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31 March 2008
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Written by: Willson
Recorded: 18, 30 July 1963
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
Released: 22 November 1963 (UK), 20 January 1964 (US)
Paul McCartney: vocals, bass
John Lennon: acoustic rhythm guitar
George Harrison: acoustic lead guitar
Ringo Starr: bongos
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10.59pm
9 March 2017
Offline This may sound crazy but Till There Was You contains one of my favorite solos from George, up there with Something and Let It Be , i just love how George shows how he can play a good classical solo.
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8.51am
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15 February 2015
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Not crazy at all. It’s a wonderful solo.
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6.28am
24 March 2014
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10.11am
28 March 2014
Offline Just one of those songs I find corny, but sometimes find myself singing it in the shower…. 
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1.28pm
24 March 2014
Offline haha..yeah, the song is kinda corny. I’d like that George uses a lot of jazzy chords and stuff because it shows that they were not only kids playing their instruments and doing whatever countryesque or rockandroll cover song. They listened to quite a lot of different styles and did study the records they listened to. And they learned the chords, so they put a lot of work and effort into it. They were serious about it, and they were kids. That’s the most amazing thing.
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4.32pm
1 December 2009
Offline All this, plus the fact that the Hamburg versions are so much fun
Paul: Here’s another number, one that John’s gonna hate…
John: No I love it!
And it turns into a comedy act!
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1.41am
14 June 2016
Offline Love Paul’s vocals on this. It’s a nice, gentle song.
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7.58am
26 January 2017
Offline The solo in this one is so great. I know they didn’t compose it, but George does a great job with it. This is one of those songs I’d love to play if I ever joined a jazz group.
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1.17am
7 November 2022
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3.31pm
17 June 2021
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Till There Was You is one of my favourite covers The Beatles did. I love Paul’s vocals on it and the instrumental break.
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8.07pm
25 November 2024
Offline Daily Beatles Song Review Day 24/213: Till There Was You
This lovely and serene McCartney cover comes from the musical The Music Man originally. I have actually seen this musical on Broadway; it’s obviously a very dated and cliche story by today’s standards, but it’s got great music and a lot of heart, the perfect thing for the Beatles to cover. However, this cover is more specifically of the version by Peggy Lee, which introduced McCartney to it.
This has some of Paul’s best early vocals. I love his balladeer voice, and this is one of his best opportunities for it. It sounds like a song from a musical, and I love that about it. It’s so different from what the Fab Four would write, and even though it’s not a masterpiece, it’s definitely really good. I think the band also plays really well on it, especially John on guitar. George’s guitar is good too, but John steals the show instrumentally.
My score for this one may seem low given what I just said, but the reason is just because it’s very slight. It’s lovely and very pretty, but ultimately hollow. He sings as if he doesn’t have a care in the world. That’s what the song calls for, but it also means the song comes off as inessential to me.
Score: 7/10
Favorite cover: Well, this isn’t really a cover in the same way, but here is the song being performed by Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman in the 2022 version of the Broadway show. I picked this one because this is the cast I saw the play with.
I will be taking tomorrow off of the Daily Song Review for Christmas, so have a very merry Christmas.
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