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The other new song recorded by Paul, Ringo and George based off of a demo from John for Antholgy, this was the band’s first single (of new material) in over two decades. Of course it was a hit. This demo was less complete than “Real Love” which meant the others had much more work to…
Written by Lennon-McCartney, “If You’ve Got Trouble” was meant to be included on Help! the song didn’t pass muster and was ultimately shelved until it was dusted off for Anthology. This was meant to be Ringo’s vocal turn on the album, but feeling it didn’t quite work out the band would later go on to…
One of the two songs recorded by Paul, George and Ringo based on one of John’s demo tapes during the Anthology project in 1995 and released as a single. What is astounding to me is that George Martin did not produce this (along with “Free As A Bird”) but Harrison’s friend and fellow Traveling Willbury…
“Step Inside Love” was the theme song to Celia Black’s variety show, and written by Paul McCartney. Never officially recorded by The Beatles , there are a couple of demo versions created by Paul. The first is the general tune, then there’s the second verse (or maybe it’s the first actual verse, just listen and…
To say Buddy Holly was an influence on The Beatles would be an understatement. That more of his songs were not recorded (and released) by the group is a bit surprising. The recording we have is actually of The Quarrymen, the group that would go on to be The Beatles. At this point in the…
Not written by the Beatles but recorded during their initial sessions for their first single, this song would go on to be a hit for Gerry And The Pacemakers. As a matter of fact, it was that group’s debut single as well and hit number one. The Beatles were not adverse to recording cover songs…
It is time for my annual Beatles Week, a celebration of the band as well as a way to keep blogging as well as part of my ongoing analysis of The Beatles. I missed last year because of dad’s sudden hospital admission and death. Other than that instance, every year I have been able to…
The last few years my family has done the “summer family vacation” thing, not so much the road trip (though there has been a little bit of that thrown in) but primarily we go somewhere and stay there for a while. Before we had kids Laura and I would just… go wherever we wanted to,…
I was reminded of a version of this holiday classic this morning at spin class. We might all be familiar with the original, and we should be, by Chuck Berry. It’s a fantastic tune that works not only as a Christmas tune, but also a great example of early rock and roll. The song “Rudolph…
It’s been a while and in a way I’m still playing “catch-up” with some of these, alright, many of these, but this is it. There are even pictures from this week included! Let’s start off with a bit of a continuation of Halloween. Where the kids do swim lessons annually toss in some pumpkins, usually the weekend before…