Honey Don't

1964 · Beatles For Sale

“Ah, rock on, George, one time for me!”

Carl Perkins' 1956 rockabilly B-side to Blue Suede Shoes, handed to Ringo as his lead vocal on Beatles For Sale. Ringo's spoken asides to Harrison's two guitar breaks became a fan-favourite moment on the album.

Year1964

AlbumBeatles For Sale

Track10 · Side 2

Duration2:56

Songwriter(s)Carl Perkins

Lead VocalRingo

RecordedOctober 26, 1964

ReleasedDecember 4, 1964

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Music126 tags

Arrangement

Lead vocals Backing vocals Electric guitar Acoustic guitar Lead guitar Rhythm guitar Bass guitar Drums Percussion Tambourine Spoken word

Instrument group

Guitars Percussion

Music genre

Rock and roll Rock Country Rockabilly

Vocal work

Vocal ad-lib

Solo / Riff

Solo based on verse

Tempo

Upbeat

Key

E major

Time signature

4/4

Scale degree

I IV7 V7 ♭VI

Chord degree

V–I I–IV IV–I I–V V–I–IV IV–I–V V–I–IV–I I–IV–I–V ♭VI–V IV–I–V–I–V I–IV–I–V–I–V I–♭VI–V IV–I–V–I–V–I ♭VI–V–I–IV–I ♭VI–V–I IV–I–V–I I–♭VI ♭VI–I

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Equipment

Gibson J-160E Hofner 500/1 Gretsch 6119 Tennessean Telefunken M10 4-track recorder Ludwig Super Classic EMI REDD.51 console

Recording location

EMI Studio 2 EMI Studios

Session duration

Single day

Sources & references

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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