Best of the Beatles (2015)

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“The following, with one possible noted exception, are now known to exist: First Session Tony Sheridan and the Beatles with Pete Best In June 1961, Tony Sheridan and the Beatles with Pete Best, George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney recorded at the Friedrich Ebert Halle, Hamburg (not at an official recording studio but on location in a school hall). At first, the records were credited to Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers. Produced by Bert Kaempfert, the recordings were: ‘My Bonn...ie’ (Traditional, arranged by Tony Sheridan) ‘My Bonnie’ is about a claimant to the throne, Bonnie Prince Charles, who landed in Scotland in 1745 to start a rebellion. His troops were overwhelmed at Culloden and he spent 40 years as a fugitive in Europe. Ray Charles gave ‘My Bonnie’ an R&B treatment in 1958 and Duane Eddy recorded the instrumental ‘Bonnie Came Back’ in 1960, a UK Top 20 hit.
Sheridan recorded two versions of ‘My Bonnie’, one with a slow introduction in German and another with one in English.MoreLess Read More Read Less