Good Morning/Good Afternoon/Good Evening. Song of The Day. •Rock And Roll Music, Written by Chuck Berry, Rock And Roll Music was a staple of The Beatles live repertoire between 1959 and 1966. They recorded it for their fourth UK album, Beatles For Sale. The song had been a hit for Berry in 1957. The Beatles selected it for Beatles For Sale, along with a number of other rock n roll standards, when they were running short of original material. In addition to their studio version, The Beatles also recorded Rock And Roll Music for several BBC shows, including Pop Go The Beatles and Saturday Club; a performance from the latter, taped on 25 November 1964 and first broadcast on Boxing Day, was included on the Live At The BBC collection. A later live version, recorded at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo in June 1966, shortly before The Beatles abandoned touring, appears on Anthology 2. In the studio Rock And Roll Music was one of John Lennons great vocal performances, and a thrilling rendition by the group as a whole. Owing to their familiarity with the song, it took The Beatles just one take to record. The basic track was recorded with drums and bass on track one, two guitars on the second, and Lennons vocals on track three. Afterwards Lennon, McCartney and George Martin all overdubbed a piano part on a Steinway together. The group recorded it on 18 October 1964. During the same nine-hour session they also recorded Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!, Mr Moonlight, I Feel Fine, Ill Follow The Sun, Everybodys Trying To Be My Baby and Words Of Love. Rock And Roll Music was the penultimate song to be tackled.
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