Thursday, June 10, 2010

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1961

The very first recording issued with The Beatles on it although they were originally referred to as "The Beat Brothers" on the label. This is a Tony Sheridan sung song also known as just "My Bonnie". It has been reissued numerous times, sometimes with the spoken intro intact, sometimes not, and most notably on "Anthology 1" in 1994. This was the song and disc that brought The Beatles to the attention of Brian Epstein. Now, if Epstein didn't go see them and this record just came and went, it still would be a marvelous example of good late 50s / early 60s beat music.

Incidentally, this was the first Beatles single ever released in the US, in early 1962. Didn't do a thing on the charts.

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