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Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby

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By: 
The Beatles
Lyrics: 
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby Lyrics
Lead vocals: 
George Harrison
Songwriter(s): 
Carl Perkins
First released on: 
Beatles for Sale
U.S. release date: 
December 12, 1964
U.K. release date: 
December 4, 1964
Length (≈): 
2:24
Label: 
Parlophone
Produced by: 
George Martin
Recording date(s): 
October 18, 1964
Recorded at: 
Abbey Road Studios (EMI)
Musicians : 
  • George Harrison – lead vocal, lead guitar
  • John Lennon – rhythm guitar (acoustic), tambourine
  • Paul McCartney – bass
  • Ringo Starr – drums
    • Album(s): 
    Beatles for Sale, Beatles '65, Live at the BBC, Anthology 2, Rock 'n' Roll Music, Rock 'n' Roll Music, Vol. 2, Live! at the Star-Club

    George Harrison was a big Carl Perkins fan, and this one of his favorites by this R&B great. The Beatles performed Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby as early as their "Cavern Club" days, and George usually took the lead. It's his one lead appearance on Beatles for Sale.. In the recorded version, George Martin adds piano to the mix, and some say that George's voice was overdubbed. The records show that it was recorded in just one take, however, and considerable reverb is used on the vocal track. The song has a standard 12-bar blues structure, repeated several times with instrumental solos added in. The instrumentation is rich and somewhat muffled, differing only in this respect from the Perkins original.

    Well they took some honey from a tree

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    October 18, 1964 in just one take.

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