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Ask Me Why is een nummer van The Beatles dat in 1963 werd uitgebracht als B-kant van de single Please Please Me album . De single met Ask Me Why op de B-kant was succesvol en behaalde in diverse Engelse hitlijsten de eerste plaats.
Op Oudejaarsavond 1962 namen The Beatles het nummer voor het eerst op en wel live in de Star-Club te Hamburg en verscheen het in 1977 op het live-album Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 .
De credits van Ask Me Why vermelden Paul McCartney en John Lennon als schrijvers van het nummer, maar het originele idee voor het lied was afkomstig van Lennon.[ 1] 1962 . Lennon kwam met het idee en met hulp van McCartney werd het nummer afgemaakt.[ 1]
Op 6 juni 1962 waren The Beatles voor de eerste maal in de Abbey Road Studios in Londen om enkele nummers op te nemen.[ 2] producer enkele nummers, waaronder Ask Me Why , zodat hij kon beoordelen of hij ze een platencontract aan moest bieden.[ 3] [ 4]
Op 26 november waren The Beatles in de studio om de opvolger van Love Me Do [ 5] Please Please Me . Die dag namen ze ook in zes takes Ask Me Why op. Ask Me Why was echter niet de enige optie voor de B-kant van de nieuwe single. The Beatles namen die dag ook een onbekend aantal takes van een lied genaamd Tip of My Tongue [ 5] Tommy Quickly , een andere artiest uit de stal van manager Brian Epstein .[ 5]
Bronnen, noten en/of referenties
↑ a b Miles, B. (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now . London: Secker & Warburg.
↑ Lewisohn, M. (1994). The Beatles Recording Sessions . London: Hamlyn. p. 16.
↑ Lewisohn, M. (1994), p. 6.
↑ Lewisohn, M. (1994), p. 17.
↑ a b c Lewisohn, M. (1994), p. 23.
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