The Beatles - Till There Was You

The Beatles - Till There Was You 1963

"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.

The first recording of this song to be released came even before the original cast album version of January 1958. Promotional copies of the 45 rpm single, Capitol P3847, were released on November 26, 1957, even before the Broadway production had premiered on December 19. Produced by Nelson Riddle, it featured his orchestra and 17-year-old vocalist Sue Raney.

In 1959, Anita Bryant recorded a single which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100, #14 on the Cashbox Top 100; a 1962 instrumental version by Valjean was also popular.

The Beatles' version was included on their albums With The Beatles (UK release, 1963) and Meet The Beatles! (US release, 1964). The song was the only Broadway tune that 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 appearance on 4 November 1963 at the Royal Variety Performance when they followed this song with "Twist and Shout".[4]

The Beatles had previously performed "Till There Was You" as part of their failed audition for Decca Records in London on 1 January 1962,[3] and it was the second of five the group sang during their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on 9 February 1964.[5][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 Variety Performance. When introducing this song, McCartney commented that the song "had also been recorded by our favourite American group, Sophie Tucker".[6][4] This tongue-in-cheek comment by McCartney unwittingly began an urban legend that 'Till There Was You' was an old Sophie Tucker song[citation needed], when in fact, there is no record of her ever performing the tune. Paul McCartney -- bass, vocal John Lennon -- acoustic guitar George Harrison -- lead acoustic guitar Ringo Starr -- bongos

In other news, I have added the lyrics to this song so you can sing along, or perhaps learn the song! This is how I learned my first Beatles song! Enjoy :)

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[TheLemonsandLimes]

Sawr. i love them ahahah

[ckw66]

I would like to dedicate this song to Ms. Delphine Cai for her birthday today. Wish her a happy birthday !

[drexlerrockerddre]

This is one of the best love songs i ever heard

[lucyfer9]

I would like to dedicate this song to a girl who was everything to me. I want her to know how much I loved her...

[iammikeywright]

@ckw66 she should have another one comming up soon :)

[Waking2Dreams]

A good song to listen to, good lyrics.

[Frenchfry147]

The Wedding Singer

[iheartbrambe4]

definitely on my wedding playlist!!!!!

[ASR10MAN]

@racheroo3 Love the Beatles but only Paul could write such a beautiful song

[ASR10MAN]

@vanislefan1 He was a budding rose!

[Aleezah143]

@ublagadang go to google, type in "youtube to mp3" and click the first one. Then copy and paste the url from this page to the little box. Hit convert and then download. :)

[cloudchaser07]

@ublagadang I dont know how to save it on PC but i have saved it in my mind.