My Bonnie

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My Bonnie
My Bonnie cover
Studio album by Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers
Released 5 January 1962
Recorded 22 June 1961, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle and Studio Rahlstedt, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Genre Rock and roll
Label Polydor LPHM46612 / SPLHM237112 (Germany)
Producer Bert Kaempfert
Singles from My Bonnie
  1. "My Bonnie" b/w "The Saints"
    Released: October 1961
  2. "Sweet Georgia Brown" b/w "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby"
    Released: 1964

My Bonnie is a 1962 album by Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, better known as The Beatles.

Contents

[edit] History

On The Beatles' first visit to Hamburg, Germany in 1960, they met rock and roller Tony Sheridan, and became friends with him. On their second visit, in 1961 (now minus Stu Sutcliffe), The Beatles backed Sheridan in a series of stage performances. It is sometimes said that German Polydor agent Bert Kaempfert personally saw Sheridan with The Beatles, but others report that a friend of Kaempfert's suggested that he bring them in to put down some recordings. While they recorded a number of songs together (as well as alone), few of them actually made it on to the album, with Sheridan re-recording many of them. The Beatles are known to appear on "My Bonnie" and "The Saints" (this pair was also released as a single, see below). The version of "Swanee River" on the album has sometimes been said to feature The Beatles, however that version is in fact not included here, and it is not known whether the original recording still exists.

A Liverpool fan's request in 1961 for a copy of "My Bonnie" brought the Beatles to the attention of then-record store manager Brian Epstein, and set in motion the events that would lead him to become their manager. After The Beatles became successful, the eight tracks The Beatles worked on and some Beat Brothers material were issued on an album in 1964 titled The Beatles' First.

[edit] Track listing

The British cover of “My Bonnie”.
The British cover of “My Bonnie”.

[edit] Side one

  1. "My Bonnie" (traditional)
  2. "Skinny Minny" (Bill Haley, Rusty Keefer, Milt Gabler, Catherine Cafra)
  3. "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" (Dave Williams, Sonny David)
  4. "I Know Baby" (Tony Sheridan)
  5. "You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell)
  6. "Ready Teddy" (Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco)

[edit] Side two

  1. "The Saints" (James Milton Black, Catherine Purvis)
  2. "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (Ray Charles)
  3. "Let's Twist Again" (Kal Mann, Dave Appell, Buchenkamp)
  4. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Bernie, Pinkard, Casey)
  5. "Swanee River" (Stephen Foster)
  6. "Top Ten Twist" (Homsen, Bones, Sheridan, Lüth)

[edit] Singles

The "My Bonnie"/"The Saints" single.
The "My Bonnie"/"The Saints" single.

The recording sessions with Tony Sheridan spawned a number of singles, three of which weren't released until The Beatles had gained fame, and interest in the previously unreleased material grew.

"My Bonnie" b/w "The Saints" (credited to TS and The Beat Brothers) was first released in October 1961[1], and reached #5 in the German Hit Parade. In England the single was released on January 5, 1962 (credited to TS and The Beatles). In the USA, the release of April 4, 1962 (Decca 31382) was cancelled, but when the material was released on January 27, 1964 on MGM K-13213 as The Beatles with Tony Sheridan, it charted to #26 in Billboard.

After The Beatles gained fame, also "Ain't She Sweet"/"Nobody's Child" received a release, the former of which includes only The Beatles, while the latter features Sheridan on lead vocal. Next came "Sweet Georgia Brown"/"Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby", on which the credit is sometimes disputed, as it has not been proven whether The Beatles play on this version of "Sweet Georgia Brown". However, "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby" is known to feature The Beatles, and was recorded in the same session as "Ain't She Sweet".

Finally, "Why"/"Cry for a Shadow" was released, on which "Why" was performed by Sheridan, with The Beatles on backup, and "Cry for a Shadow" was a Harrison/Lennon instrumental, the only one credited in this way. Numerous compilations of these early recordings have been released to the public, both officially and unofficially, most conclusively in the Bear Family box set Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://tonysheridan.com/html/7_inch.html Tony Sheridan 7" singles
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The Beatles' compilations
Bert Kaempfert recordings
(Polydor/Bear Family)
My Bonnie (Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, Germany, 1962) • The Beatles' First (Germany, 1964 / UK, 1967) • In the Beginning (Circa 1960) (1970) • The Early Tapes of The Beatles (1984) • Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days (2001)
1962–1970 (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
Hits: A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966) • 1962–1966 (1973) • 1967–1970 (1973) • 20 Greatest Hits (1982) • 1 (2000)

Themes: Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) • Love Songs (1977) • The Beatles' Ballads (1980) • Reel Music (1982)
Non-album tracks: Hey Jude (US, 1970 / UK, 1979) • Rarities (UK, 1978) • Rarities (US, 1980) • Past Masters, Volume One (1988) • Past Masters, Volume Two (1988)
Alternate versions: Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) • Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Other: The Beatles' Christmas Album (US) / From Then to You (UK) (1970) • Love (2006)

Unreleased: Sessions (due date 1985)
Live albums (Parlophone/
Capitol/Lingasong)
Anthology (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
Anthology 1 (1995) • Anthology 2 (1996) • Anthology 3 (1996)
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Apple/Capitol)
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