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The Beatles - Live At The Star Club

Beatles At The Star ClubNow we’ll spotlight the covers form the Beatles album called “Live At the Star Club” recorded 12/31/62 during the Beatles last trip to Hamburg, with Ringo on drums.

  1. "Roll Over Beethoven" written and released by Chuck Berry in 1956
  2. "Hippy Hippy Shake" written and recorded by Chan Romero in 1959- the Beatles also did this song for their BBC radio show Pop Go the Beatles on 5/24/63
  3. "Sweet Little Sixteen" written and released by Chuck Berry in January 1958
  4. "Lend Me Your Comb" written by Fred Wise and Ben Weisman it was released in December of 1956 as the  B-side to Carl Perkins Glad All Over
  5. "Your Feets Too Big" recorded 11/3/39 by Fats Waller
  6. " Twist and Shout" recorded  by the Isley Brothers in 1962
  7. "Mr. Moonlight" written by Roy Lee Johnson and recorded by Dr. Feelgood and the Interns
  8. "A Taste of Honey" is a pop standard written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow in 1960, the Beatles recorded a version for their UK debut LP Please Please Me
  9. "Bésame Mucho" see the Decca Audition
  10. "Reminiscing" written by King Curtis and recorded by Buddy Holly
  11. "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey- Kansas City was written by Leiber/Stoller in 1953– Little Richard wrote Hey, Hey, Hey was written & released by Little Richard in 1958 as the B-side to Good Golly Miss Molly- Richard usually performed these 2 songs as a medley as did the Beatles who released on their Beatles For Sale in the UK and Beatles VI in the U.S.
  12. "Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on a Tree)" is a song written by Eddie Fontaine, Cirino Colacrai, Diane Lampert and John Gluck, Jr., and first released by Eddie Fontaine in 1958
  13. "To Know Her Is to Love Her" (Phil Spector) see the Decca Audition
  14. "Little Queenie" written and by Chuck Berry
  15. "Falling in Love Again" recorded by Marlene Deitrich in 1939
  16. "Be-Bop-A-Lula" written and recorded by Gene Vincent in 1956 and released by Capitol records, it reached #7 in Billboard’s chart. John Lennon was playing this song on the day he met Paul McCartney
  17. "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" is a rhythm and blues single written by and released by American singer Ray Charles in 1956 on the Atlantic label.
  18. "Red Sails in the Sunset" written by Jimmy Kennedy & Hugh Williams it was released by Nat King Cole in 1951
  19. "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" written and released by Carl Perkins in 1957- the Beatles released it Beatles For Sale album in the UK
  20. "Matchbox" written and recorded by Carl Perkins in 1957 on the Sun Records label. The Beatles released it as a 45 backed with the Larry Williams song Slow Down in the US in 1964. It reached # 17 on the Billboard chart
  21. "I'm Talking about You" written and recorded by Chuck Berry in 1961
  22.  “Shimmy Shimmy" released by Bobby Freeman and written by Willaim Massey & Albert Schubert
  23. "Long Tall Sally" is a rock and roll 12-bar blues song written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman (known as "Little Richard"), recorded by Little Richard and released March 1956 on the Specialty Records label. The Beatles released it on their Long Tall Sally EP in June of 1964 in the UK and it is the last song the Beatles performed before a concert audience on August 18th 1966 in San Francisco
  24. "I Remember You" The music was written by Victor Schertzinger, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1941
  25. "Where Have You Been All My Life?" written by Cynthia Mann& Barry Weil
  26. "Till There Was You" see the Decca Auditions
  27. "Sheila" is a song written and recorded by Tommy Roe. The single reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on September 1, 1962, remaining in the top position for two weeks
  28. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" is a popular song written in 1953 by Joe Thomas and Howard Biggs. It has since become something of a minor pop standard, largely due to several well-received versions of the song. It is best known for appearing on Elvis Presley's first album, and for a performance of the song by The Beatles that appears on their Live at the BBC album.

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