Please Mr. Postman
“Deliver the letter, the sooner the better”
A muscular cover of the Marvelettes' 1961 Motown #1 – the song that gave Berry Gordy's label its first chart-topper. Lennon delivers a frantic lead vocal over Beatlemania-era handclaps, closing Side 2 of With The Beatles with one of their loudest girl-group reworkings.
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This song is the earliest Beatles song to mention Character, which goes on to appear on 36 in all.
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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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