THE BEATLES BELGIAN HOME PAGE Janvier 2006

This LP compilation in 1979 is still completely unknown of origin. I remember when I bought it, in early January 1980, the record dealer told me it was coming from Malaysia. J'appelle ça de la basse vengeance : j'en ai par dessus la tête que les anglais et les français (ces derniers ont purement et simplement supprimé une bonne discographie toutefois considérée comme un torchon irrécupérable!] me prennent pour un rigolo ou simplement pour un imbécile. ["you're the expert"! My foot! (English-speaking Wikipedia)] sous le fallacieux prétexte - parce que je n'hésite pas à (d)écrire la vérité - qu'ils se croient les uniques papes de Bill Haley alors qu'en Belgique nous sommes bien mieux informés qu'eux!). De toute façon, s'ils ne détiennent pas l'info avant quiconque, elle est considérée comme fausse, voire pourrie! Il y a des articles qui dérangent beaucoup de monde: tant mieux! La vérité n'est pas toujours bonne à dire. Il est hors de question de fausser la vérité et de toute façon, je n'en ai rien à fiche!...***I call that low revenge: I have some over my head which Englishmen [(Pommies :-)] take me as a funny guy or simply as a nunskull. ["you're the expert"!] My foot! (English-speaking Wikipedia which destroyed the DECCA Sessions as well as the other ones) under the fallacious pretext - because I don't hesitate to write/tell the truth as true as possible - that they believe they are the quite unique popes on Bill Haley (it's not bad, but I've seen much better) whereas in Belgium we got a better information (early 1970) than them!)! In any event, if they don't hold information before whoever, it is regarded as false, rotten! There are articles which disturb many people: hardest the better! Chris (G.): just have a look! Convinced? Think, you might have to update and correct your own discography. So, the truth is not always good to say… ! Anyway, it is out of question to twist the truth and I couldn't care less what they're up to! Pure de papas, it's quite hot here in Belgium...

http://thebeatles.com/ : LET IT BE...NAKED available on iTunes, April 3, 2013.

Marie Dionne Warrick became Warwick because of a mistyping. She was born Marie Dionne Warrick in East Orange, New Jersey, December 12, 1940.***Daughter of Chess Records' gospel promotion department head, was a regular performer, playing piano with The Drinkard Singers gospel group, managed by her mother.***She formed The Gospelaires, with sister Dee Dee, cousin Cissy Houston and friend Doris Troy, and they sang in churches throughout New York and New Jersey.***Soulful recorded in Memphis, Tenn. with producer Chips Moman, reached US #11 and US R&B #2. However this album failed to chart in UK.***This album features three Beatles' songs : We Can Work It Out, A Hard Day's Night and Hey Jude.***16 tracks CD : 10 songs + 6 extra tracks) original recordings re-issued by DISKY DCD 5401 DW, France/ The Netherlands, 1994  to become a satellite of the UK major EMI later in the 90s. Original US Scepter Records SPS 573, 1969/1/1. ***Dionne studied at Hart college of Music in Hartford, Conn., before joining Cissie Houston as backing vocalists on records by Garnet Mimms, the Drifters and others. Her first solo disc was Burt Bacharach's haunting "Don't Make Me Over", which reached No. 21 on Scepter Records in 1962 but failed the UK TOP 20 best-selling singles.

Dionne Warwick was Bacharach's Muse for a long time.

Track list as follows: You've lost that lovin' feelin' (5/69) - I'm your puppet (3/69) - The look of love (1969) - Make it easy on yourself (11/63) - People got to be free (5/69) - You're all I need to get by (5/69) - We can work it pout (5/69) - Try to remember/live (1968) - I love you Porgy (Dec. 21, 1965) - Reach out (10/64) - Hurt so bad (1972) - A hard day's night (5/69) - Do right woman-do right man (5/69) - I've been loving you too long (5/69) -People get ready (5/69) - Hey Jude (5/1969.) 

Other references: UK: Pye International NPL 28122, NSPL 28122, 1969 - CAN: Scepter Records SPS 573, 1969 (# 16) - GER: Scepter Records SHA-S 401, 1968/SHA-S S 401, 1969  - USA: SRMSPS 573, May, 1969 - FR/BEL: disques vogue CLVLXS 372, 1969 - NZ/S. AFR.: Pye Slp6016, 1969 - IT: Scepter Records SLCS 7007, 1969 - NL: SPS 573.

Produced i.a. by Burt Bacharach (b. May 12, 1928 - present.)

Last Soulful "Plus", Jan. 01, 2004: CD compiled by Rhino (Handmade) : an internet  - only purchase disc - Limited Edition (5,000 copies) 

http://youtu.be/FzWFNjei_SI (We Can Work It Out)  http://youtu.be/mKpZBogB7m4 (Hey Jude) http://youtu.be/HFxLlYLc7s4 (A Hard Day's Night)

The Beatles had symbolized optimism, their disintegration  symbolized optimism fading. In the end the Beatles left us with not just a collection of fine songs (recorded by countless other artists as well as by themselves), but also with then reminder of a spoiled dream; they left us with the most nostalgic music in  the history of rock. This picture cover is the most beautiful ever made in Western Europe (Italy, PARLOPHONE DP 570, Aug. 30, 1968). Hey Jude topped the UK chart #1 (17/09), #1 (24/09), #2 (26/09). In October, this single hits the UK chart #4, #3 & #2 while Mary Hopkin topped on 12, 19 & 26/09/1968. In November, the last chart positions in 1968 were #10 & #11. UK reference: Apple 1, Aug. 30, 1968. AOT, #1 in UK, Belgium, France and so on... 

Cette compilation a été éditée par PolyGram Distribution France en 1993 (conception compilation: Clément Boulais - pochette: Eric Fettweis / Spectre (avec le soutien de SKYROCK) dont 30 reprises des Beatles et la 31ième est une version de Imagine par Zucchero with Randy Crawford. En voici la track list:

Leo Sayer: Let it be, EMI/Chrysalis, 1975 - José Feliciano: Help!, RCA Victor, 1965 - The Carpenters: Ticket to ride (version 1972) A&M, 1972 - Joe Cocker: With a little help from my friends, Regal Zonophone, 1968 - Ray Charles: Eleanor Rigby, ABC Records, 1968 - Chér: The long and winding road, MCA Records, 1973 - The Jeff Healey Band: While my guitar gently weeps, Arista Records, 1990 - Stevie Wonder: We can work it out, Motown, 1970 - Otis Redding: Day Tripper, ATLANTIC, 1966 - Elton John with John Lennon: Lucy in the sky with diamonds, MCA, 1974 - Ike & Tina Turner: Get back, United Artists Records, 1973 - Jimi Hendrix: Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band, Polydor (Europe), 1978 - Spooky Tooth: I'm the walrus, Island, 1975 - The Feelies: Everybody's got something to hide (Except me and my monkey), STIFF AMERICA, 1980 - Siouxie and The Banshees: Helter skelter, Polydor UK, 1978 - The Mission: Tomorrow never knows, MERCURY records, 1987. End of CD 1.

Joe Cocker: Something, Regal Zonophone, 1969 - Esther Phillips: And I love him, ATLANTIC, 1965 - Ray Charles: Yesterday, ABC Records / Tangerine, 1967 - The Temptations: Hey Jude, Motown, 1969- Arthur Conley: Ob la di, ob la da, ATCO RECORDS, 1968 - Nina Simone: Here comes the sun, RCA Victor, 1971 - The Overlanders: Michelle, Pye, 1966 - Todd Rungren: Strawberry fields forever, Bearsville Records, 1976 - Aretha Franklin: Eleanor Rigby, Atlantic, 1969 - Joe Cocker: She came in through the bathroom window, Regal Zonophone, 1970 - Ike & Tina Turner: Come Together, Liberty, 1970 - Elton John: Get back, DJM, 1971 - Pat Benatar: Helter skelter, EMI/Chrysalis, 1981 - Coroner: I want you (She's so heavy), Noise, 1991.

Les labels mentionnés sont ceux d'époque dont certains furent achetés plus tard dont certain ont changé de nom par d'autres firmes de disques. Il faut noter aussi que quelques chansons de cette compilation ne sont pas toujours identiques aux originaux.   

45 tours sorti en France le 24 février 1975 sur DJM 2043 003 : Philadelphia Freedom / I Saw Her Standing There (live).

45 tours sorti aux Pays-Bas en 1975 (probablement à la même date) sur DJM-j006-96442 avec Philadelphia Freedom en face B.

Sorti aussi en 45 tours sur metronome GER-934.006 en 1975 avec I Saw Her Standing There en face A.

28/11/1974: Elton et John chantent live I Saw Her Standing There et Whatever Gets You Thru The Night le jour du Thanksgiving lors d'un concert au Madison Square Garden de New York. Référence UK : DJM Djs.354, début janvier 1975.

 http://youtu.be/pG5hluhCtfQ

A suivre...

• The Silkie records You've Got To Hide Your Love away on Aug. 9, 1965. Their cover is released by Fontana in October 1965 which makes a one hit wonder.
• Featuring Paul McCartney on guitar and George Harrison on tambourine playing the accompaniment to their version; John and Paul, producing. 
• UK Fontana TF 603 : UK chart #28. US Mercury/Fontana F. 1525: US chart #10.
• FR Fontana 465.294 ME, 10/1965.
• From the Beatles vinyl LP HELP! released on Aug. 6, 1965.
• Also recorded by Joe Cocker in 1991.
• Who were The Silkie ? 
• An English folk music group formed in October 1963.
• The group consisted of Sylvia Tatler, vocals; Mike Ramsden,  Ivor Aylesbury both guitar & vocals and Kevin Cunningham, double bass.
• Japan charts #29. Fontana TF 603, Sep. 10, 1965.
• NL Fontana 267 487 TF, 10/1965 - DNC
•   http://youtu.be/sAqsGwQQkhM

Le premier single est celui qui fut disponible en France et en Belgique (Az SG 649, 10/1977 [2:58]) avec dans l'ordre "From me to you" / Intro / "I should have know better" / "Get back" / "Day tripper" / "Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band-reprise" / "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da" / "I want to hold your hand" / "A hard day's night". Le deuxième provient d'Allemagne, le troisième des Pays-Bas et le dernier a été pressé en Espagne. Réalisation : Haim Saban pour H.S. Records/HS. L'intro est chantée par Kussa. Cette version (l'enregistrement anglais) s'est classée UK #45.

Références : Allemagne Polydor 2001743, 1977 (7" single) - Pays-Bas : même référence (7" single), 10/1977 - Espagne : Polydor 20 01 743, 1977 (7" single) - Italie : promo juke box Fonit Cetra JB 701, 10/1977 - UK : ATLANTIC K 11027 version maxi, 10/77. D.B.M. est un groupe originaire d'Allemagne.

Maxi version, format 33 tours : http://youtu.be/Y9hXkfwOvTU

The most fantastic story of modern music, that of 4 young men from Liverpool, has been told hundreds of times. Future generations will remember no doubt of their names, their songs continue to stand the test of time and the passage of modes: their legend, even though significant that two of the four heroes are still alive and active, take a unimaginable scale. Books, films, compilations, commemorations (Beatles Day in Mons every first Saturday in September and others), concerts of Paul and Ringo, analyzes (some more infamous than others) ... There is no doubt that even in 100 years the name The Beatles will always be known as today. It is a story so compelling that even the most imaginative mind could have invented, so amazing that the most original writers could not write it, and if documented, than in any library or even in some record stores in any country, you will find works of the Fab Four. Any ? Finally, I don't think so : all the countries anti-West ? The adventure lived by John, Paul, George and Ringo was exciting.

Photo : X - Owner of the photo : Apple iTunes (with their kind permission.)

http://youtu.be/BjHyMAUshos (Let It Be)

La plus fantastique histoire de la musique moderne, celle des 4 jeunes de Liverpool, a déjà été contée des centaines de fois. Les générations à venir se souviendront sans nul doute de leurs noms; leurs chansons continueront à résister à l'épreuve du temps et au passage des modes : leur légende, considérable alors même que deux des quatre héros sont toujours vivants et en activité, prendra une ampleur inimaginable. Livres, films, compilations, commémorations (Beatles Day à Mons chaque premier samedi de septembre e.a.), concerts de Paul et Ringo, analyses (certaines plus infâmes que d'autres)...Nul doute que même dans plus de 100 ans le nom des Beatles sera toujours aussi connu qu'aujourd'hui. C'est une histoire tellement fascinante, que même l'esprit le plus imaginatif n'aurait pu l'inventer; si étonnante que le plus original des scénaristes n'aurait pu l'écrire; et si documentée, que dans n'importe quelle librairie ou même chez certains disquaires de n'importe quel pays [ça reste à voir : tous les pays anti-Occident ?], on trouvera des œuvres sur les Fab Four. L'aventure que vécurent John, Paul, George et Ringo fut passionnante. 

Photos : X

 http://youtu.be/ajCYQL8ouqw

En tout et pour tout il y en a eu 10 y compris un super EP comprenant Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends / A Day In The Life (Parlophone 4C 006 06843 sorti en septembre 1978.) 

Avec le doublon de la pochette de Lady Madonna, il y en a 11.

http://youtu.be/xbtFF4rLj90 / http://youtu.be/hG7hG3zb6f8 / http://youtu.be/LUl2-osCcO4

http://youtu.be/JUe-lXAoSZI / http://youtu.be/VMxyK9azXR4 / http://youtu.be/7uVRIAinA3E

http://youtu.be/XvbWL3TlaRU / http://youtu.be/X7dHoEmUtIs / http://youtu.be/JDTeGOyMXF4

http://youtu.be/lwS_YDzxH3M / http://youtu.be/g--Vlij1X1Y / http://youtu.be/XwmtNk_Yb2Q

http://youtu.be/e_cwWP5Qf1k / http://youtu.be/k9Itt02QOO0 / http://youtu.be/jJ98qac2UIM

http://youtu.be/HBZ8ulc5NTg / http://youtu.be/UNc5Q3Y8LKw / http://youtu.be/VfthrizXKOM

How to recognize a Belgian pressing ? This label shows the "K.A." on left. "The Parlophone Co. Ltd. -" (in the upper circle) whereas the picture cover shows "PARLOPHONE-Trade Mark Of THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD. Please, see my other topic about Hello Goodbye posted in large format.

 I Feel Fine sorti le 27/11/1964, BEL #3 le 3/02/1965 (R 5200); Rock And Roll Music sorti en 1965, BEL #3 le 3/03/1965 (MO 20007); Ticket To Ride sorti le 9/04/1965, BEL #10 le 10/05/1965 (R 5265); Help! sorti le 23/07/1965, BEL #5 le 5/09/1965 (R 5305); Yesterday sorti en octobre 1965, BEL #1 le 1/12/1965 (DP 563); We Can Work It Out sorti en décembre 1965, BEL #3 en 01/1966 (R 5389); All You Need Is Love sorti le 7/07/1967, BEL #4 en 08/1967 (R 5620); Hello Goodbye sorti le 24/11/1967, BEL #2 en 01/1968 (R 5655); Lady Madonna sorti 15/03/1968, BEL #3 en avril 1968 (R 5675); Sgt. Pepper's...sorti en 09/1978, BEL #-. DNC. 

• Songs recorded in 1977 at Davlen Sound Studios owned by Len Kovner, N. Hollywood, LA. The vinyl album was issued on Atlantic XSD 16037 in January 1981. Re-released on CD by Rhino-Atlantic (reference: 16037) in 1990, 1993 as well as in 2005.
• Get Back / And I Love Her / Eleanor Rigby / The Fool On The Hill / You Never Give Me Your Money / Come Together / I Want You (She's so heavy) / Blackbird / Something / Here, There And Everywhere / The Long And Winding Road / Yesterday / Hey Jude.
• Arrangements and production by David and Marty Paich.
• Musicians includes i.a. Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans [from Belgium] (harmonica); Jeff Porcaro (drms, percussion); Louie Shelton (gtr); Bob Magnusson (bs); David & Marty Paich (keyboards); John Smith (tenor sax); Jim Gilstrap, Bill Thedford, Perry Morgan (background vcls.)
• And so on...
• http://youtu.be/dc67rUVZ52s (Yesterday)
• http://youtu.be/Uo3kl8V_f84 (And I Love Her)
• http://youtu.be/do5aoGW9Esc (Get Back)
• http://youtu.be/DW6hGRiuRJE (Eleanor Rigby)
• http://youtu.be/DTXDb4ksvsY (The Fool On The Hill)
• http://youtu.be/uL-HCGIAk50 I Want You (She's so heavy)

November 1968 : George Harrison (25.02.1943-30.11.2001 [29.11.2001 in Los Angeles, CA]) : becomes the first Beatle to issue material independently of the group with album soundtrack "Wonderwall", which reaches US #49.

March 1969 : Electronic Sound, which makes US #191, consists of Harrison experimenting with new acquisition, a moog synthesizer.

November : having become the second writing force behind Lennon and McCartney within The Beatles, the first single he has penned is released by the group, Something which hits UK #4 and US #1. (it will become a show biz standard with hundreds of cover versions recorded in the coming years.)

December : George plays a number of concerts with Delaney (Bramlett), guitar and vocals & Bonnie Lynn Bramlett, vocals.

May 26, 1970 : he begins recording All Things Must Pass released next December which hits UK #4 and US #1. After The Beatles split, George is the first to secure a chart-topping album. Released to tie in with the first non-Beatle Christmas since 1962, it achieves worldwide sales of 3 million copies. The triple album box set is a showcase of his talent and will never be equalled by future releases. Co-produced by Phil Spector, Harrison is backed by an all-star band, including Ringo Starr, Ginger Baker, Billy Preston, Badfinger and debut of Derek & The Dominoes, featuring Eric "Slowhand" Clapton as well as Bob Dylan...R.I.P., Mr. Harrison...

http://youtu.be/p4G2RlBKbrM (The Beatles : Within You Without You)

http://youtu.be/g-ATb5FNci8 (Paul McCartney in concert : All Things Must Pass)

Ann C. Sheridan alias Ann Calvert is an American singer. Cover from left is the one issued on RCA Victor 42548 in 1976 produced in France by Laurent Voulzy for BING BANG Music/ESSEX Music, and also available in Belgium. The two other picture covers contain 2 mistakes "She's so heavy" instead of "He's So Heavy". German Hansa international 17 226 AT, 1976 (DCC/Deutsche Club Charts #45) and the NL single also released in 1976 is issued on Ariola 17 061.  Other references : UK BRADLEYS RECORDS BLAK1003, 1976 produced by David Barnes and Laurent Voulzy; CAN Amour Records A.M. 8417, 1976; US RCA PD-11049, 1976; IT Fonit Cetra S 20204, 1977. Her version tops the charts in Montreal. Arrangements : Laurent Voulzy. Photos : John Moore.

http://youtu.be/kwXlCCfY-p8 I want you (for the US army, enlist now :D)

1. Original Canadian single from Quebec, kébec-disc KD-9302, 1977
2. Original UK single EMI / HARVEST HAR5143, 1977
3. Original NL and BEL cover picture made in The Netherlands
4. Original NL and BEL 45rpm7" EMI-Bovema / EMI 5C 006-99597, 1977
5. Original NL and BEL picture cover backside
6. Other references : GER : EMI-Electrola 1C 006-99597, 1977
7. BEL : EMI / BIMBO-LAURENT ROSSI BLR-555, 1977
8. FR : EMI / BIMBO records BLR-5555, 1977
9. IT: EMI 3C 006-99597, 1977
10. SP: EMI / Odeon 10 C 006-99.597, 1977
11. N.B. : citations ininterrompues - unlimited citations http://youtu.be/PFAupznm6qk (maxi version)
12. Charts : NL #17 - SE #18
13. Arrangements : Georges and/et Michel Costa
14. Engineer/ingénieur du son : Jéhol Van Bay
15. Photos pochette : H. Vassal
16. Café Crème est un quatuor canadien du Québec comprenant Michel Costa, le français Laurent Rossi, Georges Costa et un quatrième resté jusqu'à présent complètement inconnu (sauf de Rossi ou des Costa :D ). Si quelqu'un en sait plus...
17. Certains extraits sont reliés entre eux par une très courte chanson qu'on pourrait appeler Singing With The Beatles (auteur et compositeur non crédités).
18. Café Crème is a Canadian quatuor from Quebec...
19.  

1961 : Elton John (b. Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Mar.25, 1947, Pinner, London), son of an ex-royal Air Force trumpeter, Stanley and his wife, Sheila Dwight, having started piano lessons at age 4 and played at a local music festival at age 12 (his early piano idols are Winifred Atwell and Charlie Kunz), has already attended the Royal Academy of Music, London, to which he won a part-time scholarship in 1958, when he joins locally performing R&B outfit Bluesology (its name taken from a Django Reinhardt disk), playing piano with existing members Stuart Brown (gtr), Rex Bishop (bs) and Mike Inkpen (drms). Their first paying gig is at the Northwood Hills hotel, Northwood, London.

http://youtu.be/_nTGSIdW6pc

December 1974 : his cover of The Beatles' Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds featuring the Reggae guitars of Dr. Winston O'Boogie alias John Lennon is issued as a single on UK DJM Records DJS-340 and released on 8 November 1974 which hits UK TOP 40 #10 and in Germany #31 [DJM 2043 002, 1975]. In America, the single is issued on MCA RECORDS MCA-40344 on 1974/11/18 and tops the Billboard TOP 100 at #1 on 1975/01/04, becoming another million-seller. B/W One Day At A Time (s) Lennon who plays the guitar. Produced by GUS DUDGEON - P. 1974 THIS RECORD CO. LIMITED. 

1975 : Establishing a reputation as Frisco, CA's prime theatrical rock band, The Tubes, formed in Phoenix, AZ and led by ex-drama student "Fee" Waybill (vox, b. John Waldo, Sept.17, 1950, Omaha, NE sign to A&M Records, using the advance to produce more extravagant stage shows. The group consists as well as Waybill, Bill "Sputnick" Spooner (gtr), Vince Welnick (keyboards), Rick Anderson (bs gtr), Michael Cotton (synthesizer), Roger Steen (gtr), Prairie Prince (drums) [b.Charles L. Prince], Re Styles (vox, gtr) [b. Shirley Marie MacLeod] and Mingo Lewis (percussion).

March 1978 : Double live What Do You Want From Live reaches US #82 and UK #38. Produced by Peter Henderson and Rikki Farr.

This is an NL 45 r.p.m. single released in March 1978 but did not chart.

Reference : AMS 5643

 http://youtu.be/kqxdT3mWFYY

Come Together is an exerpt taken from the double LP "Sgt. Pepper's lonely Hearts Club Band" , starring Robin Gibb, The Bee Gees and Peter Frampton. On September 30, this song reaches US #23. Band appears as vilains in the movie. The double LP is issued on RSO Records and released in June 1978.

The NL pressing also includes Kings And Queens which makes US #70 on April 1, 1978.

Members : Steven Tyler (vocals), b. Steven Talarico , March 26, 1948, New York City; Joe Perry (guitar); b. Sept.10, 1950, Boston, Massachusett's capital; Brad Whitford (guitar), b. Feb.23, 1952, Winchester, MA, ex-Justin Tyme, Earth Inc. and The Cymbals Of Resistance; Tom Hamilton (bs gtr), b. Dec.31, 1951, Colorado Springs, CO and Joey Kramer (drums), b. June 21, 1950, New York completes the line-up.

Group signs to CBS/COLUMBIA in August 1972. http://youtu.be/nDtoZ8M3Q50

• William Tay acc. par Les Rockets (B)  :
  • "Tu changeras d'avis", 01/1964 (Bad to me - Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas)
  • "Plus la même", 01/1964 (I call your name) disques festival FX 45-1359 (B. J. Kramer w. The Dakotas)
• Vince Taylor et ses Playboys : "Tu changeras d'avis", 1964 (Bad to me via Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, #1 RU, 06/63)
• Peter Tiberi  : "You can't do that", 2/01/1974 (en anglais) alias Pierre Tibéri
• Michèle Torr :
• "Et je l'aime", 1965 (And I love her)
• "Toi l'orgueilleux", 1964 (Love of the loved - Cilla Black)
• I Trovatori  : "Tu perds ton temps", 1963 (Please please me)
• 20 Years Later  : "Magical medley" (voice mix), 1988/1989
• Sylvie Vartan : "Twiste et chante", 07/1963 [orch. dir. Eddie Vartan] (Twist and shout via The Isley Brothers, 1963, v. o. par The Top Notes, 1961)
• Claudette Vandal (CA)  : "Hello petite fille", 1964 (Hello little girl - The Fourmost)
• Tony Victor  : "Plus la même", 1964 (I call your name)
• Thierry Vincent  : "Je n'peux l'acheter", 1964 [acc. par Eddie Vartan et son orchestre] (Can't buy me love)
• Dominique Walter : "Penny lane", 1967 [acc. par Ch. Chevallier] (Penny lane) Note : fils de Michèle Arnaud.
• John William : "4 garçons dans le vent" [Jean Bouchéty et son orchestre], 1964 (a Hard Day's Night)
• Tiny Yong  : "Huit jours par semaine", 1965 [avec Jacques Denjean et son orchestre] (Eight days a week)
• Patrick Zabé(CA)  :
  • "Ob-la-di ob-la-da", 1969 (Ob-la-di ob-la-da)
  • "Oh darling", 1969 (Oh darling)
• Les Zéniths (CA)  : "Seul", 1966 (Girl)

•  

  Sabrina : "C'est pour toi", 1964 (It's for you - Cilla Black [au piano : "Macca"] #7 RU, 29/08/64) ; #79 EU, 3/10/1964
• Ginette Sage (CA)  : "Michelle", 1966 (Michelle)
• Erick Saint-Laurent  :
  • "Eléonor Rigby", 1966 [dir. mus. Reg Guest] (Eleanor Rigby)
  • "C'est devenu un homme", 1967 (She's leaving home)
• Gérard Saint-Paul  :
  • "Rentre Jojo à la maison", 1970 (Get back)
  • "Reste avec moi", 1970 (Don't let me down)
  • "La ballade de John et Yoko", 1970 (The ballad of John and Yoko)
  • "C'est beau, c'est Paris", 1970 (Come together)
  • "Bang bang Maxwell", 1970 (Maxwell's silver hammer)
  • "C'est la vie", 1970 (Let it be)
  • "Dis-moi je t'aime" 1970 (You know my name [look up the number])
  • "Ce long chemin vers toi", 1970 (The long and winding road)
• José Salcy  : "Hey Jude", 1968
• Bruce Scott  : "Je croyais", 1965 (Yesterday)
• Pière Senécal (CA)  : "Je croyais", 1965 (Yesterday)
• Serendipity Singers (EU)  : "Et je l'aime", 1965 (And I love her)
• Sandie Shaw : "Le fou sur la colline", 1970 (The fool on the hill)
• Ann C. Sheridan (US) : "I want you (He's so heavy), 1976 (en anglais-produit par Laurent Voulzy)
• Sheila :
  • "Hello petite fille", 1963 [avec Sam Clayton et Les Guitares] (Hello little girl - The Fourmost)
  • "Un monde sans amour", 1964 [avec Sam Clayton et Les Guitares] (A world without love - Peter and Gordon)
• Les Sinners (CA)  : "Penny Lane", 1967 (Penny Lane)
• Bob Smart  : "Michelle", 196?
• Sound Track (CA)  : "Ce soir c'est ma fête", 1969 (Birthday)
• Starshooter (FR)  : "Get baque", 1978 (Get Back) ^[2]
• Stone :
  • "Seul", 1966 (Norwegian wood [This bird has flown])
  • "Le jour la nuit", 1966 (You won't see me) [textes de Bryan Mu alias Eric Charden] label Polydor PPN 2543 - 66 497 : orch. s. la dir. de Jean Bouchéty - rarissime!
• STP (CA)  : "Les gens d'aujourd'hui", 1969 (Maxwell's silver hammer)
• Les Strapontins  : "Michel", 1966 (Michelle) [orch. ]
• Les Sultans (CA) Un autre groupe de St-Hyacinthe au Québec[avec Bruce Huard - chant, Claude Reid guitare solo, Gilles Henry (dit Peepee) guitare rythmique, Ghislain Dufaut basse, Michel Dufaut batterie] Ce fut leur premier disque : "Toujours devant moi", 1964 (I saw her standing there)
• Les Surfs : "Adieu chagrin", 1963 [orch. dir. Sam Clayton] (There's a place)
• Les Swifts  : "C'est gagné", 1964 (I saw her standing there)
• Sweet Feeling (B)  : "The continuing story of Bungalow Bill" / "All together now", 1969 (en anglais)
• Sylvia (CA)  : "Un certain soir", 1974 (The night before)
• Sylvie-Anne (CA)  : "Un tour dehors", 1966 (Day Tripper)
• Szabo : "Il pleure dans mon cœur", 1971 (Hey Jude)

• Ginette Page (CA)  : "Hier", 1965 (Yesterday)
• Michel Pagliaro (CA)  : "L'amour est là", 1969 (Step inside love - Cilla Black, 1968, RU, #8)
• Les Paraders (CA)  : "Je l'aime", 1966 (Girl)
• Martin Peltier (CA)  : "Il n'y a plus personne", 1970 (Here comes the sun)
• Plume (CA)  : "Docteur Robert", 1967 (Doctor Robert)
• Richard Proulx (CA)  : "Reste avec lui", 1974 (You won't see me)

Les 409 (CA)  :

• "Le vrai bonheur", 1966 (It's only love)
• "Reviens, reviens", 1967 (Hello, goodbye)
• Tony Rank  : "Petite fille", 1964 (Little child)
• Régine : "Goodbye", 1967 (Hello goodbye)
• Anne Renée (CA)  : "Je veux savoir", 1974 (You won't see me)
• Michèle Richard(CA)  :
  • "Je ne peux l'acheter", 1964 (Can't buy me love)
  • "Quelqu'un", 1973 (Something)
• Dick Rivers :
  • "Mes ennuis", 1963 [orch. dir. Paul Piot] (Misery - Kenny Lynch via la version des Beatles)
  • "Twist and shout", 1963 via The Isley Brothers, 1962, #1 R'n'B, #17 au Hot 100 - v. o. The Top Notes, 1961)
  • "J'en suis fou", 1963 [orch. dir. Paul Piot] (Love me do)
  • "Lorsque je l'ai vue devant moi", 1963 (I saw her standing there)
  • "Ces mots qu'on oublie un jour", 1965 [acc.  : The Krewkats) (Things we said today)
  • "Prends un ticket avec moi", 1965 [orch. dir. Norrie Paramor] (Ticket to ride) ^[1]
• Michel Robidoux (CA)  : "Plus la même", 1965 (I call your name)
• Jenny Rock (CA)  : "Seul", 1967 (Boys via The Shirelles, 1960; #1 EU, 11/60) )
• Jen Roger (CA)  : "Je croyais", 1965 (Yesterday)
• Tony Roman (CA)  : "Elle t'aime", 1964 (She loves you)
• Tino Rossi : "Je croyais", 1969 (Yesterday)
• Pierrette Roy (CA)  : "J'ai un secret à te dire", 1963 (Do you want to know a secret)

Les Beatles sont certainement le groupe à avoir été le plus adapté que ce soit en français ou dans d'autres langues que cette dernière. Voici une liste d'adaptations de chansons des Beatles en français, interprétées par des Français et des francophones. La liste qui se trouve ci-dessous est classée par interprète (s), inclut aussi des chansons signées Lennon/McCartney dont les The Beatles eux-mêmes n'ont pas forcément enregistré les versions originales et des versions évidentes via leurs reprises. Cette liste ne concerne que les titres sortis entre 1962 et 2004.          

• Akim  : "Humm ! Qu'elle est belle", 1965 (I Feel Fine)
• Alain (CA)  :
  • "Ob-la-di ob-la-da", 1969 (Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da)
  • "Chantez avec moi", 1969 (All Together Now)
• Frank Alamo :
  • "Je veux prendre ta main", 1963 (I Want to Hold Your Hand)
  • "Je me bats pour gagner", 1964 (A Hard Day's Night)
• Ali Baba et ses 4 Voleurs (CA)  : "Je t'aime", 1966 (I Need You)
• Marcel Amont : "Dans 45 ans", 1967 (When I'm Sixty-Four)
• Les Arvern's  : "Elle t'aime", 1963 (She Loves You)
• Au bonheur des dames : "Valérie et Albert", 1976 (Back in the U. S. S. R. )
• Danny Aumont (CA)  : "Des bises de moi pour toi", 1964 (From Me to You)
• Richard Anthony :
  • "La corde au cou", 1964 (I Should Have Known Better)
  • "Toi l'ami", 1964 (All My Loving)
  • "Tout peut s'arranger", 1965 (We Can Work It Out)
  • "Rien pour faire une chanson", 1966 (Run for Your Life)
• Le 25° Régiment (CA)  :
  • "Lucie sous un ciel de diamants", 1967 (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds)
  • "Hey Jude", 1968 (Hey Jude)
• Les Aristocrates (CA)  : "Michelle", 1966 (Michelle)
• Michèle Arnaud : "Je croyais", 1965 (Yesterday)
• Les Atomes (CA)  : "Michelle", 1966 (Michelle)
• Hugues Aufray : "Je croyais", 1965 (Yesterday)
• Marcel Azzola: "Michelle", 1966 (Festival FY 2436 M) (orchestral - accordéon)
• Une partie de mes références sur les chanteurs, chanteuses et groupes canadiens proviennent du site : http://retrojeunesse60.com que j'ai découvert aux alentours du 15 février 2012.

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1966 : George Harrison is refused admission to Annabel's nightclub in London for not wearing a tie, so he, and his party, including wife Patti, Brian Epstein and Eric Clapton see in the New Year at Joe Lyon's Corner House in Coventry Street in the West End of London.

1970 : Paul McCartney files suit against the rest of the group to dissolve THE BEATLES & Co. partnership and seeks the appointment of a receiver to handle the group's affairs. He also ends links with Allen Klein who now handles the affairs of the other 3. Happy New Year for all their fans.

It's my turn to wish you all a very good New Year's Eve dinner and at the same time a very very

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! God bless...

Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

Dec. 26, 1971 : My Sweet Lord hits US #1, giving Harrison a second accolade as the first ex-Beatle with a chart-topping single. Originally given away by Harrison to Billy Preston for his Apple album Encouraging Word and even scheduled as a Preston single release, it becomes a worldwide #1, selling over 5 million copies. Left : French picture cover. Right below : Italian pressing dating to 30.11.1970.

Dec.26, 1975 : Harrison guests on BBC TV's "Rutland Weekend Television".

Thirty years ago John was cold-blooded murdered / Il y a 30 ans, John fut assassiné de sang-froid. Tribute...

Instant Karma ! : by Lennon/Ono (With the Plastic Ono Band) and George Harrison on guitar released in February 1970 : recorded in a day and produced by Phil Spector, hits UK #5 and US #3. George plays guitar and Allen Klein and assorted club-goers from London's Hatchetts club provide chorus.

Imagine : by John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (October 1971) :

-album : Imagine, commercially his most successful LP record, features a melodic pop sound and is acclaimed as his best solo work. The album, containing 2 thinly-veiled attacks on Paul McCartney in Crippled Inside and How Do You Sleep ?, tops both UK and US charts.

-single (released in 10/1971) : peace-themed Imagine hits US #3; Lennon resists its UK release. Mais heureusement pas en Belgique ni en France et aussi dans la plupart des autres pays du Globe.

May 20, 1960 : Johnny & The Moondogs including Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Stutcliffe having failed an audition for Larry Parnes to Billy Fury's backing band, begin a 7-date tour of Scotland at Alloa Town Hall, as THE SILVER BEETLES (after a brief spell as THE BEATALS) backing Johnny Gentle, another singer from the Parnes talent stable (!). Tommy Moore has been added to the line-up on drums. For the tour, McCartney uses the pseudonym Paul Ramon, Stutcliffe calls himself Stuart da Staël and Harrison adopts the forname Carl.***May 20, 1970 : movie "Let It Be" opens simultaneously at the London Pavilion and Liverpool Gaumont without any of the group attending. It documents the making of the album and outlines the discontent amongst The Beatles during its recording.

**Crazy Man Crazy : from Bill Haley With Haley's Comets, 1953***Kansas City : from K.C. Lovin' by Little Willie Littlefield, Federal, 11/1952 via Little Richard, US #95, 1959. (Wilbert Harrison, Fury, US #1, May 1959)***Love Letters In The Sand : from Dolly Dawn, RCA/Bluebird, 1931.***Shake Rattle And Roll : from Joe Turner and His Blues Kings, April 1954***I'm In Love Again : from Fats Domino, 06/1956***Stagger Lee : from Lloyd Price's version, 1959 [originally Stack O' Lee Blues first recorded by Long Cleve Reed & Little Harvey Hull-Down Home Boys (trio including Sunny Wilson-rec. circa 1899 however unreleased until May 1927 on BLACK PATTI 8030-B)***Also recorded by Waring's Pennsylvanians (Victor 19189 A, 10/16/1923) and Frank Westphal & His Regal Novelty Orchestra (Columbia 32d, 10/18/1923) in 1923, based on a story of Billy Lyon's hat in 12/1895.***Rock Around The Clock : from Bill Haley And His Comets, 05/1954***I Almost Lost My Mind : from Ivory Joe Hunter, 1949***Blue Suede Shoes : from Carl Perkins, Sun 234, Jan. 1, 1956***My Special Angel : from Bobby Helms With The Anita Kerr Singers, Decca 9-30423, 08/1957***Blueberry Hill : from Fats Domino's version, 12/1956 [originally by Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra, 05/1940 via Glenn Miller and his orchestra with Ray Eberle, Bluebird, 1940].***Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin', On : from Big Maybelle, Okeh 7060, 1955 via Chubby Checker, Parkway Records, B-side of The Hucklebuck, 10/1960.***Bouquet Of Roses : from Eddy Arnold And His Tennessee Plowboys, RCA Victor, 1948***I Don't Hurt Anymore : from Hank Snow, RCA Victor, 17th April 1954.***(The) Wild Side Of Life : from Hank Thompson, Capitol, 1952 [aka Honky Tonk Angels].***Singing The Blues from Marty Robbins, Columbia 1956 via Guy Mitchell, Columbia, US #1, 1956***This Is The Thanks I Get : from This Is The Thanks I Get (For Loving You) by Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy, and his Guitar, RCA Victor 47-5805, July 1954.***Candy Kisses : originally from George Morgan's - who wrote the song -, CBS/COLUMBIA 20547, 1949, US R'N'B #1 then US POP #2.***However, this song (gospel) had been recorded the year before by The Five Blind Boys of Alabama (Clarence Fountain, leader) and issued on Coleman Records, Newark, New Jersey. Then in the same year by Rex Turner and The Westerners, Varsity V 8015 via Red Foley, Decca, 1949***No Letter Today : from Ted Daffan and his Texans, COLUMBIA, 1942 (US #1, 1943).***There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder (08/60) : from Jimmie Davis, Capitol Records, US #1, 1945***Cold Cold Heart : from Hank Williams (Sr.) And His Drifting Cowboys, 1951***Anytime : from Emmett Miller acc. by his Georgia Crackers, Okeh 40239, 1924; Okeh 41095, 1928; Bluebird 6577, 1936 via Eddy Arnold And His Guitar, RCA Victor, 1956.***Detour : originally from Spade Cooley A.H.O., 1946 via Patti Page With Jack Rael And His Orchestra, Mercury 5682, June 13, 1951 via Duane Eddy, Jamie 1117/B, 09/1959.***TROUBLE IN MIND, EP CLAIRE 1 EP 4779, USA, 1979 : via Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra feat. Rosetta Tharpe on vocal, Decca 48053, 1950/Conway Twitty, 02/1960 [via Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra feat. Bertha "Chippie" Hill on vocal, 1926 [originally by Thelma LaVizzo, Paramount 12206, 05/1924].***This song is also featured on the RARETIES Malaysian LP Record/album AMBASSADOR A 98100 issued in late 1979.

Pierre Raepsaet est né à Ixelles le 28/05/1948 et est parti pour un long voyage le 21/04/2002 à Verviers. Bio succinte: Pierre a fait partie d'un groupe verviétois "Les Tricheurs" devenus ensuite "Les Ducs" (avec e.a. Francis Geron à la basse et futur patron du fameux club musical "Spirit of 66" à Verviers. En 1970, il forme le groupe Laurelie dans lequel il est  bassiste. Ensuite il rejoint le groupe Jenghiz Khan (1971-1972) où il devient le principal vocaliste et joue toujours de la guitare basse. L'année 1973 verra ses débuts en solo (dont les très rares LP's New York chantés en français et en anglais). Sa connexion avec les Beatles est la chanson "Nous, les Beatles" parue sur l'album "Je Suis Moi" sorti en 1977 chez RCA Victor où il a été entraîné par Yves Simon. Je lui ai rendu hommage sur facebook avec un album photo intitulé "Pierre Rapsat et ses connexions". Pierre Raepsaet n'a jamais été bassiste ni dans les Rockets ni dans les Tenderfoot Kids !

Mais où John va t-il chercher des noms de groupe pareils ?***Whatever gets you thru the night: John Lennon with The Plastic Ono NUCLEAR Band.***Face B: Beef Jerry: John Lennon with The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band / Little Big Horns and Booker Table and The Maitre D'S.***16/11/1974: A-side hits US #1, and makes UK #36. He becomes the last of the 4 ex-Beatles to hit US #1.***Elton John plays on the session for the single and, recognizing the song's potential, makes a bargain with Lennon that the disk got to #1, Lennon would have to appear in concert with him. Lennon accepts , confident of the record's non-#1 status.