1 BWTB Annual Mothers Day Show OPEN The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded 22nd August 1967 at Chappell Recording Studios London (1st of two) Abbey Road was booked on this day so they went to another George Martin used studio owned by the Chappell Publishing Co. also in London. Lead vocal Paul The Beatles - Mother Nature’s Son - The Beatles 2 (Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: Paul Another Paul McCartney solo performance for the “White Album.” Paul remembers writing the song at his father’s home in Liverpool and that it was inspired by Nat “King” Cole’s recording of “Nature Boy.” After the other Beatles went home on the evening of August 9, 1968, Paul went through 25 live performances of the song, each featuring his vocal and his Martin D-28 acoustic guitar. Take 24 was deemed the best. Overdubbing took place on August 20 with Paul playing drums and timpani, double-tracking his lead vocal at the end of the song, and adding a second acoustic guitar part. George Martin’s brass arrangement was also added to the mix. John Lennon – Mother – Plastic Ono Band ‘70 Originally started in England, the song’s composition was completed in California (during the famous “Primal Scream” therapy with Dr. Janov). This particular track explored John’s therapy head-on, and it set the musical and lyrical tone for the rest of the album. George Harrison had a great affection for this tune, as he sang the brief a cappella version during an interview on Good Morning Australia in 1982. George Harrison – Deep Blue – flip Bangla Desh Single Written during the All Things Must Pass sessions for his Mom who passed away on July 7, 1970. Paul McCartney – Momma’s Little Girl – flip Put It There (Paul) 3 The Beatles – Julia – The Beatles Only part about John’s mother Julia but also mentions his then girlfriend Yoko Ono with the references to “Ocean Child” which in Japanese means….YOKO Ringo Starr – Stardust – Sentimental Journey Arranged by Paul McCartney. Hoagy Carmichael wrote the tune in 1927, with the words added in 1929. Ringo was familiar with the 1957 hit version by Billy Ward and the Dominoes…you thought Eric Clapton was the first to have dominos 9.27 BREAK Another thing we do every Mothers Day is play set of songs featuring Girls or for today’s purposes MOM’s names….so lets The Beatles – Anna (Go To Him) (Arthur Alexander) Please Please Me 4 Alexander’s original recording was released as a single in Sept. of 1962 on Dot Records. Did not crack the Top 40. Beatles played it live in `62 and `63. Lead vocal John US – Vee-Jay LP Introducing the Beatles US – The Early Beatles The Beatles – Lovely Rita - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded Feb. 23 1967 Paul heard that in America, parking – meter woman where called “meter aids” and thus….the tune. Lead vocal Paul McCartney 1.00 The Beatles - Martha My Dear - The Beatles Recorded Oct. 4th,1968 Trident Lennon bass. About Paul's sheepdog. Paul 1.00 The Beatles - Sexy Sadie - The Beatles Recorded July 19th 1968 5 Written about the Maharishi Yogi when John was leaving India with quote “a bad taste in his mouth”. Lennon 1.00 Paul McCartney – Yvonne – 1987 (McCartney / Stewart) (Unreleased “Press To Play” sessions) This collaboration with Eric Stewart was recorded in Spring 1985 for the Press To Play project, but it was finally rejected from the line-up of the album. The song was later re-recorded and released on a 10cc album. 6 The Beatles - She's A Woman –Duo phonic! Beatles `65 /Past Masters /No UK album Recorded: 8 October 1964 flip of I Feel Fine Capitol 5327 (US) November 23, 1964 Parlophone R 5200 (UK) November 27, 1964 QUIZ HERE Let’s play it was 50 years ago today…May 10th 1965…what were the Beatles doing 50 years ago today? 800-955-KLOS 9.57 BREAK Winner here___________ 7 It also happened to be Larry Williams’s birthday on May 10th…holy synchronicity Batman! (hit it) The Beatles – Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Larry Williams) - HELP! Recorded May 10th 1965 First appearing on the US LP Beatles VI in June of 1965 two months BEFORE HELP! was released. Lead vocal John US - Capitol LP Beatles VI 8 Wings – Girls’ School The lyrics came during a layover in Hawaii, where Paul was flipping through a US newspaper and stumbled across ads for pornographic films and constructed the words around the titles. The Beatles - Dear Prudence - The Beatles sessions TK 3 Recorded Aug. 28th 1968 at Trident Written in India about Mia Farrow’s sister who locked herself in her hut while on retreat in India. Paul on drums. Mal tambourine. Jackie Lomax and Paul‘s cousin John sang backing vocals. Lennon 1.00 9 John Lennon – Woman - Double Fantasy ‘80 John considered this to be his “Beatle Track” on the album, and seemed a bit ashamed by it. But he had nothing to fear, as this is another truly great Lennon tune. With a superb vocal, gorgeous melody and a non-cloying, truly affective sentiment to the song. The Beatles - Michelle – Rubber Soul Recorded Nov. 3rd, 1965 Written mainly by Paul with a bit of HELP form John in the middle eight section. Musicians: Paul McCartney – lead vocal, lead guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar (?), drums(?); John Lennon – backing vocal(?), acoustic guitar(?); George Harrison – backing vocal(?), acoustic guitar(?); Ringo Starr – drums(?) It was briefly considered as a single, but John vetoed it. But it still managed to win the Ivor Novello award for being the ‘Most Performed Work Of The Year’, beating Yesterday into second place. But they couldn’t be bothered to go to the awards ceremony, so Ross MacManus ended up singing it instead (Elvis Costello’s dad!). Lead vocal Paul 10 McCartney .7 / Lennon .3 News with my MOM our senior news correspondent 10.27 BREAK BUMPER/ The Beatles - Penny Lane - Non-LP track (Lennon-McCartney) 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. BREAK 11 The Beatles – Lucy In The Sky w/ Diamonds - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Recorded March 1st 1967 The title taken from a painting from young Julian Lennon of a school friend of his named Lucy and there were some stars painted in the sky and called it Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. Paul wrote the line “newspaper taxis”. Musicians: John Lennon – double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar; Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, Lowry organ, bass guitar; George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, tambura; Ringo Starr – drums, maracas 12 The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby – Revolver Recorded April 1966 Written by Paul though John Lennon claimed in two different interviews (Hit Parader in`71 and again in Playboy in 1980) that he wrote 70 percent of the lyrics! Paul sez: “I saw somewhere that John said he helped on “Eleanor Rigby “. Yeah about half a line”. Well…! Musicians: Paul McCartney – lead vocal; John Lennon – harmony vocal; George Harrison – harmony vocal; Tony Gilbert, Sidney Sax, John Sharpe and Jurgen Hess – violins; Stephen Shingles and John Underwood – violas; Derek Simpson and Norman Jones – cellos 13 Paul McCartney – Jenny Wren - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard ‘05 Paul: I was in Los Angeles and I was in one of those moods. `I want to go and play my guitar in the great outdoors' so I went into a spot in one of the canyons there (off Coldwater Canyon), lovely nature spot, getting away from all the traffic and everything, and just found a little spot and just sat down and started playing guitar. I think, but to me it was just something to do with Blackbird, a wren: a wren is one of my favorite birds, little English bird, it's the smallest English bird and I always feel very privileged to see a wren because they're very shy John Lennon – Peggy Sue - Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘75 Another hero of John’s, Buddy Holly had recorded this in 1957 – this was a tune that Lennon dubbed, “Honky Rock.” The Beatles - Lady Madonna – b/w The Inner Light Recorded at Abbey Road Studios during sessions on 3 February and 6 February 1968 before the Beatles left for India. This single was the last release by the band on Parlophone in the UK, where it reached #1, and Capitol Records in the U.S., where it reached #4. All subsequent releases, starting with "Hey Jude" in August of 1968, were released on their own label Apple Records, under EMI distribution, until the late 1970s, when 14 Capitol and Parlophone re-released old material. Paul – The Lovely Linda – McCartney George – Mother Divine – ATMP Pre-production sessions w/ Phil QUIZ #2 HERE… Paul wrote his very first song about his Mother…It was called I Lost My Little Girl….at what age was Paul when he wrote it? 800-955-KLOS He was 14 in 1956 10.57 BREAK 15 Winner here_______________ Paul McCartney – I Lost My Little Girl (Lennon/McCartney) – Unplugged ‘91 This was Paul’s first composition, written at the age of 14.