MUS321H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Please Please Me (Song), Roy Orbison, Ask Me Why
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Kippen beatles mus321: 1963: please please me & with the beatles. By rejecting other writers" material, the beatles showed they were confident in their abilities and trusted their own material. Live shows, covered wide range of songs and styles. Rejected idea of releasing singles of other people"s material (ex. Love me do vs. how do you do it?) Song from a musical called the music man . Decca sessions inspired by the peggy lee version. Before the beatles, the chords were simple blues based ones. This is chord progression for till there was you . Verse: g c g c g c c c c (i iv ) Us elvis, everly brothers, roy orbison. Motown first #1 in 1961 the marvelettes please mr postman . Uk: 1960: lonnie donegan (skiffle), everly brothers, shadows, roy orbison, No one in britain in this time was consistently a big hit, and most big hits were from the us: 1962: frank ifield, tornadoes.
