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50 years ago today, working at Trident studios in London where they could access 8-track equipment, The Beatles recorded the master track of a new Paul McCartney song ‘Hey Jude’. McCartney wrote the song originally as ‘Hey Jules’, to comfort John Lennon’s son, Julian, during his parents’ divorce.
The first single from their new Apple Records, and more than seven minutes in length, Hey Jude spent nine weeks at number one on the U.S. charts, the longest for any Beatles single. WATCH their live film promo with 300 local fans brought in to sing back-up, and learn how the orchestra members were appalled… (1968)During the coda, which lasts for more than four minutes, they added a 36-piece orchestra—and not a particularly enthusiastic one. There was dissension among the classically-trained musicians, some of whom “were looking down their noses at the Beatles”. To bolster the energy and passion in their performance, McCartney finally stood up on the grand piano and began conducting them from there. On another take, the Beatles then asked the orchestra members if they would clap their hands and sing along during the fading refrain. All but one of the musicians complied (for a double fee). The one abstainer reportedly said, “I’m not going to clap my hands and sing Paul McCartney’s bloody song!”
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The Beatles recorded the following promotional film, after the hit had been on sale in America for a week. To help with the filming, an audience of around 300 local people, as well as fans that gathered regularly outside Abbey Road Studios were brought in for the song’s finale.
The band, fueling their long-running feud with the Musicians’ Union, fooled them into believing it was a live recording, when in fact three of them were miming. Paul, however, sang live throughout the song. The video was first broadcast on David Frost’s Sunday show, four days after it…The post Good News in History, July 31 appeared first on FeedBox.