Good Morning/Good Afternoon/Good Evening. Song of the Day. Dizzy Miss Lizzy, The Beatles recorded Larry Williams Dizzy Miss Lizzie for their US record company Capitol, who released it on the 1965 compilation Beatles VI. Dizzy Miss Lizzie had been a part of The Beatles live repertoire since their earliest days. It was originally released as a single by Williams in 1958, with Slow Down on the b-side. Although it wasnt intended for the Help! LP, The Beatles evidently decided their version was good enough to be included. It appeared as the albums final song, slightly retitled as Dizzy Miss Lizzy, as a rock n roll finale to follow Paul McCartneys Yesterday. John Lennon also sang the song at the first Plastic Ono Band concert, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival on 13 September 1969. In the studio the Beatles recorded Dizzy Miss Lizzy and Bad Boy on 10 May 1965; both were sung by John Lennon. In an out-take I heard recently - recording Dizzy Miss Lizzy - John is saying, Whats wrong with that? and George Martin says, Erm... it wasnt exciting enough, John, and John mumbles, Bloody hell, - that kind of thing was creeping in a bit - It wasnt exciting enough, eh? Well, you come here and sing it, then! I think thats just the pressure of work. When youve been working hard for a long time, you really start to need a break. Paul McCartney Anthology The group recorded two takes of the song early in the session, which began at 8pm and ended at 11.30. They then turned their attention to Bad Boy, before recording a further five takes of Dizzy Miss Lizzy. To the last of these Lennon overdubbed an organ part, and Harrison double-tracked his lead guitar. The songs were mixed in the same session and were released a month later in America.
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