lend me your ears and i'll sing you a song...

THE BEATLES LIVE AT THE BBC


Disc Two
Crinsk Dee Night
A Hard Day's Night
Have a Banana!
I Wanna Be Your Man
Just a Rumour
Roll Over Beethoven
All My Loving
Things We Said Today
She's a Woman
Sweet Little Sixteen
1822!
Lonesome Tears In My Eyes
Nothin' Shakin'
The Hippy Hippy Shake
Glad All Over
I Just Don't Understand
So How Come (No One Loves Me)
I Feel Fine
I'm a Loser
Everybody's Trying to be My Baby
Rock and Roll Music
Ticket to Ride
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Medley:Kansas City/Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Set Fire To That Lot!
Matchbox
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
Love These Goon Shows!
I Got to Find My Baby
Ooh! My Soul
Ooh! My Arms
Don't Ever Change
Slow Down
Honey Don't
Love Me Do

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"Crinsk Dee Night" (Speech)--The boys chat with Brian Matthew about their new flim, A Hard Day's Night.

Brian: The next few minutes are in the lap of the gods and hands of the Beatles. In my young days, when I was a lad, they used to have actors in films and they...
Paul: Yes.
Brian: Now they...
John: Hey, listen.
Paul: It's all changed now.
John: It's all changed now.
Brian: Well this is what I'm wondering
Paul: We're not doing that. No actors.
Brian: In those days the actors used to say their best bits were left on the cutting room floor. Did you find that?
John: No, no, no. These are the good bits in the film, that's certainly the best.
Brian: Yes?
John: Rubish.
Brian: Was it really?
John: Even worse.
Brian: Who was worse?
John: Oh, Paul.
Brian: I see.
Paul: I think John was rather worse.
John: No, it was you.
Paul: Oh, Ringo was very good.
Brian: He was?
Paul: He's a good lad, yes.
Brian: They say he's a new Charlie Chaplan.
John: He was miming!
Paul: You too, with Jason.
Brian:Do you think this is right?He's a Charlie Chaplan?
John: Oh yeah, but he's an old one. OK Ring.
Brian: You're beginning to look like it.
Ringo: Alright John!Can you hear me?
Paul: Can you hear him?
Brian: Not really, I hope not, I hope not!
John: We brought the flowers, Ring.
Brian: He's not allowed to talk.
John: We brought you the flowers.
Ringo: Oh, good.
John: And the grapes.
Ringo: Oh, I like grapes!
Paul: He likes grapes.
Brian: Well, guess who's top of the pops in Portugal, then.
All: Who?
Who?
Who?
Brian: Los Beatles.
John Los Beatles? Os Beatles? Great, great laugh.
Brian: I don't suppose you know the title of you film in Portuguese?
John: No, "Crinsk Dee Night". Brian: Could be. Let's hear the number, shall we?
John: Right!

To the top, Johnny!


"A Hard Day's Night" (Lennon/McCartney)--Although it isn't the record, the middle bit is the record because George Martin never arrived to play the part.

It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I'll find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright

You know I work all day to get you money to buy you things
And it's worth it just to hear you say you're going to give me everything
So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel ok

When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight

Owww!

So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel ok
You know I feel alright
You know I feel alright

To the top, Johnny!


"Have a Banana!" (Speech)--Catch!

Brian Matthew: Is that it? Is that the end?
Paul: Yeah, yeah, that's it.
John: Fade, fade!
Brian: Good track. Oh, well, we'll stop there, stop there, stop there.
John: What an end!
Brian: Quiet! All right, George.
John: Fade!
Brian: Hold it!
George: Oh, thank you.
John: Fade, you silly.
Brian: Well, we did. We did that. Oh, no! No! We've done that bit!
John: The train comes in now.
Brian: We did that.
John: Yeah.
Brian: To pove we weren't playing the record, then, you see. 'Cause, otherwise, there's no point in you being here, is there? Ha, ha, ha!
John: Yeah, we did that, 'cause it sounds just like it, don't it?
Brian: Pretty cool lot of fellows, aren't you? Here, Ringo, have a banana, catch!

To the top, Johnny!


"I Wanna Be Your Man" (Lennon/McCartney)--Arright Ringo! Ringo takes the lead vocal on this song, a gift given to the Rolling Stones.

I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man

Love you like no other, baby, like no other can
Love you like no other, baby, like no other can

I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man

Tell me that you love me, baby, let me understand
Tell me that you love me, baby, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man

Hey

Tell me that you love me, baby, let me understand
Tell me that you love me, baby, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover, baby, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man

I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, that's right
I wanna be your man, hold me tight
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man

To the top, Johnny!


"Just A Rumour" (Speech)--Alan Freeman and George talk very seriously.

Alan Freeman: George, is it true that you're a connoisseur of the classics?
George: No, it's just a rumour, a rumour.
Alan: Just a rumour?
George: Hmm.
Alan: Did you enjoy singing "Beethoven"?
George No. Been singing it for 28 years, now, you know.
Alan: For how long?
George: Twenty-eight years.
Alan: That's incredible. Could you manage one more performance?
George: Um, possibly.
Alan: Oh, go on, say, "yes."
George: Yes, thank you.

To the top, Johnny!


"Roll Over Beethoven" (Berry)--We all know this is from the album With the Beatles, which was released in December 1963. When the boys did this radio program, which was broadcast on Easter Monday, the album was still atop the charts at number one!

Gonna write a little letter
Gonna mail it to my local DJ
It's a rocking little record
I want my jockey to play
Roll over, Beethoven
Gotta hear it again today

You know, my temperature's rising
And the jukebox blows a fuse
My heart's beating rhythm
And my soul keeps a-singing the blues
Roll over, Beethoven
And tell Tchaikovsky the news

Well, if you feel it and like it
Get you rlover and reel and rock it
Roll it over and move on up, just a trifle further
And a-reel and rock it, roll it over
Roll over, Beethoven
Dig these rhythm and blues

Early in the morning, I'm a-giving you the warning
Don't you step on my blue, suede shoes
Hey, diddle, diddle, I'm a-playing my fiddle
Ain't got nothing to love
Roll over, Beethoven
A-rocking in, two by two

You know, she wiggles like a glow worm
And dance like a spinning top
She's got a crazy partner
Ought to see them reel and rock
Long as she's got a dime
The music will never stop

Roll over, Beethoven
Roll over, Beethoven
Roll over, Beethoven
Roll over, Beethoven
Roll over, Beethoven
Dig these rhythm and blues

To the top, Johnny!


"All My Loving" (Lennon/McCartney)--Also part of the still number one With the Beatles.

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you
Tomorrow, I'll miss you
Remember, I'll always be true
And, then, while I'm away
I'll write home, every day
And I'll send all my loving to you

I'll pretend that I'm kissing
The lips I am missing
And hope that my dreams will come true
And, then, while I'm away
I'll write home, every day
And I'll send all my loving to you

All my loving
I will send to you
All my loving
Darling, I'll be true

Oh

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you
Tomorrow, I'll miss you
Remember, I'll always be true
And, then, while I'm away
I'll write home, every day
And I'll send all my loving to you

All my loving
I will send to you
All my loving
Darling, I'll be true

All my loving
All my loving
Ooh, ooh, all my loving
I will send to you

To the top, Johnny!


"Things We Said Today" (Lennon/McCartney)--Brian Matthew makes a mistake saying this is one of the Beatles' film songs. It is on the soundtrack for A Hard Day's Night, but is never used in the film.

Brian Matthew:The Beatles! And they close with another of their film songs, the "Things We Said Today."

You say you will love me
If I have to go
You'll be thinking of me
Somehow, I will know

Some day,, when I'm lonely
Wishing you weren't so far away
Then, I will remember
Things we said today

You say you'll be mine, girl
Till the end of time
These days, such a kind, girl
Seems so hard to find

Some day, when we're dreaming
Deep in love, not a lot to say
Then, we will remember
Things we said today

Me, I'm just the lucky kind
Love to hear you say that love is love
And though we may be blind
Love is here to stay and that's enough

To make you mine, girl
Be the only one
Love me all the time, girl
We'll go on and on

To the top, Johnny!


"She's A Woman" (Lennon/McCartney)--During this radio program, John and Paul also explained how they finished writing this song. They had an EMI session and had only verse of this song written...it needed to be finished for the session! As John said, "...we had to finish it off rather quickly."

My love don't give me presents
I know that she's no peasant
Only ever has to give me
Love, forever and forever
My love don't give me presents
Turn me on, when I get lonely
People tell me that she's only fooling
I know she isn't

She don't give boys the eye
She hates to see me cry
She is happy just to hear me
Say that I will never leave her
She don't give boys teh eye
She will never make me jealous
Gives me all her time, as well as loving
Don't ask me why

She's a woman who understands
She's a woman who loves her man

My love don't give me presents
I know that she's no peasant
Only ever has to give me
Love, forever and forever
My love don't give me presents
Turn me on, when I get lonely
People tell me that she's only fooling
I know she isn't

She's a woman who understands
She's a woman who loves her man

My love don't give me presents
I know that she's no peasant
Only ever has to give me
Love, forever and forever
My love don't give me presents
Turn me on, when I get lonely
People tell me that she's only fooling
I know she isn't

She's a woman, yeah
She's a woman
She's a woman
She's a woman
She's a woman
She's a woman

Whoa, she's a woman
She's a woman
Ooh, she's a woman
She's a....

To the top, Johnny!


"Sweet Little Sixteen" (Berry)--The Beatles always loved Chuck Berry, and do realize that this song sounds a bit like the Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA"? Well, Murry Wilson paid Berry the copyrights for this song or something so that he had credit on that song...but that included the lyrics, too, I believe, which clearly did not belong to Chuck Berry, but to Brian Wilson.

They're realling rocking in Boston
Philadelphia, P.A.
Deep in the heart of Texas
Way down in Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis
All the cats wanna dance with
Sweet Little Sixteen

Sweet Little Sixteen
She's just got to have
About a half a million
A-framed autographs
Her wallet's filled with pictures
She gets them, one by one
Becomes so excited
Oh, won't you look at her run, boy?

Oh, Mommy, Mommy, please, may I go?
It's such a sight to see
Somebody steal the show
Oh, Daddy, Daddy, I beg of you
Whisper to Mommy it's all right with you

Sweet Little Sixteen
She's got the grown-up blues
Tight dresses and lipstick
She's sporting high-heeled shoes
Oh, but tomorrow morning
She'll have to change her trend
Become Sweet Sixteen
And back in class, again

Yeah, 'cause they'll be rocking in Boston
Philadelphia, P.A.
Deep in the heart of Texas
Around Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis
And down in New Orleans
All the cats wanna dance with
Sweet Little Sixteen

To the top, Johnny!


"1822!" (Speech)--John introduces the next number...

John: This is a Dorsey Burnette number, brother of Johnny Burnette, called "Lonesome Tears in My Eyes," recorded on their very first LP in 1822! [Laughter.] Ha!

To the top, Johnny!


"Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" (J and D Burnette-Burlison-H. Jerome)--This was actually released by Johnny Burnette and his trio band, which included his brother Dorsey, in March 1957.

Well, baby, baby, baby, blues and sorrow
And I love you tomorrow
Just suit you just fine
Well, baby, baby, baby, blues and sorrow
I love you tomorrow
Just suit you just fine

I can't forget that you told me
So many promising lies
I'm a-trying to forget these
Lonesome tears in my eyes

You've broken my heart, gonna do it again
I can't forget the spell that I'm in
Can't forget that you told me
So many promising lies
I'm a-trying to forget these
Lonesome tears in my eyes

You've broken my heart, gonna do it again
I can't forget the spell that I'm in
Can't forget that you told me
So many promising lies
I'm a-trying to get forget these
Lonesome tears in my eyes

Well, baby, baby, baby, blues and sorrow
And I love you tomorrow
Just suit you just fine
Well, baby, baby, baby, blues and sorrow
I love you tomorrow
Just suit you just fine

I can't forget that you told me
So many promising lies
I'm a-trying to forget these
Lonesome tears in my eyes

To the top, Johnny!


"Nothin' Shakin'" (Fontaine-Calacrai-Lampert-Gluck)--George loved rockabilly and this was one of his favorites!

I found it out, what love is all about
And every day at three, when school lets out
I see my baby, I get weak in the knees
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees
My pappy told me there'll be times like these
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees

We meet the gang and go to rocking shows
The cats are stomping on their heels and toes
I got my baby, trying to give her a squeeze
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees
Well, why must she be such a doggone tease?
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees

She's got a way that makes me act like a fool
Spends my money, then she plays me cruel
I'm begging for kisses on my bended knees
Oh, won't you give me some more loving
Baby, please, please, please?

Though I keep trying hard to make her mine
One day, teh wind will blow and the sun will shien
Till that time, she puts my heart at ease
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees
She locked my heart and threw away the keys
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees

Yeah

She's got a way that makes me act like a fool
She spends my money, then she plays me cruel
I'm begging for kisses on my bended knees
Oh, won't you give me some more loving
Baby, please, please, please?

Though I keep trying hard to make her mine
One day, the wind will blow and the sun will shine
Till that time, she puts my heart at ease
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees
She locked my heart and threw away the keys
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees
There's nothing shaking, but the leaves on the trees

To the top, Johnny!


"The Hippy Hippy Shake" (Romero)--The Beatles used to sing this song at the Cavern...Bob Wooler, the Cavern DJ, gave them the record.

For Goodness' sake
I got the Hippy Hippy Shake
I got the Shake
Ooh, the Hippy Hippy Shake

Ooh, I can't keep still
With the Hippy Hippy Shake
I get my fill
With the Hippy Hippy Shape
Ooh, my babe
Ooh, the Hippy Hippy Shake

Well, now, you shake it to the left
Shake it to the right
Do the Hippy Hippy Shake
With all of your might

And you shake
Ooh, yes, you shake
Ooh, my babe
The Hippy Hippy Shake

Well, now you shake it to the left
Shake it to the right
Do the Hippy Shake Shake
With all of your might

And you shake
Ooh, yes, you shake
Ooh, my babe
Ooh, the Hippy Hippy Shake
Ooh, the Hippy Hippy Shake
Yeah, the Hippy Hippy Shake
Oh, yeah

To the top, Johnny!


"Glad All Over" (Bennett-Tepper-Schroeder)--George Harrison, ever the fan of Carl Perkins, performs yet another Carl Perkins number, released by the artist in 1957.

Ain't no doubt about it, this must be love
A-one little kiss from you
And I feel glad all over
Ooh, baby, hot dang, Gilly, it's silly
But I'm glad all over

Yeah, the goose pimples, baby, 'cause I feel so good
When you cuddle me like you do
And I feel glad all over
Ooh, baby, I'm a rock-gone puppy and I'm happy
And I'm glad all over

Your touch goes through me like electric wire
Never though of make love
It don't take much looking to see what I've got
But it shows, yeah, it shows

Come on, honey bonnie, give me one more time
Every time you do
Well, I feel glad all over
Ooh, baby, hot dang, Gilly, it's silly
But I'm glad all over

Yeah

Try to tell you how I'm cooking inside
When we're cheek to cheek
My temperature's low, the fever is high
I can't speak, I'm too weak

Well, come on, honey bonnie, give me one more time
Every time you do
Well, I feel glad all over
Ooh, baby, hot dang, Gilly, it's silly
But I'm golad all over
Hot dang, Gilly, it's silly
But I'm glad all over
Well, hot dang, Gilly, it's silly
But I'm glad all over

To the top, Johnny!


"I Just Don't Understand" (Wilkin-Westberry)--Ann Marget made this song a top twenty hit in 1961.

Well, you call me your baby
When you're holding my hand
But the way that you hurt me
I just don't understand

Well, you say that you need me
Like an ocean need sand
But the way you deceive me
I just don't understand

Well, you know that I love you
More than anyone can
But a one-sided love
I just don't understand

Well, you know that I love you
More than anyone can
But a one-sided love
I just don't understand

Well, you call me your baby
When you're holding my hand
Oh, how you can hurt me
I just don't understand

To the top, Johnny!


"So How Come (No One Loves Me)"--A track off A Date With the Everly Brothers.

They say that everyone wants someone
So how come no one wants me?
Then, they say that everyone needs someone
So how come no one needs me?

Well, if you wonder who the loneliest
Creatures on the world can be
Well, there's the Ugly Duckling
The Little Black Sheep, and me

They say that everyone wants someone
So how come no one wants me?

Well, if you wonder who the loneliest
Creatures on the world can be
Well, theres' the Ugly Duckling
The Little Black Sheep, and me

They say that everyone wants someone
So how come no one wants me?
So how come no one wants me?

To the top, Johnny!


"I Feel Fine" (Lennon/McCartney)--A ha! As you can hear, the Beatles couldn't get that nifty feedback trick right just on the first time!

Baby's good to me, you know
She's happy as can be, you know
She said so
I'm in love with her and I feel fine

Baby says she's mine, you know
She tells me all the time, you know
She said so
I'm in love with her and I feel fine

I'm so glad
That she's my little girl
She's so glad
She's telling all the world

That her baby buys her things, you know
He buys her diamond rings, you know
She said so
She's in love with me and I feel fine

Baby says she's mine, you know
She tells me all the time, you know
She said so
I'm in love with her and I feel fine

I'm so glad
That she's my little girl
She's so glad
She's telling all the world

That her baby buys her things, you know
He buys her diamond rings, you know
She said so
She's in love with me and I feel fine
She's in love with me and I feel fine

To the top, Johnny!


"I'm A Loser" (Lennon/McCartney)--There is a take of this on the BBC complete sessions where John changes the line "Beneath this smile I am wearing a frown..." to "Beneath this wig, I am wearing a tie..."!

I'm a loser
I'm a loser
And I'm not what I appear to be

Of all the love I have won or have lost
There is one love I should never have crossed
She was a girl in a million, my friend
I should have known she would win, in the end

I'm a loser
And I lost someone who's near me
I'm a loser
And I'm not what I appear to be

Although I laugh and I act like a clown
Beneath this mask, I am wearing a frown
My tears are falling like rain from the sky
Is it for her or myself that I cry?

I'm a loser
And I lost someone who's near me
I'm a loser
And I'm not what I appear to be

What have I done to deserve such a fate?
I realize I have left it too late
And so, it's true, pride comes before a fall
I'm telling you so that you won't lose all

I'm a loser
And I lost someone who's near me
I'm a loser
And I'm not what I appear to be

To the top, Johnny!


"Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby" (Perkins)--This first appeared on a Beatles album in 1964, but Pop Go the Beatles had seen the song as early as June 1963.

Well, they took some honey from a tree
Dressed it up, and they called it me
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby, now

Went out last night, half-past four
Fifty women knocking on my door
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby, now

Went out last night, I didn't stay late
'Fore I'm home, I had a-nineteen dates
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby, now

Went out last night, I didn't stay late
'Fore I'm home, I had a-nineteen dates
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby, now

Well, they took some honey from a tree
Dressed it up, and they called it me
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby
Everybody's trying to be my baby, now

To the top, Johnny!


"Rock and Roll Music" (Berry)--Another top ten hit for Chuck Berry in 1957.

Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
Gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

I got no kick against modern jazz
Unless they try to play it too darn fast
And lose the beauty of the melody
Until they sound just like a symphony

That's why I go for that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
Gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

I took my loved one over 'cross the tracks
So she could hear the man a-wailing sax
I must admit, they had a rocking band
Man, they were blowing like a hurricane

And started playing that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
Gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

Way down south, they had a jubilee
Them Georgia folks, they had a jamboree
Are drinking home brew from a wooden cup
The folsk were dancing there, got all shook up

And started playing that rock and roll music
Any old time you use it
it's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
Gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

To the top, Johnny!


"Ticket to Ride" (Lennon/McCartney)--When this radio program took place, this was the most recent single for Los Beatles.

I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad is going away

She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
And she don't care

She said that living with me is bringing her down, yeah
She would never be free when I was around

She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
But she don't care

I don't know why she's riding so high
She oughta think twice
She's oughta do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She oughta think twice
She oughta do right by me

I think I'm gonna be sad, i think it's today, yeah
The girl that's driving me mad is going away, yeah

She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
And she don't care

I don't know why she's riding so high
She oughta think twice
She oughta do right by me
Before she gets to saying goodbye
She oughta think twice
She oughta do right by me

I think that living with me was bringing her down, yeah
She would never be free when I was around, yeah

Oh, she's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
She's got a ticket to ride
And she don't care

My baby don't care
My baby don't care
My baby don't care

To the top, Johnny!


"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Williams)--One of the three Larry Williams songs that the Beatles covered.

You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
The way you rock and roll
You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
When you do the stroll
Come on, come on, come on, come on, Lizzy
Love me 'fore I grow too old

Come on, give me fever
Put your little hand in mine
You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
Ooh, girl, you look so fine
Just a-rocking and a-rolling
Girl, I said I wish you were mine

You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
When you call my name
Ooh, baby
Say, you're driving me insane
Come on, come on, come on, Lizzy
I wanna be your loving man

Come on, give me fever
Put your little hand in mine
You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
Girl, you look so fine
You're just a-rocking and a-rolling
Ooh, I said, I wish you were mine

You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
When you call my name
Ooh, baby
Say, you're diving me insane
Come on, come on, come on, come on, Lizzy
I wanna be your loving man

To the top, Johnny!


"Medley: Kansas City/Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" (Leiber-Stroller) & (Penniman)--Recorded in 1963, this medley didn't appear on a Beatles album till the end of 1964.

Ah, Kansas city
Gonna get my baby back home, yeah, yeah
I'm going to Kansas City
Gonna get my baby back home, yeah, yeah
Well, it's a long, long time since
My baby's been gone

Ah, Kansas City
Gonna get my baby one time, a-yeah, yeah
I'm going to Kansas City
Get my baby one time, yeah, yeah
It's just a-one, two, three, four
Five, six, seven, eight, nine

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, baby
Ooh, now, gall Well, gal
I said, yeah, now, pal Well, pal
Woah, now, tell me, baby
What's been wrong with you, yeah

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, now, baby Hey, baby
ooh, I said, gal Well, gal
Well, now, now, pal Well, pal
Woah, tell me, baby
Whta's been wrong with you?

Well, bye-bye Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye
Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye
Ooh, so long So long, so long, so long
Bye-bye, baby, I'm gone Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye
Oh, yeah, now, bye-bye, baby
Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye, oh, yeah
I said, bye Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye
Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye
So long So long, so long, so long
Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye Bye-bye, bye-bye, bye-bye
Yeah, now, bye-bye, baby
Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye, bye-bye

To the top, Johnny!


"Set Fire to That Lot!" (Speech)--Ringo gets bullied by Rodney Burke.

Rodney Burke: I've got one card here and it's on the same subject, eh, but this one says, "We think the show is great and we dig the Beatles the most, but we still haven't heard a word from Ringo yet."
Ringo: Arf! Arf! Arf! Arf! *all laugh*
Rodney: "And how about him singing?" Well, what will you sing for us, Ringo? Will you say a few words?
Ringo: Hello, there, kiddies. I'd like to sing a song for you today called "Matchbox." There you go.
Rodney: Set fire to that lot. Okay, Ringo, thanks very much.
Ringo: Don't you et smart with me, you know.
Rodney: Do you mind? Get over to your microphone, "Matchbox."

To the top, Johnny!


"Matchbox" (Perkins)--We finally get to hear from Ringo!

I'm sitting here, watching
Matchbox hole in my clothes
Ah-ha, sitting here, wondering
Matchox hole in my clothes
Ain't got no matches
Sure got a long way to go

Well, I'm an old, poor boy
And I ain't got no home
I'm an old, poor boy
And I'm a long way from home
And everything I do
Turns out mighty wrong

All right, John

Ah, yeah

Well, if you don't want my peaches, honey
Please, don't shake my tree
If you don't want Ringo's peaches, honey
Please, don't mess around my tree
I've got news for you, baby
Leave me here in misery

Well, I said, I'm sitting here, watching
Matchbox hole in my clothes
Ah-ha, sitting here, watching
Matchbox hole in my clothes
Ain't got no matches
Sure got a long way to go

To the top, Johnny!


"I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (Kesler-Feathers)--An Elvis tune with a confusing title.

I forgot to remember to forget her
I can't seem to get her off my mind
I thought I'd never miss her
But I found out, somehow
I think about her almost all the time

Well, the day she went away
I made myself a promise
That I'd soon forget we'd ever met

But something sure is wrong
'Cause I'm so blue and lonely
I forgot to remember to forget

Well, the day she away
I made myself a promise
That I'd soon forget we'd ever met

But something sure is wrong
'Cause I'm so blue and lonely
I forgot to remember to forget

To the top, Johnny!


"Love These Goon Shows!" (Speech)--John converses with Lee Peters.

Lee Peters: But now, John has his work cut out on the next one, as he takes his guitar on and off his neck and pulls the harmonica in and out of his face.
John: Harp. It's a harp.
Lee: What? Harp?
John: The harp. 'Cause I'm playing the harp on this one.
Lee: Playing the harp?
John: Harmonica I play on "Love Me Do," harp, on this one, little goes in the orang.
Lee: But it goes in and out? Do you wanna do this announcement? Well, go on, you go ahead, no, it's all right. Tell them. Tell them about the next song.
John: Oh, er, we'd like to carry on with Chuck Berry's "I Gotta Find My Baby." Don't know where she's been, pardon, hello? Love these goon shows.

To the top, Johnny!


"I Got To Find My Baby" (Berry)--John sings and plays the harp on yet another Berry number.

I'm gonna search this town from door to door
Love I crave, I can't find no more
I gotta find my baby, I deserve a little light
Ain't had no real good loving
Since that woman said goodbye

You know, I hate to see the sun sinking to the west
'Cause I know my whole life's gonna be one solid mess
I gotta find my baby, I deserve a little light
I ain't had no real good loving
Since that woman said goodbye

Well, ever since that day when we said we were through
I've been nervous and shook up, too

I gotta find my baby, I deserve a little light
I ain't had no real good loving
Since that woman said goodbye

Well, I don't care if it's the last thing I ever do in my life
I'm gonna find that little woman and make her my wife

I gotta find my baby, I deserve a little light
I ain't had no real loving
Since that woman said goodbye

To the top, Johnny!


"Ooh! My Soul" (Penniman)--Paul, a Little Richard fan, covers his Top 40 hit of 1958.

Ooh, my soul

Well, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby
Don't you know my love is true?
Honey, honey, honey, honey, honey
I said, get off of that money
I love, love, love, love, love
Ooh, my soul

Well, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme
Gimme all the love you've got
Babe, babe, babe, babe, baby
Don't you know I love a lot?
Yeah, I love, love, love, love, love
Ooh, my soul

Well, now, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby
Don't you know my love is true?
I said, honey, honey, honey, honey, honey
Get off of that money
I love, love, love, love, love
Ooh, my soul

Well, now, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby
Don't you know my love is true?
Honey, honey, honey, honey, honey
I said, get off, get off of that money
I love, love, love, love, love
Ooh, my soul

To the top, Johnny!


"Ooh! My Arms" (Speech)--Err...not a song...the Beatles are gonna tell ya the next song for me.

Rodney Burke: That was a, a Little Richard number that the boys rather like and hope you liked it, "Ooh! My Soul." And, ooh, my arms! We've, we've just flown in to Manchester here from London to record this show. Ha, ha. Well, it's, ha, ha, it's good to see you again, fellers, in these, er, foreign parts. How are you?
John: Oh, great!
George: Very well, thank you.
Ringo: Oh, great, yeah, it's just fine.
Paul: Yeah.
Rodney: Well, what are you doing at the moment, by the way?
George: Ah, we're playing in Liverpool at the moment and we've never been there months, you see, so it's--
Ringo: It's good to be back.
Paul Yeah, it's great!
Rodney: Anybody over there like a request that you can do right now?
George: Well, we'll do a request for everybody.
Paul: Yeah.
Rodney: Good, what do you suggest?
George: Er, "Don't Ever Change," one of the oldies.

To the top, Johnny!


"Don't Ever Change" (Goffin-King)--A top five hit for the Crickets!

You never wear a stitch of lace
Your powder's never on your face
You're always wearing jeans, except on Sundays
So, please, don't ever change
No, don't you ever change
I kind of like you just the way you are

You don't know the latest dance
But when it's time to make romance
Your kisses let me know you're not a tomboy
So, please, don't ever change
No, don't you ever change
Just promise me you're always gonna be
As sweet as you are

I love you when you're happy
I love you when you're blue
I love you when you're mad at me
So how can I get tired of you?

A lots of other girls I've seen
They know how to treat guys mean
But you would rather die than ever hurt me
So, please, don't ever change
No, don't you ever change
Just promise me you're always gonna be
As sweet as you are

Please, don't ever change
Don't you ever change
Please, don't you ever change
Don't you

To the top, Johnny!


"Slow Down" (Williams)--Aw, the only BBC recording of this song.

Well, come on, pretty baby, won't you walk with me?
Come on, pretty baby, won't you talk with me?
Come on, pretty baby, give me one more chance
Try to save our romance
Slow down
Baby, now, you're moving way too fast
You gotta gimme little loving
Gimme little loving
If you want our love to last

Well, I used to walk you home, baby, after school
Carry your books home, too
And now, you don't care a dime for me
Baby, what you trying to do?
You better slow down
Baby, now, you're moving way too fast
You gotta gimme little loving
Gimme little loving
If you want our love to last

Well, come on, pretty baby, won't you walk with me?
Come on, pretty baby, won't you talk with me?
Come on, pretty baby, give me one more chance
Try to save our romance
Slow down
Baby, now, you're moving way too fast
You gotta gimme little loving
Gimme little loving
If you want our love to last

To the top, Johnny!


"Honey Don't" (Perkins)--Here you can hear John sing the vocal like the old days, before Ringo took over the vocal.

Well, how come you say you will when you won't
Say you do, baby, when you don't?
Tell me, honey, how you feel
Tell the truth, now, is love real?
But, honey, don't
Well, honey, don't
Yeah, honey, don't
Well, honey, don't
Yeah, honey, don't
Say you will when you won't
Honey, don't

Well, I love you, baby, and I want you to know
I like the way that you wear your clothes
Everything about you is so doggone sweet
You got that sand all over your feet
But, honey, don't
Well, honey, don't
Well, honey, don't
Oh, honey, don't
Well, honey, don't
Say you will when you won't
Honey, don't

Well, I love you, baby, on a Saturday night
Sunday morning, you don't look right
You've been out painting the town
Honey, been stepping around
But, honey, don't
Well, honey, don't
Honey, don't
Oh, honey, don't
Honey, don't
Yeah, say you will when you won't
Honey, don't

To the top, Johnny!


"Love Me Do" (Lennon/McCartney)--The Beatles played this nine times on the BBC!

Love, love me, do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So, please
Love me, do
Love me, do

Love, love, me, do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So, please
Love me, do
Love me, do

Someone to love, somebody new
Someone to love, someone like you

Love, love me, do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So, please
Love me, do
Love me, do, yeah

Love, love me, do
You know I love you
I'll always be true
So, please
Love me, do
Love me, do
Yeah, love me, do
Love me, do
Yeah, love me, do
Love me, do
Oh

To the top, Johnny!



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