Who wrote the Beatles song that was released on the B-side of the single featured on the film soundtrack of the same name in 1964?
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Things We Said Today "Things We Said Today" is a song by English rock band the Beatles written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was composed for the film "A Hard Day's Night" but was eventually not included. It does appear on the soundtrack album. It was also released as the B-side of the single "A Hard Day's Night" in the UK.
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A Hard Day's Night (song) "A Hard Day's Night" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was written by John Lennon, with some collaboration from Paul McCartney. It was released on the film soundtrack of the same name in 1964. It was also released in the UK as a single, with "Things We Said Today" as its B-side.
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My Little Red Book "My Little Red Book" is a song composed by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David. In the wake of the British Invasion, Bacharach, a former bandleader for Marlene Dietrich, began working hands-on with beat groups of the era such as Manfred Mann. Manfred Mann recorded the song for the 1965 film "What's New Pussycat?", filmed between October 1964 to June 1965; the entire catalogue of music for the film was written by Bacharach and David.
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Melody Fair "Melody Fair" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb in 1968 and released in 1969 on their album "Odessa". It was not released as a single, but this song was played on many radio stations, and was a hit in Japan. Andy Gibb's 1974 group, named Melody Fayre was named after this song. It also featured as the theme to "Melody", a British film featuring a number of Bee Gees songs in its soundtrack.
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Silly Love Songs "Silly Love Songs" is a song written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. The song appears on the 1976 album "Wings at the Speed of Sound." It was also released as a single in 1976, backed with "Cook of the House". The song, written in response to music critics accusing him of writing only "silly love songs", also features disco overtones.
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The Beatles (album) The Beatles, also known as the White Album, is the ninth studio album by English rock group the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. A double album, its plain white sleeve has no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed, which was intended as a direct contrast to the vivid cover artwork of the band's earlier "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Although no singles were issued from "The Beatles" in Britain and the United States, the songs "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" originated from the same recording sessions and were issued on a single in August 1968. The album's songs range in style from British blues and ska to tracks influenced by Chuck Berry and by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
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Too Much Rain "Too Much Rain" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the seventh track on his 2005 album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard". The song was recorded at George Martin's Air Studios in central London with producer Nigel Godrich. It was inspired by the theme to the 1936 film "Modern Times", written by Charlie Chaplin and commonly known as "Smile" (lyrics were added to Smile in 1954 by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons).
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Why (Tony Sheridan song) "Why" is one of the early songs performed by the Beatles when they were backing Tony Sheridan as the Beat Brothers. In the UK, it is the B-side of the instrumental rock tune "Cry for a Shadow". Although it was originally intended to be the A-side, the record label Polydor chose not to release it (at that time). When the Beatles were gaining popularity by 1964, the record label decided to release it with "Cry for a Shadow" as the A-side and "Why" as its B-side. In the US and Canada, it was released as originally intended, by the North American record label MGM with "Why" as the A-side and "Cry for a Shadow" as the B-side, due to its being an instrumental.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (soundtrack) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a soundtrack album to the 1964 Rankin/Bass television special of the same name. The original cast recordings from the TV special (side "A" of the original LP release) are supplemented with instrumental versions recorded by the Decca Concert Orchestra (on side "B"). All songs used in the television special were written by Johnny Marks.
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Crying, Waiting, Hoping "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" is a song written by Buddy Holly. It was released in 1959 as the B-side to "Peggy Sue Got Married". Three versions of Holly's recording were released: the 1959 commercial release, the 1964 reissue with different orchestration, and Holly's original, private home recording.
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The Sound of Music (soundtrack) The soundtrack of the film "The Sound of Music" was released in 1965. It reached number one in June of that year and spent a total of 70 weeks at the top over several runs. It was the biggest-selling album in the UK during 1965, 1966, and 1968 and the second biggest-selling of the entire decade after Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. "The Sound of Music" also stayed 73 weeks on the Norwegian charts, becoming the seventh best-charting album of all time in that country.
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The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits is a tribute album of Alvin and the Chipmunks singing the hits of the Beatles. It was originally released in 1964 by Liberty Records on vinyl record, and consists of Chipmunk renditions of early Beatles hits.
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What Goes On (Beatles song) "What Goes On" is a song by the Beatles, featured as the eighth track on their sixth British album "Rubber Soul". The song was later released as the B-side of the US single "Nowhere Man", and then as the tenth track on the North America-only album "Yesterday and Today". It is the only song by the band credited to Lennon–McCartney-Starkey.
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You'll Be Gone "You'll Be Gone" is a song co-written by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music and released in 1965 on the "Girl Happy" soundtrack album and as a 45 single. The song was recorded in 1962 and is significant because it was co-written by Elvis Presley, with his bodyguard Red West and Charlie Hodge.
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Her Majesty (song) "Her Majesty" is a song written by Paul McCartney (although credited to Lennon–McCartney) that appears on the Beatles' album "Abbey Road". It is a brief tongue-in-cheek music hall song. "Her Majesty" is the final track of the album and appears 14 seconds after the song "The End", but was not listed on the original sleeve. As such, it is considered one of the first examples of a hidden track in rock music.
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Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night is the Beatles seventh official EP, released on 6 November 1964. This EP contains four tracks from the album that were not featured in the film. Its catalogue number is Parlophone GEP 8924. It was also released in France.
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All Summer Long (The Beach Boys song) "All Summer Long" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album "All Summer Long", and as a single in the UK in February 1965.
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G.I. Blues (song) "G.I. Blues" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1960 motion picture "G.I. Blues". Its first LP release was on the eponymous soundtrack album in October 1960.
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Speedway (song) "Speedway" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture "Speedway".
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A Beginning "A Beginning" is an instrumental piece composed by the Beatles' producer George Martin and intended as an introduction to "Don't Pass Me By", Ringo Starr's first solo composition from the Beatles' 1968 double album "The Beatles" (also known as the "White Album").
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Liza Jane (David Bowie song) "Liza Jane" was the first recording to be released as a single by David Bowie, and credited to Davie Jones with the King-Bees. This event took place in 1964 when Bowie was 17 years old. The B-side of the single was the Paul Revere and the Raiders song "Louie, Louie Go Home". Both songs on the single were recorded in a seven-hour session at Decca Studios in Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead.
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Ringo Beat Ringo Beat is a 1965 novelty single written and recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. It was inspired by the popularity of Ringo Starr, the drummer of The Beatles. Fitzgerald had described the rock drumming style of her 16-year-old son, Ray Brown, Jr. as the "Ringo beat...cause that's where it all started". The guitarist Barney Kessel also appears on the song.