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 Playlist  Feb.  9th  2014  

 

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The  Beatles  50  Anniversary  debut  on  The  Ed  Sullivan  Show  Special    

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Let’s check in with Murray the K New City 50 years ago

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. On U.S. albums: Introducing… The Beatles (Version 1) - Vee-Jay LP

The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

The Beatles - P.S. I Love You – Please Please Me

(McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: Paul

The b-side of “Love Me Do,” released October 5, 1962, in the UK.

Introducing… The Beatles (Version 1) - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Thank You Girl - Non-LP B-Side (McCartney-Lennon)

Lead vocal: John and Paul U.S. !Non-album single (b-side of “From Me To You” and “Do You

Want To Know A Secret”) (Vee-Jay)

On U.S. album: The Beatles’ Second Album - Capitol LP !UK: !Non-album single (B-

side) !!

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The Beatles - Ask Me Why – Please Please Me On U.S. albums:

Introducing… The Beatles (Version 2) - Vee-Jay LP

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When the Beatles touched down on an American tarmac 45 yrs ago this weekend, it was the second-most momentous landing of the '60s -- maybe the first, if moon shots don't count. Ten thousand hooky-playing fans were waiting at New York's JFK International Airport as the moptops' plane approached on the afternoon of Feb. 7, 1964. Transistor radios blared alerts passed along by local station=, which acted as Paul Revere for these British Invaders: "It is now 6:30 a.m., Beatle time. They left London 30 minutes ago. They're out over the Atlantic Ocean heading for New York. The temperature is 32 Beatle degrees...”

Oh no… here comes Murray!

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The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show – Feb. 9th 1964

INTRO ED

AERO SHAVE SPOT

All My Loving `Till There Was You

She Loves You ED

ANACIN SPOT ED

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I Saw Her Standing There I Want To Hold Your Hand

ED

Thank God… we are safe from Murray here!

And that’s how it sounded this week in 1964 as most of America got their first

glimpse at our new friends from Liverpool via the Ed Sullivan shoe…Feb. 9th 45 years ago….or a Little Steven calls it the BIG BANG of Rock ‘n ‘ Roll…we heard…

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Yes its true Ed, we’ve locked Murray in the closet in our Hotel.

Ringo thinks American ice cream cones are tasteless.

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Cool

The Fondettes – The Beatles Are In Town – Single

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The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show – Feb. 16th Deaulville

Hotel 1964

This Boy From Me To You

Break set up third (really 1st Beatle performace)

Really the 1st time an American audience saw the Beatles

The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show – Feb. 23nd

1964 (Taped on 2/9/64) (Aero shave Spot)

Twist & Shout Please Please Me

* Though "The Ed Sullivan Show" was the first TV program in America to host the Beatles, (February 9, 1964), ABC and CBS shot concert footage of the band in November 1963 as Beatlemania swept England. On December 7, 1963, "The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" featured footage of Beatles fans at a concert, and on Friday, January 3, 1964, Jack Paar's show was the first to broadcast footage of them on a major U.S. show, when Paar played a clip of the Beatles performing "She Loves You." At that point Paar was not a fan, and he disparaged their haircuts on air.

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The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show Aug. 14 1965 Aired Sept. 12th 1965

I Feel Fine

George coolest I’m Down

Act Naturally

NEWS HERE

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Ticket To Ride Yesterday

HELP!

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Closer w/ Dick Van Dyke and HELP (reprise)

Quick Break

Set up… the Ed Sullivan Beatles promo era which would last

until 1970…here’s Ed June 1966

The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show June 5th 1966

Promos The Beatles - Paperback Writer – Single

Recorded: 13/14 April 1966 The twelfth official EMI release

Capitol 5651 (mono) Released: May 27, 1966 Highest chart position: 1

RIAA Gold Single award: July 14, 1966 Paperback Writer made the second largest

ever jump to No. 1 on Billboard's chart. It debuted at number 28 on June 11th, 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.

UK Parlophone LP A Collection of Beatles Oldies US Apple LP Hey Jude / Past Masters

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b/w

The Beatles - Rain – Hey Jude/Beatles Again / Past Masters Recorded: 14/16 April 1966

flip of Paperback Writer Ringo’s favorite Beatle track… On the evening of April 14th 1966, John Lennon very soaked with tea put on his reel to reel tape of that days work backwards and of course listened for about 2 minutes before

realizing it was indeed backwards…this is the how he got the idea for the finish shed product we know and love.

Quiz

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The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show – Feb. 12th 1967

PROMOS

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The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever & Penny Lane - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Dec. 29th 1966

Released as a single in the UK Feb.`67 and DID NOT REACH #1. It was held off by Engelbert Humperdick’s “Release Me”. Penny Lane is a bus roundabout in

Liverpool Contains at least TWO slightly slang obscenities (finger pie & keeps his fire engine clean) Lead vocal Paul

Set Up Ed 1967….

The Beatles Ed Sullivan Show – Nov. 26th 1967 Hello Goodbye – Saville Theater London

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The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Magical Mystery Tour Recorded Oct. 2nd 1967

Released as a single Nov. `67 The sixteenth official EMI release.

Banned by the BBC for lip-syncing, which was against the rules of the British musicians union. The film (not video) was shot at the Savillie Theater in London.

Beatle John always disliked the song as it took the A side over his “I Am The Walrus”…though John did like the end bit.

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Take a break from Ed as it is Valentines day coming up…and I have a bunch of song requests…

So here are a few now…

The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret – Please Please Me

(McCartney-Lennon) Lead vocal: George

Recorded February 11, 1963. Written primarily by John Lennon for George Harrison to sing. The song was given to another Brian Epstein-managed act, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, to cover. Their version topped the British charts in late spring 1963. Inspired by "I'm Wishing," a song from Walt Disney’s 1937 animated film “Snow White and the

Seven Dwarfs” that Lennon’s mother used to sing to him when he was a child. On U.S. albums:

Introducing… The Beatles - Vee-Jay LP The Early Beatles - Capitol LP

The Beatles - If I Fell - A Hard Day’s Night

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John and Paul

John Lennon’s stunning ballad “If I Fell” was by far the most complex song he had written to date. It could be considered a progression from “This Boy” with its similar

chord structure and intricate harmonies by John and Paul, recorded – at their request – together on one microphone. Performed live on their world tour throughout the summer of 1964. Completed in 15 takes on February 27, 1964. Flip side of “And I Love Her” in

the U.S. On U.S. album:

A Hard Day’s Night - United Artists LP Something New - Capitol LP

The Beatles - In My Life - Rubber Soul

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocals: John with Paul

Recorded October 18, 1965 and written primarily by John, who called it his “first real major piece of work.” Of all the Lennon-McCartney collaborations only two songs have really been disputed by John and Paul themselves -- “Eleanor Rigby” and “In My Life.” Both agree that the lyrics are 100% Lennon, but John says Paul helped on the musical bridge, while Paul recalls writing the entire melody on John’s Mellotron. The gorgeous

piano solo is provided by George Martin. To give his solo a harpsichord sound the producer played the piano at half speed and an octave lower so that when played at

regular speed it would be in the correct key for the song. On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

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The Beatles - The Word - Rubber Soul

(Lennon-McCartney) Lead vocal: John On U.S. album:

Rubber Soul - Capitol LP

The Beatles - Something - Abbey Road (Harrison)

Lead vocal: George The Beatles’ twenty-first single release for EMI, and fourth on the Apple

Records label.

Wings – My Love – Red Rose Speedway

John Lennon – Woman – Double Fantasy

QUIZ HERE/

ON FEBRUARY 15, 1970, THE BEATLES MADE THEIR FINAL "APPEARANCE" ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW,

AS ED SHOWED PROMOTIONAL FILMS OF THE BEATLES PERFORMING 2 DIFFERENT SONGS…

NAME THOSE SONGS SHOWN BY ED FEB. 15TH 1970…. 800-955-KLOS

The Beatles – Birthday - The Beatles Recorded Sept. 18th 1968

Recorded after watching the movie The Girl Can Help It at Paul’s house. The 1956 film starred Jayne Mansfield and featured performances by Fats domino,

the Platters, Gene Vincent and Little Richard. Lennon: “it was a piece a garbage”.

Features backing vox by Pattie and Yoko. McCartney .7 Lennon .3

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QUIZ WINNER HERE_______/Have him pick a song…we ‘ll get that

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during the break possibly a LOVE song.

ON FEBRUARY 15, 1970,

VIDEOS OF TWO OF US AND LET IT BE. (IRONICALLY, BY THIS TIME, THE BEATLES HAD BEEN DISBANDED AS A WORKING BAND FOR SEVERAL MONTHS)…

The last time Mr. Sullivan had anything to do with the Beatles…. here’s Ed from 1970

Ed Sullivan – The Beatles Songbook - March 1970 Guests (appearing live):

--Dionne Warwick - "We Can Work It Out" --Peggy Lee - "Something" & "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"

--Paul McCartney (on tape), Dionne Warwick, Peggy Lee - "Yesterday" --Duke Ellington and his orchestra

--Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme - "Fool on the Hill" --Peter Gennaro Dancers (with Gennaro as Sergeant Pepper in a dance production

number) - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" --Edward Villella (of the New York Ballet) - "Lucy in the Sky"

--The Muppets - "In an Octopus's Garden" CBS repeated this episode on Sept. 13, 1970.

The Beatles – Two Of Us - Let It Be

Thought by many to be a song about John and Paul and their childhood, "Two of Us" is actually a song written by Paul about he and his wife Linda. The lyrics are derived from various experiences where the two would get in the car with Paul's dog Martha and just drive in the countryside until they were lost. One particular day, Linda parked the car and went for a walk; Paul sat in the car and wrote the

basic track for the song.

The Beatles – Let It Be - Let It Be Paul wrote "Let It Be" in response to the constant fighting amongst band

members, esp. over finances. Paul was trying to emerge as the new 'leader' of the band, since John was often absent from sessions. The other members grew

tired of his poking and prodding and soon turned on him. 'Mother Mary' who gives Paul strength is actually his mother, who came to him in a dream and lifted

his spirits

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