This
instrumental was recorded on 22nd June 1961 at the Friedrich
Ebert Halle school in Hamburg,
Germany,
while The Beatles were the backing group for the singer Tony Sheridan.The piece was written to parody "FrightenedCity" by the successful
guitar group The Shadows, who performed with Cliff Richard, and would
become Britain's
most successful rock & roll instrumental group.The song had the original title
"Beatle Bop" and is the only time that a song has been credited
to just George Harrison and John Lennon.It was the first recording of a Beatles composition to
be made and appears on the 1964 album The
Beatles, Tony Sheridan and Their Guests, The Beatles Anthology 1 and also on the album Dreamy by the Beat Happenings.Pete Best was the drummer who
appeared with The Beatles and Tony Sheridan when this song was recorded.
