John Lennon‘s voice was practically fried the night they recorded "Twist and
Shout." He had a bad cold and producer George Martin knew they didn’t have
much time to nail down the vocal. Lennon gargled milk and took a cough drop
before stepping into the booth and delivered his throat-shredding take on the
Isley Brothers’ classic. "That song nearly killed me," Lennon said. "My voice
wasn’t the same for a long time after; every time I swallowed, it was like
sandpaper. I was always bitterly ashamed of it, because I could sing better
than that, but now it doesn’t bother me." (Rolling Stone)

"Twist and Shout" was the only million-selling Beatles single that was a cover
record, and the only Beatles cover single to reach the Top 10 on a national
record chart. The song failed to hit #1 because the Beatles had another song
occupying the top spot, "Can’t Buy Me Love".

The instrumental track for this song was recorded first at Gold Star Studios
and took 21 takes. The vocals were recorded next over two sessions at
Columbia with the first session taking place on March 10, which also saw
vocal work on "I’m Waiting for the Day", "God Only Knows" and "I Just
Wasn’t Made for These Times". The final session was around a month
later on April 11.

The released single entered the Billboard chart on July 30 and remained
there for 11 weeks, peaking at number 8 in September 1966. It also peaked
at number 7 on the Cashbox chart and #5 in Record World.

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The Supremes album "Meet the Supremes" was their debut album. The studio
LP includes the group’s earliest singles: "I Want a Guy", "Buttered Popcorn",
"Your Heart Belongs to Me" and "Let Me Go the Right Way".

"True Love Ways" was written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty and
recorded with the Dick Jacobs Orchestra four months before the singer’s
death. It was Holly’s last studio session. The songs “It Doesn’t Matter
Anymore”, “Raining in my Heart”, and ”Moondreams” were also recorded 
during that final session.

Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)

The recording session for "The Letter” was held at American Sound
Studio In Memphis. It began at 10 o’clock on a Saturday morning and
took over thirty takes wrapping at either three or five o’clock that
afternoon.

               
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