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Some Other Guy
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Liverpool on August 22, 1962
After receiving scads of letters from besotted Beatles fans, Manchester's Granada Television shot this live performance by the band for a programme called "Know The North." The visuals are grainy and the sound is hardly pristine; in fact, it was deemed unsuitable for broadcast until a year later, when the moptops' fame had spread throughout England.
Still, it's a remarkable document: the only synchronized sound footage
that exists of the Beatles at the famous Cavern Club, and the first film
with Ringo Starr as the group's drummer (Pete Best had been
unceremoniously dumped a week earlier, guaranteeing his eternal status
as poster boy for bad luck and missed opportunities).
The Beatles' lunchtime sessions at the Cavern -- a warehouse cellar that
had previously been a jazz venue -- started in February, 1961. Despite the club's poorly-ventilated mix of body odor, mildew and cigarette smoke, they quickly built an insanely loyal Liverpool following. Brian Epstein first saw the group there in November, 1961, and subsequently offered to manage them.
Epstein's aesthetic touch is evident in this clip: as you watch the
soon-to-be-Fab Four bash their way through "Some Other Guy" -- a minor
hit for American singer Richard Barrett -- note their matching ties and
vests. Gone are the Teddy-boy leathers worn during their debauched
visits to Hamburg; now the Beatles had a proper manager, who was
insisting they wear uniforms more conducive to mainstream success.
Their popularity was about to bust beyond Liverpool's city limits;
within a couple of weeks of this appearance, they'd go to EMI studios in
London to record their first single, "Love Me Do." Their last appearance at the Cavern took place on August 3, 1963; the sweeping tide of Beatlemania meant they'd never play in such an intimate setting again.
The Beatles captured live by Granada Television at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, on August 22, 1962.
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| "Some Other Guy" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Richie Barrett | |
| B-side | "Tricky Dicky" |
| Released | 1962 |
| Format | 7" |
| Genre | R&B |
| Label | Atlantic #2142 |
| Writer(s) | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richard Barrett |
| Richie Barrett singles chronology | |
"Some Other Guy" is a rock 'n roll song, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Richard Barrett.[1] It was first released by Barrett as a single in 1962,[2] with a backing band featuring an electric piano, an unusual sound in pop music at the time.
The song was recorded by The Beatles during a live BBC radio session and included on the album, Live at the BBC. The song is especially popular in Beatles lore, being featured in the only known existing film with synchronized sound showing the Beatles performing live at the famous Cavern Club. The crude, grainy footage features John Lennon and Paul McCartney singing the song's melody in unison on Wednesday August 22, 1962. It is also the first film of Ringo Starr as the Beatles drummer, Pete Best having been discharged the week before. At the end of the song you can hear someone in the audience screaming "We want Pete!"
| "" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by The Beatles from the album Live at the BBC | ||
| Released | 30 November 1994 | |
| Recorded | 1962 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:01 | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
The song was very popular in Liverpool's Merseybeat scene.[2] Both the original and the version by fellow Merseybeaters The Big Three ("Some Other Guy" b/w "Let True Love Begin", Decca F11614, March 63, UK#37) are part of John Lennon's jukebox. The song was covered by the pre-British Invasion group Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, and also by Led Zeppelin during a Whole Lotta Love Melody on September 4th, 1970, being found on the famous bootleg Live On Blueberry Hill. Both sides of the single were covered by The Searchers.
This song was also performed/covered by the fictional band The Stray Cats in the 1974 rock film Stardust starring David Essex.
The song was also covered by the Detroit band the Hentchmen featuring Jack White of the White Stripes on lead guitar. The song was released as a 45 on the Detroit label, Italy Records, in 1997. A copy of this record was in John Peel's treasured record box after his death.[citation needed]
Parodies
The Rutles' song "Goose-Step Mama" is based on the Beatles' version of this song.
Notes
- ^ "ASCAP ACE Database". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). http://www.ascap.com/ace/. Retrieved 2010-11-22.
- ^ a b Harry, Bill (2000). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated. London: Virgin Publishing. pp. 1011–1012. ISBN 0-7535-0481-2.