About “You Really Got a Hold on Me” “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” is a song written by Smokey Robinson, which became a 1962 Top 10 hit single for the Miracles. One of the Miracles’ most covered tunes, this million-selling song received a 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame […]
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JOHN 1980: “That was Paul’s. Maybe I stuck some bits in there… I really don’t remember. It was a pretty poor song and I was never really interested in it either way.” PAUL 1988: “I can’t remember much about that one. Certain songs were just ‘work’ songs… you haven’t got […]
JOHN 1963: “Our recording manager (George Martin) thought our arrangement was fussy, so we tried to make it simpler. We were getting tired though, and just couldn’t seem to get it right. In the following weeks we went over it again and again. We changed the tempo a little, we […]
About “Boys” “Boys” is a song written by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell, originally recorded by the Shirelles at Bell Sound Studios in New York City and released as the B-side of their “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” single in November 1960. The Beatles covered “Boys” on their first album […]
PAUL 1984: “Influenced by the Marvelettes, who did the original version. We got it from our fans, who would write ‘Please Mr. Postman’ on the back of the envelopes. ‘Posty, posty, don’t be slow, be like the Beatles and go, man, go!’ That sort of stuff.” About “Please Mister Postman” […]