Bad Boy
“A bad little kid moved into my neighborhood”
A hard-driving cover of Larry Williams' 1959 single, recorded in one afternoon on Williams' birthday. Issued in the US on Beatles VI in 1965 but kept off UK albums until 1966 – one of the last rock-and-roll covers in the band's repertoire.
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Electric piano first appears on a Beatles record on 'Bad Boy' (1965).
RecordedMay 10, 1965
ReleasedJune 14, 1965 (Single)March 7, 1988 (Past Masters)
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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