Till There Was You
“There were bells on a hill”
Paul's Broadway show-tune cover from Meredith Willson's 'The Music Man' (1957), learned from Peggy Lee's 1961 reading. A bolero-flavored ballad with twin nylon-string guitars and Ringo's bongos – the Beatles' only Broadway cover.
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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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