Till There was You - Beatles, by Jaider

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Till There Was You

This article is about the song. For the 1990 movie, see Till There Was You (1990 film).
"Till There Was You" is a song written by Meredith Willson for his 1957 musical play The Music Man, and which also appeared in the 1962 movie version. The song is sung by librarian Marian Paroo (Barbara Cook on Broadway, Shirley Jones in the film) to Professor Harold Hill (portrayed by Robert Preston) toward the end of Act Two.

In 1959, Anita Bryant recorded a single which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100; a 1962 instrumental version by Valjean was also popular.


The Beatles' version
"Till There Was You"

Song by The Beatles
Album With the Beatles
Released 22 November 1963
Recorded Abbey Road Studios:
18 and 30 July 1963
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:16
Label Parlophone
Writer Meredith Wilson
Producer George Martin
Music sample
"Till There Was You" Problems?
With the Beatles track listing
Side one
"It Won't Be Long"
"All I've Got to Do"
"All My Loving"
"Don't Bother Me"
"Little Child"
"Till There Was You"
"Please Mister Postman"
Side two
"Roll Over Beethoven"
"Hold Me Tight"
"You Really Got a Hold on Me"
"I Wanna Be Your Man"
"Devil in Her Heart"
"Not a Second Time"
"Money (That's What I Want)"

The Beatles' version was included on their albums With the Beatles (UK Release, 1963), Meet the Beatles (US Release, 1964). The song was the only Broadway tune the Beatles ever recorded.

"Till There Was You" was a minor hit in the UK for Peggy Lee in March 1961. Paul McCartney was introduced to her music by his older cousin, Bett Robbins, who would occasionally baby-sit the two McCartney brothers.[1] McCartney said: "I had no idea until much later that it was from The Music Man."[2] "Till There Was You" was part of the Beatles repertoire in 1962 and performed at the Star Club in Hamburg.[3] It became illustrative of the Beatles versatility, proving they could appeal to all sections of an audience, moving easily from ballads to rock and roll, as in their live 1963 Royal Command Performance when they followed this song with "Twist and Shout".

The Beatles had previously performed "Till There Was You" as part of their failed audition for Decca Records in London on January 1st, 1962,[3] and it was the second of six the group sang during their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9th, 1964.[4]

Live versions of the song were released on Live at the BBC (1994) and Anthology 1 (1995). The latter version was recorded when the Beatles played at the Royal Command (Variety) Performance in November 1963.

There were bells on a hill
But I never heard them ringing
No I never heard them at all
'Til there was you
There were birds in the sky
But I never saw them winging
No I never saw them at all
'Til there was you
Then there was music and wonderful roses
They tell me in sweet fragrant meadows of dawn and you
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No I never heard it at all
'Til there was you
Then there was music and wonderful roses
They tell me in sweet fragrant meadows of dawn and you
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No I never heard it at all
'Til there was you
'Til there was you

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[jaiderdeoliveira]

Thank you and Thank you once again.

Cheers

jaider

[blue77]

Nice Cover. Congratulations.

[RedstarMia]

Hi :)