Words of Love
“Words of love you whisper soft and true”
A faithful cover of Buddy Holly's 1957 single, with Lennon and McCartney sharing a doubled close-harmony lead to honour Holly's pioneering double-tracked vocal. Harrison's double-tracked Tennessean figure traces Holly's original guitar line note-for-note – the Beatles' clearest and most affectionate tribute to a formative influence.
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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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