Birthday
“Yes, we're goin' to a party, party”
A McCartney-led group composition built on a 12-bar blues riff in A, credited Lennon-McCartney and recorded as the opener of side three of the White Album. Yoko Ono and Pattie Boyd added the female backing vocals.
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Yoko Ono is credited on 3 Beatles recordings – contributions include backing vocals, tape loops, handclaps, spoken word, and beatles team – including 'Birthday', 'Revolution 9', 'The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill'.
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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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