group called Jamaica Boys with Chaka Khan's brother Mark Stevens, so he called Stevens and they wrote this song. After Spike Lee approved the demo, Miller asked the 9-piece Washington, DC band E.U. to record it. Spike brought some of the actors from the film to the studio, and they recorded it with a lot of improvisation and a party vibe - all the shouting and laughing is genuine. It was Stevens who came up with the "get your backfield in motion" line - a great use of football terminology to describe booty shaking.

E.U. stands for "Experience Unlimited." The group had a hit in the DC area with a 1980 song called (ironically enough) "Rock Yer Butt." "Da Butt" became their best-known song, and a highlight of their stage shows. The song didn't get a lot of radio play, but was a #1 R&B hit.

This was one of the first "Butt" songs. Songs like "Rump Shaker" and "Baby Got Back" would become popular a few years later as women with big booty gained acceptance.

The song has it's own dance, but it's not very coordinated. Really, it's just shaking your butt however you feel like it. Many people learned "Da Butt" from the music video, which Spike Lee also directed and appeared in, shaking his butt at one point.

There is a bit of audience participation in this song, which helped make it a dance club favorite. Toward the end, the lyrics are, "(insert name here) got a big old butt." According to Miller, the group's lead singer, known as Sugar Bear, came up with that in the studio.

This is one of the biggest hits with the "Go-Go" sound. A fun mixture of Dance, Rap, and Funk, Go-Go was popular in the late '80s/early '90s and popularized by Kid 'n Play and their Houseparty movies.

E.U. contributed the song "Party Hearty" to the next Spike Lee Movie, Do The Right Thing.

The Beatles - Long Tall Sally

The Beatles - Long Tall Sally Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: Long Tall Sally EP
Released: 1964

Long Tall Sally Lyrics

I'm gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John
He said he had the misery but he got a lot of fun
Baby, yeah now baby
Woo baby, some fun tonight

I saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally
He saw Aunt Mary comin' and he ducked back in the alley
Oh, baby, yeah now baby
Woo baby, some fun tonight

Well Long Tall Sally's built pretty sweet
She got everything that Uncle John need
Baby, yeah now baby
Woo baby, some fun tonight

Well, we're gonna have some fun tonight
Have some fun tonight
Everything's all right
Have some fun tonight
Have some fun
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
We're gonna have some fun tonight
Have some fun tonight
Everything's all right
Have some fun tonight
Yeah, we'll have some fun
Some fun tonight

Writer/s: PENNIMAN, RICHARD / JOHNSON, ENTORIS / BLACKWELL, ROBERT
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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This was originally recorded by Little Richard, who was one of The Beatles' inspirations. The Beatles met Little Richard at the Star Club in Hamburg when they were performing there in 1962. They also met Billy Preston there, who was Little Richard's keyboard player. They didn't see him again until 1969 when George Harrison saw him at a concert and brought him in to play piano for The Beatles on "Don't Let Me Down" and "Get Back."

The Beatles recorded this in one take. Since they played it live so often, they had it down.

This was the last song The Beatles played at a paid concert. Their last show was at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on August 29, 1966. They played a meager bit of "In My Life" after it, but gave up and left the stage.

The Beatles frequently ended live sets with this.

This was the first song Paul McCartney ever played on stage. He was 11 years old and brought his brother up to play it with him. In the early Beatles days, it was his showcase song, and when he toured with his band Wings in 1973, he didn't play any Beatles songs, but did include a version of "Long Tall Sally."

This was The Kinks' first single. They decided to record it after seeing the reaction The Beatles got when they played it.

The Beatles also covered Little Richard's "Lucille" at early concerts. A version can be found on the Live At The BBC album.

Larry Williams makes a reference to "Long Tall Sally" in his opening lyrics to the song "Short Fat Fannie." The first verse in the song starts out with the lyrics, "I was slippin' and slidin' with a long tall Sally; Peekin' and a hidin',duck back in the alley." (thanks, Zeb - Charlotte, NC)

The Beatles - This Boy

The Beatles - This Boy Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: Meet The Beatles!
Released: 1963

This Boy Lyrics

That boy
Took my love away
He'll regret it someday
But This Boy wants you back again

That boy
Isn't good for you
Though he may want you too
This boy wants you back again

Oh, and this boy would be happy just to love you
But oh my-I-I and
That boy won't be happy
'Til he's seen you cry

This boy
Wouldn't mind the pain
Would always feel the same
If this boy gets you back again

This boy
This boy
This boy

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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John Lennon wrote this song. One of his early compositions, it is seemingly simple, but very clever. The song contains only a few notes, but the space between the notes is filled by the arrangements. It's the same technique you hear in Liszt's "Liebestraum," the piano piece in Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze and in Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata."

This was the first Beatles composition that was commented on by a music critic. William Mann wrote in The London Times December 27, 1963, that the song had "pendiatonic clusters." (thanks to Johan Cavalli, who is a music historian in Stockholm, for above 2)

George Harrison: "It was John (Lennon) trying to do Smokey (Robinson)."

The vocals were a three part harmony sung by Harrison, Lennon and McCartney.

The Beatles performed this on their second Ed Sullivan Show appearance - Feb 16, 1964. They played six songs on the show that night, and this provided a slow change of pace from the uptempo songs like "She Loves You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand." The Beatles were just beginning their breakthrough in America and got a huge audience from the show.

This was used in Ringo's big scene in The Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night. The version used in the film is an instrumental renamed "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)," and without any harmony singing.

This was one of the first songs on which The Beatles used a 4-track recorder. (thanks, Jes - Mason City, IA)

Artists to cover this song include Tom Baxter, David Bowie, Sean Lennon, George Martin, Delbert McClinton and The Nylons. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)