SUPER SINGLES SUNDAY 2015

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3 3 SUPER SINGLES SUNDAY AM Tony Sheridan - My Bonnie w/ The Beatles 1961 The Beatles first appearance on a commercial disc. 3

4 4 The Beatles - Love Me Do Please Please Me (McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: John and Paul The Beatles first single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Released October 5, 1962, it reached #17 on the British charts. Principally written by Paul McCartney in 1958 and Recorded with three different drummers: Pete Best (June 6, 1962, EMI), Ringo Starr (September 4, 1962), and Andy White (September 11, 1962 with Ringo playing tambourine). The 45 rpm single lists the songwriters as Lennon-McCartney. One of several Beatles songs Paul McCartney owns with Yoko Ono. Starting with the songs recorded for their debut album on February 11, 1963, Lennon and McCartney s output was attached to their Northern Songs publishing company. Because their first single was released before John and Paul had contracted with a music publisher, EMI assigned it to their own, a company called Ardmore and Beechwood, which took the two songs Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You. Decades later McCartney and Ono were able to purchase the songs for their respective companies, MPL Communications and Lenono Music. Fun fact: John Lennon shoplifted the harmonica he played on the song from a shop in Holland. On U.S. albums: Introducing The Beatles (Version 1) - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP The Beatles - Let It Be - album version - Let It Be 4

5 5 Lead vocal: Paul Let It Be was the last song properly recorded on multi-track at Apple Studios during the Get Back sessions in January It was completed in eight takes (numbered Take 20 through 27 to match the film crew clapboard numbers) on January 31, 1969, the day after the rooftop concert. Take 27 had two complete performances of the song and the first of these Take 27 performances was deemed the best. Though the intent of the January 1969 Get Back sessions was to capture the Beatles live in the studio without benefit of studio trickery like overdubbing, an exception was made on Let It Be so that George Harrison could re-record his lead guitar solo. George s overdub was recorded on April 30, Author Mark Lewisohn: It is widely believed that there are two different takes of Let It Be publicly available - the single released (in the UK) on March 6, 1970 and the Let It Be LP version released (in the UK) May 8, Certainly the lead guitar solos in the middle eight differ considerably, and the LP version has a longer duration. But, in truth, these are one and the same version. That is, they are derived from the same tape. Beatles coming full circle BREAK SUPER SINGLES SUNDAY 2015 TOP 5IVE US billboard 5

6 6 When 'Can't Buy Me Love' went to 1 in the US it headed up the most complete USA chart domination of all time - The Beatles monopolized the entire top five places on the Billboard Hot 100 for April and we hear those 5 songs starting w/ the #1 song the 1 st week of April 1964 Image the Top 5 songs all from the same group you couldn t buy that kind of love! 1 - Can't Buy Me Love (Capitol 5150) 2 - Twist and Shout (Tollie 9001) 6

7 7 3 - She Loves You (Swan 4152) 4 - I Want To Hold Your Hand (Capitol 5112) 5 - Please Please Me (Vee Jay 498) Also in the Top 100 singles that 1 st week in April #31 - I Saw Her Standing There (Capitol 5112b) 41 - From Me To You (Vee Jay 522) 46 - Do You Want to Know A Secret (Vee Jay 587) 58 - All My Loving (Capitol Canada 72144) 65 - You Can't Do That (Capitol 5150b) 68 - Roll Over Beethoven (Capitol Canada 72133) 79 - Thank You Girl (Vee Jay 587b) Top LPs chart 1 - Meet The Beatles (Capitol 2047) 2 - Introducing The Beatles (Vee Jay 1062) Super Singles Sunday here on BWTB QUICK BREAK HERE (Read) 7

8 8 The Beatles - Ticket To Ride - Help! Lead vocals: John and Paul The Beatles ninth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Issued nearly four months prior to the Help! album s release on July 19, 1965 in the U.S. and four days later in the UK. Recorded on February 15, 1965 and featuring a blistering lead guitar performance by Paul McCartney. John and Paul composed the song together based primarily on John s idea. The song s distinctive drum pattern was conceived by Paul. The complex song arrangement was highly innovative for the time, and certainly unlike anything being played on top 40 radio. John Lennon in 1970: 8

9 9 Ticket To Ride was slightly a new sound at the time. It was pretty heavy for then, if you go and look in the charts for what other music people were making. It's a heavy record and the drums are heavy too. That's why I like it. McCartney said, It was quite radical at the time. Capitol Records printed From the United Artists release Eight Arms To Hold You on both sides of the single. On U.S. album: Help! - Capitol LP The Beatles - Paperback Writer - A Collection Of Beatles Oldies Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles twelfth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Recorded on April 13 and 14, The track is notable for Paul McCartney s furious bass line. The bass is so prominent in the mix that sound engineers at EMI worried it could cause the stylus of a record player tone arm (the needle thing on record players) to jump when fans played the 45 RPM single at home. Thankfully, no such calamity occurred. For this heavy bass sound Paul s chose to replace his usual Hofner bass with a Rickenbacker 4001S bass. Aside from the dominant bass part, McCartney also provides the lead guitar, with George Harrison working the tambourine. The second and third verse backing vocal is the French nursery rhyme Frere Jacques. Released in America on May 23 and in the UK on June 10. Paperback Writer made the second largest ever jump to No. 1 on Billboard's chart. It debuted at number 28 on June 11, 1966, moved to 15 and then to number 1 on June 25. The only single to make a bigger jump was another Beatles song, Can't Buy Me Love. On U.S. album: Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970) 4 KIP 9

10 10 Paul McCartney & Wings Helen Wheels Helen Wheels was the name of Paul s land rover a play on Hell On Wheels. Recorded in Lagos with Paul on lead guitar, bass and drums. Linda is on keyboards with Denny on guitar. This song is a true single, in that it did not appear on the Band on the Run album in the UK, but was included in the US version. See it s not gonna be just Beatles singles today we ve got solo 45 s in our SUPER BOWL JUKEBOX 2015! Super Singles Sunday 9.42 BREAK Super Singles Sunday here on BWTB 10

11 11 It is now time for both sides of what some say it the most perfect single released by the Beatles and it didn t go to #1 makes no sense or does it? The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever - Non-LP track 11

12 12 Lead vocal: John The Beatles fourteenth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Recording began on November 24, Written in Spain by John several months earlier while he was filming the Richard Lester-directed film How I Won The War. The beautiful Take 1 of this Lennon classic can be heard on the Anthology 2 album. It is entirely different than the finished version. Strawberry Fields was actually a Salvation Army home in the neighborhood where Lennon grew up. John used to go to parties there and it always brought back happy memories to him. One of the only two honest songs that John says he wrote for the Beatles. The other? Help! On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP The Beatles - Penny Lane - Non-LP track Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles fourteenth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Following the disastrous 1966 world tour the individual Beatles took control of their hectic schedule. They were no longer in a rush to do anything. In September 1966, Brian Epstein informed EMI and Capitol that there would be no new Beatles album, and quite possibly no single, ready in time for the 1966 Christmas season. EMI quickly assembled a 16-track greatest hits album ( A Collection Of Beatles Oldies ). In the U.S., Capitol did not release a hits compilation and instead waited impatiently for a new single. The band reconvened in late November to begin work on their next LP. With no deadlines, they simply brought in new songs as they dreamt them up. Contains at least TWO slightly slang obscenities ( finger pie and keeps his fire engine clean ). On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP 12

13 13 George Harrison What Is Life - All Things Must Pass 70 George wrote this song in 1969 while traveling to a Billy Preston session at Olympic Studios. This would be the second single released off the album, though it was listed as the B-Side for My Sweet Lord, in the UK. Although it should have been noted as a Double-A Single. Eric Clapton provides lead guitar. The Beatles - Day Tripper Past Masters Recorded: 16 October 1965 Rubber Soul sessions Oct. `65 Yesterday & Today LP here in the US The eleventh official EMI release. The first official double "A" side release of We Can Work It Out Inspired in part by John and George's first experience with acid, "Day Tripper" was written under pressure for use as a single for the Christmas season. John wrote most of the song, with Paul contributing to each of the verses The Beatles - Don t Let Me Down - Non-LP B-Side Lead vocal: John with Paul The Beatles nineteenth single release for EMI, and second on the Apple Records label. The Get Back sessions, as the January 1969 recording sessions were now known, produced about 475 hours of film and 141 hours of audio tape that had to be sifted through. But proper multi-track recordings weren t made until the band was recording in the basement of the Beatles Apple headquarters between January 21-31, Producer/Engineer Glyn Johns attempted to construct an album entitled Get Back from the tapes but his versions were rejected. The tapes would be left dormant in the vault for a year, with the exception of a single ( Get Back / Don t Let Me Down ). John Lennon s Don t Let Me Down was a love song for Yoko Ono and was the first song given a full run-through by the group when sessions for the new album began at Twickenham Studios on January 2, But proper multi-track recording takes were not done until the band changed location to the basement recording studio at their Apple headquarters. On U.S. album: Hey Jude - Capitol LP (1970) BREAK FOR NEWS NEWS w/ Jackie HERE BREAK 13

14 14 The Beatles - We Can Work It Out Past Masters Recorded: 20/29 October 1965 RELEASED AS A CHRISTMAS SINGLE ON DEC. 3 RD 1965 AND IT KICKED OFF THE RUBBER SOUL SESSIONS IN OCT Yesterday & Today in US / Collection of Oldies in UK Written by Paul as a pleading song to Jane Asher, who had just moved away from London to join the theatre. It was the first such instance in their relationship, and one that contributed to their eventual breakup The Beatles - Help! - Help! Lead vocal: John The Beatles tenth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Recorded during a three-hour session on April 13, Written mostly by John with some help from Paul. In 1965 George Harrison was interviewed about the upcoming single, saying it s probably the best single we ve done. Harrison said the group was really pleased with the song, and described it as being more involved than previous Beatles songs. It has a counter melody going on as well as a main melody. In 1980 John Lennon said, The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. I was eating and drinking like a pig and I was fat as a pig, dissatisfied with myself, and subconsciously I was crying for help. When Help! came out, I was actually crying out for help. I didn't realize it at the time. I just wrote the song because I was commissioned to write it for the movie. But later, I knew I really was crying out for help. 14

15 15 So it was my fat Elvis period. You see the movie: he - I - is very fat, very insecure, and he's completely lost himself. Lennon has pointed to 1967 s Strawberry Fields Forever and Help! as his only honest songs with the Beatles. The song was number one in the U.S. for three weeks, and in the UK it spent four weeks at number one. On U.S. album: HELP! QUIZ #1 RIGHT HERE A pair of tickets to The Wild Honey Orchestra and guest singers perform The Beatles White Album in its entirety Featuring members of the Bangles. Dave Gregory from XTC, Keith Allison Raiders, GARY WRIGHT! Muffs,3 O clock, Ian Mathews /Fairport Convention, A couple of Cowsills, John Wicks, Mitch Easter John Easdale Steve MacDonald form Redd Kross just added Chris Collingwood (Fountains of Wayne) and our very own Cosmo Topper Proceeds go to the The Autism Think Tank thank you Paul Rock The show is Feb. 28 th ALEX Theater Glendale It s kinda of Super Bowl / Beatles quiz question What Beatles single contains the word FOOTBALL? 15

16 16 OK..you have the length of this Ringo single 3.16 Ringo It Don t Come Easy - Single 1971 MIC ON He got toe jam football 16

17 17 The Beatles - Come Together - Abbey Road Lead vocal: John The Beatles twenty-first single release for EMI, and fourth on the Apple Records label. When John and Yoko were in Montreal staging their second and last Bed-In For Peace they were visited by Timothy Leary, an outspoken proponent of LSD. During their visit, Leary and his wife participated in John and Yoko s hotel room recording of Give Peace A Chance, singing on the chorus. Timothy is even name-checked in the lyrics. He asked John to write a song titled Come Together Join The Party for his bid to become governor of California. Lennon obliged and responded with lyrics such as: Come together right now/don t come tomorrow, don t come alone/come together right now over me. Lennon recorded a demo for Leary, who started using it as his campaign song. After being imprisoned for possession of marijuana in late 1969, Leary dropped out of the gubernatorial race, which was won by Ronald Reagan. Lennon reworked and expanded the song for the Beatles The Beatles - Things We Said Today - A Hard Day s Night Lead vocal: Paul Written in May 1964 on board a yacht called Happy Days during Paul McCartney's holiday in the Virgin Islands with his girlfriend Jane Asher, plus Ringo Starr and his future wife Maureen. Recorded in three takes on June 2, In his 1980 interview with Playboy magazine John Lennon remembered this being one of Paul s better songs. McCartney double tracked his vocals. John Lennon's piano part was meant to be omitted from the final mix, but lack of separation between instruments meant that its sound leaked into other microphones during recording. As a result it can be heard on the released version. The b-side of the UK A Hard Day s Night single. On U.S. album: Something New - Capitol LP 17

18 18 John Lennon - #9 Dream SINGLE EDIT 74 This track had started out with the title of Walls and Bridges. It was later renamed as it is much more fitting, and continues John s fascination with the number nine. May Pang provide backing vocals ( John s ) while a message to George Harrison can be heard (as the two men had been arguing) BREAK 18

19 19 The Beatles - A Hard Day s Night - A Hard Day s Night Lead vocal: John with Paul The Beatles seventh single release for EMI s Parlophone label. The title is a Ringoism, coined by the drummer sometime in 1963 and used by John in his book In His Own Write. With the film nearly completed the last bit of business was to give the film a name. The project was being filmed with the working title Beatlemania. On April 13, 1964 The Beatles met with key personnel from the studio and bounced title ideas. It was felt they d find no better suggestion than Ringo s offhand remark it s been a hard day s night and John volunteered to write the title song that evening. The next morning he brought the song in and taught it to Paul. Paul cleaned up the middle section and the two played it for producer Walter Shenson. Two days later The Beatles would formally record the song. It was a rarity for an outsider to be allowed in the studio or control booth while The Beatles rehearsed and recorded. An exception was made for the director of the A Hard Day s Night film, Richard Lester. Lester was in the control booth and offered many suggestions during the morning while this key song was worked out, much to the dismay of producer George Martin. It was Lester s suggestion that the song open dramatically (as it would open the film), and fade out at the end in a cinematic way. He got his wish. George s striking a G suspended 4th chord on his 12-string Rickenbacker make this record instantly recognizable in its opening two seconds. Released as a single in the UK on July 10, 1964, it went straight to #1. On U.S. album: A Hard Day s Night - United Artists LP 19

20 20 Wings Hi Hi Hi Written in Spain earlier in the summer, it was a great rocking tune that brought back some credibility to Paul s solo efforts. The BBC banned it on November 30 th, 1972 for suggestive language and drug references. Paul had used the word polygon but it was incorrectly listed as body gun in the lyrics. The Beatles - I Feel Fine- A Collection Of Oldies Lead vocal: John The Beatles eighth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Recorded in nine takes on October 18, Written entirely by John Lennon. He based the guitar riff on Bobby Parker s obscure R&B record Watch Your Step. The recording marked the first occasion in which guitar feedback had been deliberately incorporated into a pop song. The sound was achieved by Paul plucking a single bass string and John getting amplifier feedback from his guitar. Issued in the U.S. on November 23, 1964, and in U.K. four days later. Not included on the Beatles For Sale LP, which was released on December 4, 1964 in the UK. On U.S. albums: Beatles 65 - Capitol LP UK: Non-album single (A-side) On UK album: A Collection of Beatles Oldies - Parlophone LP (1966) QUIZ #2 HERE 20

21 21 (I attached the tones already) A pair of tickets to The Wild Honey Orchestra and guest singers perform The Beatles White Album in its entirety Featuring members of the Bangles. Dave Gregory from XTC, Keith Allison Raiders, GARY WRIGHT! Muffs,3 O clock, Ian Mathews /Fairport Convention, A couple of Cowsills, John Wicks, Mitch Easter John Easdale Steve MacDonald form Redd Kross just added Chris Collingwood (Fountains of Wayne)..and our very own Cosmo Topper Proceeds go to the The Autism Think Tank thank you Paul Rock The show is Feb. 28 th ALEX Theater Glendale Another loosely based football quiz on this SUPER BOWL SUNDAY relating to the Beatles In which Beatles songs can you here the chant of BLOCK THAT KICK? BLOCK THAT KICK? Hint: it s at the end of the song KLOS you ve got 3.35 seconds You/World Of Stone (single) (George Harrison) September 12 th, 1975 UK September 15 th, 1975 US George Harrison You - Single Originally written for Ronnie Spector, and recorded during the sessions for her sole Apple single, Try Some, Buy Some, in February According to 21

22 22 George, they recorded four or five tracks before Phil fell over, (something Phil Spector had a tendency to do often. George dug this tape out during the Extra Texture sessions, but didn t bother redoing the backing track, which is why you can hear Ronnie Spector singing one of her trademark Be My Baby oh-oh-oh s in the background. BACK TO ME WINNER HERE (Play Block That Kick) clip Can t really have an all SINGLES show without playing the Beatles MOST successful/biggest selling single of all time can we? 22

23 23 The Beatles - Hey Jude - Non-LP Track Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles eighteenth single release for EMI, the first on the Apple Records label. Paul McCartney s masterpiece. The 7 minute, 11 second track was the longest released by the Beatles up until that time, and the song broke wide open the usual two to three minute mold that had long been the standard for pop singles. Paul got the idea for the song while driving to visit Cynthia and Julian Lennon. He wrote the lyrics as a message of encouragement to young Julian while his parents were in the throes of a very public separation. Paul wanted to stay friends, so he planned a visit. Cynthia was still living in John s Kenwood estate, and since Paul usually wrote songs on the way there to collaborate with his writing partner, he fell into the same routine. Paul: I started with the idea Hey Jules, which was Julian, don t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better. Hey, try and deal with this terrible thing. I knew it was not going to be easy for him. I always feel sorry for kids in divorce. The adults may be fine but the kids I had the idea by the time I got there. I changed it to Jude because I thought that sounded a bit better.??? time 23

24 BREAK The Beatles - All You Need Is Love - Non-LP track Lead vocal: John The Beatles fifteenth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Written by John Lennon especially for the first-ever worldwide television transmission. The epic event, a 6-hour program entitled Our World, featured segments linking 24 countries in five continents via satellite, with a potential of 400 million viewers. The Beatles were honored to be invited to represent Great Britain in the program. For the event, they would premiere a brand new song written just for the occasion. John Lennon s All You Need Is Love became the anthem of 1967, the summer of love. To decrease the chances of an on-air foul-up, George Martin had the Beatles play to their own pre-recorded rhythm track. Only the vocals, bass guitar, lead guitar solo in the middle eight, drums and orchestra would be live. Recording began on June 14, 1967 at Olympic Studios. In all, 33 takes of the basic rhythm track and a few vocals were completed this evening. Overdubbing the lead and backing vocals took place on June 19. The orchestra was recorded for the first time on June 23. On June 24, the day before the event, it was decided that All You Need Is Love would be issued as the new Beatles single as soon as possible after the program aired the evening of June 25. Guests in the studio during the performance included the Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the Who s Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull, Donovan wore colorful mod clothing. The 13 orchestra members wore formal evening attire. After the guests left the studio, additional overdubs were made to what was now take

25 25 Ringo added the now-familiar snare drum roll to the song s introduction and John rerecorded part of his vocal. On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP Paul & Linda McCartney Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey Ram 71 Released as a single in the United States, it reached #1 in the US in September 1971, making it the first McCartney solo #1 single. Paul also won a Grammy for Best Arrangement for this song. 25

26 26 The Beatles - Yellow Submarine - Revolver / Yellow Submarine Lead vocal: Ringo The Beatles thirteenth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. One of the Beatles most innovative creations to date (1966), a children s sing-along, was written mostly by Paul with assistance from John for Ringo s vocal contribution to the Revolver album. The track was later used as the title song of the group s animated 26

27 27 film project, which was released in 1968 in the UK. Pop singer Donovan helped Paul with the lyrics, coming up with the memorable line, Sky of blue, sea of green. Although at the time of its release it was rumored to be about drugs, McCartney denied this, saying, I knew Yellow Submarine would get connotations, but it really was a children s song in the key of Ringo. The basic rhythm track was recorded in four takes on May 26, The session is notable in Beatles recording history because producer George Martin had taken ill with food poisoning and his future wife, Judy, manned the console to capture all of the action in his absence. Lead and background vocals where then added. Six days later, on June 1, with Martin back at the helm, recording resumed. On this date Lennon added his shout out ( Full speed ahead Mr. Boatswain, full speed ahead ), additional backing vocals, and sound effects, including bells, whistles, crashing waves, clinking glasses, etc., were superimposed. Participating in the backing vocals along with George Martin and the four Beatles were guests including Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Pattie Harrison, and band assistants Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans. BREAK HERE #3 here in USA.#1 Australia & Canada John Lennon Imagine Imagine 71 John s most famous anthem, and one of the most memorable songs of all time, this was to be considered John s Yesterday. It was inspired by Yoko s poem Cloud Piece from It continues to have massive radio play to this very day and was infamously censored (and retracted) by Clear Channel following the 9/11 attacks. This was John s dream no religion, no wars, no possessions his utopian ideal. The Beatles - Yes It Is - Single Lead vocals: John, Paul and George Recorded over five hours on February 16, 1965, the rhythm track of Yes It Is was completed in 14 takes. John, Paul and George then spent three hours recording the vocals live, the best version being laid on top of Take 14 as an overdub. Starting in 1965 this was the new way they would record. Previously, every edit piece or overdub would 27

28 28 have been numbered. Now they just recorded until they got it right and placed that on top of a numbered take, the best rhythm track. Written primarily by John Lennon. John: That's me trying a rewrite of This Boy, but it didn't work. Yes It Is is notable for its lush harmonies and George Harrison s 12-string Rickenbacker played through a foot-controlled volume pedal, what is now known as a wah-wah pedal. The B-side of the Ticket To Ride single, issued April 9, 1965 in the UK and April 19, 1965 in the U.S. Capitol Records printed From the United Artists release Eight Arms To Hold You on both sides of the single. The wrong film title and this song was not included in the film. On U.S. album: Beatles VI - Capitol LP The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Non-LP track Lead vocal: Paul The Beatles sixteenth single release for EMI s Parlophone label. Originally titled Hello Hello, Paul s Hello, Goodbye was recorded during the sessions for the Magical Mystery Tour TV movie, but was intended for release as a stand-alone single to be issued two weeks before the Magical Mystery Tour EP, and would not be included in the film. Work began on October 2, 1967 with 14 takes of the rhythm track. Over the next month, the Beatles added overdubs to create the finished recording. Specifically, Paul s lead vocal and John and George s backing vocals on Oct. 19, outside musicians playing two violas on Oct. 20, Paul s bass guitar on Oct. 25, and a second bass guitar line from Paul on Nov. 2. From the very first take the song included its unique reprise ending, which the group nicknamed, somewhat strangely, the Maori finale. Issued November 24, 1967 in the UK and November 27, 1967 in the U.S. On U.S. album: Magical Mystery Tour - Capitol LP 28

29 BREAK George Harrison Any Road Brainwashed 02 Composed in 1988 during the filming of a video for his album Cloud 9, Any Road would be George s last single. It was nominated for Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Male Pop Performance. The A-side features : George - Vocals, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, banjulele Dhani Harrison - Electric Guitar, backing vocals Jeff Lynne - Bass, piano, backing vocals Jim Keltner - Drums. Speaking of Jeff Lynne Ya know sometimes I think we don t realize how much of a mind-blower it was that the Beatles gave us a few new recordings in the mid 90 s this first one which was released as a single December

30 30 Here are the Beatles produced by Jeff Lynne The Beatles Free As A Bird- Single `95 Released December 1995 (US/UK) Format 7", CD John s part was recorded New York City, 1977 Paul, George & Ringo added there parts in Sussex, England, February March 1994 Next broadcasting LIVE from the Kobe Steak house Seal Beach The Beatles - The Long And Winding Road - Let It Be Lead vocal: Paul Paul s lush ballad is most famous for the Phil Spector augmentations thrust upon it. McCartney was said to be angry about the heavy-handed inclusion of strings, brass and a choir to his otherwise sparse arrangement. Spector, famous for his wall of sound production style, added 18 violins, four violas, four cellos, a harp, three trumpets, three trombones, two guitars, a choir of 14 female singers, and Ringo Starr re-recording a drum part. Paul s classic ballad was recorded on January 26, 1969 with Paul on piano 30

31 31 1. LOVE ME DO / PS I LOVE YOU...October 5, PLEASE PLEASE ME / ASK ME WHY...January 12, FROM ME TO YOU / THANK YOU GIRL...April 11, SHE LOVES YOU / I'LL GET YOU...August 23, I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND / THIS BOY...November 29, CAN'T BUY ME LOVE / YOU CAN'T TO THAT...March 20, A HARD DAYS NIGHT / THINGS WE SAID TODAY.July 10, I FEEL FINE / SHE'S A WOMAN...November 27, TICKET TO RIDE / YES IT IS...April 9, HELP! / I'M DOWN...July 23, DAY TRIPPER / WE CAN WORK IT OUT...December 3, PAPERBACK WRITER / RAIN...June 10, ELEANOR RIGBY / YELLOW SUBMARINE...August 8, PENNY LANE/STRAWBERRY FIELDS...February 17, ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE/BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN..July 7, HELLO GOODBYE / I AM THE WALRUS...November 24, LADY MADONNA / THE INNER LIGHT...March 15, HEY JUDE / REVOLUTION...August 30, GET BACK / DON'T LET ME DOWN...April 15, THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO /OLD BROWN SHOE..May 30, SOMETHING / COME TOGETHER...October 31, LET IT BE / YOU KNOW MY NAME...February,