The Beatles Song Of The Day. Twist and Shout was Released on the Beatles first UK album, Please Please Me, the recording of which on February 11, 1963 was their first album session and is notable for 11 songs recorded in a mere 10 hours. Twist and Shout, with John Lennon on lead vocals, was the last song recorded; producer George Martin knew Lennons voice would suffer from the performance, so he left it until last, with only 15 minutes of scheduled recording time remaining. Lennon was suffering from a cold, and was drinking milk and sucking on cough drops to soothe his throat. His coughing is audible on the album, as is the colds effect on his voice. Even so, he produced a memorable vocal performance: a raucous, dynamic rocker. He later said his voice was not the same for a long time afterward, and that every time [he] swallowed, it felt like sandpaper. A second take was attempted, but Lennon had nothing left and it was abandoned. George Martin said, I did try a second take ... but Johns voice had gone. Released as a single in the US on March 2, 1964, with Theres a Place as its B-side, by Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records on the Tollie label, it reached number 2 on April 4, 1964, during the week that the top five places on the chart were all Beatles singles. (In the Cashbox singles chart for the same week, Twist and Shout was No. 1.) In the United States, 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, Cant Buy Me Love. In the UK, Twist and Shout was released by Parlophone on an EP with three other tracks, Do You Want to Know a Secret, A Taste of Honey, and Theres a Place, from the Please Please Me album. Both the EP and album reached No. 1 (see Twist and Shout (EP)). In Canada, it became the title track to the second album of Beatles material to be issued by Capitol Records of Canada, on February 3, 1964. It is regarded as one of the finest examples of British rock and roll for its vocal performance.[8] The song was used as a rousing closing number on Sunday Night at the London Palladium in October 1963 and at The Royal Variety Show in November 1963, the former signalling the start of Beatlemania; the latter was included on the Anthology 1 compilation album in 1995. In addition, the group performed it on one of their Ed Sullivan Show appearances in February 1964. The Beatles continued to play the song live until the end of their August 1965 tour of North America. Additionally, they recorded Twist and Shout on nine occasions for BBC television and radio broadcasts, the earliest of which was for the Talent Spot radio show on November 27, 1962. youtube/watch?v=pVlr4g5-r18
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