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The Beatles recorded "I'm Down" during sessions for their album Help! in June 1965. The first song by the band to incorporate a Vox Continental electric organ, John Lennon plays the instrument in the style of Jerry Lee Lewis, doing glissandos with his elbow. In the decade following its release, the song became a comparative rarity among the ...
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics is a set of two books combining the lyrics of songs by the Beatles with accompanying illustrations and photographs, many by leading artists of the period. Comments from the Beatles on the origins of the songs are also included. [1] The book was edited by Alan Aldridge, who also provided many of the illustrations. [2]
"Help!" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that served as the title song for the 1965 film and the band's accompanying soundtrack album. It was released as a single in July 1965, and was number one for three weeks in the United States and the United Kingdom. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, "Help!"
The official version was recorded on January 4, 1983, at Thrill Hill West, Los Angeles, CA, and one of the mixes was released on February 6, 1985, as the B-side to "I'm On Fire". The song appeared on preliminary song lists for inclusion on what would become Born in the U.S.A. but was ultimately left off the final album.
"More popular than Jesus" [nb 1] is part of a remark made by John Lennon of the Beatles in a March 1966 interview, in which he claimed that the public were more infatuated with the band than with Jesus, and that Christian faith was declining to the extent that it might be outlasted by rock music.
"I'm a Loser" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, originally released on Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom, later released on Beatles '65 in the United States, both in 1964. Written by John Lennon , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and credited to Lennon–McCartney , it was considered for release as a single until Lennon wrote " I Feel Fine ".
"She Was My Baby (He Was My Friend)" / "The Hole He Said He'd Dig for Me" (1964) " I'm on Fire " is a song originally recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis , who released it as a single , with "Bread and Butter Man" on the other side, in 1964 on Smash Records .
The song was one of several recorded as a demo at George Harrison's Esher home in 1968 before the recording sessions for The Beatles.The Esher demo was first released on Anthology 3 (1996) and the 2018 deluxe edition of The Beatles. [8]