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Till There Was You - Beatles version - Solo ukulele - arranged&played by Colin Tribe

"Till There Was You" is a show tune written by Meredith Willson, popularised by his 1957 stage production The Music Man and its 1962 movie musical adaptation. It also appeared in the 1962 film of the same name. McCartney, however, heard the song through Peggy Lee’s 1958 version. He wrote; I had an elder cousin, Elizabeth Danher, now Robbins. She was quite an influence on me… Betty would play me records like Peggy Lee’s ‘Fever’. Peggy Lee did ‘Till There Was You’ as well. I didn’t know that was from the musical The Music Man until many years later. This led me to songs like ‘A Taste Of Honey’ and things which were slightly to the left and the right of rock ‘n’ roll. The significance of “Till There Was You” in The Beatles' recorded canon appears to be infinitesimally small to most Beatles fans, many not having knowledge of them even recording the song. In fact, some sheet music books which claim to include all of the released Beatles material omit the song, not because of it being a cover song, but simply because they forgot to include it. Paul McCartney: vocals, bass John Lennon: acoustic rhythm guitar George Harrison: acoustic lead guitar Ringo Starr: bongo The truth of the matter is that this very song was a major determining factor in The Beatles being signed to EMI’s Parlophone Records in Britain, thereby catapulting them to fame throughout the world. If it wasn’t for The Beatles adding “Till There Was You” to their repertoire, they no doubt would have had the same fate of most of the "beat groups" of the Liverpool music scene, such as Cass and The Casanovas, Derry and The Seniors and Rory Storm and The Hurricanes. On February 13th, 1962, Brian Epstein met with George Martin, who was the head of A & R at EMI’s Parlophone Records. George Martin, who was looking for the next pop idol to be secured to his small label, eagerly listened to the discs of the Decca audition. Although not overly-impressed, “Till There Was You” stuck out like a sore thumb. He was impressed by George Harrison's guitar work as well as McCartney’s vocals, which earmarked Paul as a possible lead singer of the group in George Martin’s mind. He concluded that it might be worth his while giving The Beatles a proper audition for EMI, which was eventually slated for June 6th, 1962. Music&tab of my ukulele version from colinrtribe@btinternet.com