Devil in Her Heart

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Devil In Her Heart (originally Devil In His Heart) is a 1962 song by The Donays. The Beatles covered it on their 1963 album With The Beatles.

Contents 1 AKA 2 Original Version 3 The Beatles' Version 4 Recording Sessions 5 Personnel 5.1 The Beatles 5.2 Production 6 Available Versions 7 Known Unavailable Versions 8 Available On 9 Source

[edit] AKA

• Devil In His Heart: correct title without the sex changed for a male group.
• (There's A) Devil In Her Heart

[edit] Original Version

This little-known song was first released by The Donays in 1962.

[edit] The Beatles' Version

Devil In Her Heart is one of the many cover songs included on With The Beatles. The Beatles discovered the song through manager Brian Epstein's NEMS record shop. George Harrison recalled, "Brian had a policy of buying at least one copy of every record that was released. If it sold, he'd order another one, or five or whatever. Consequently he had records that weren't hits in Britain, weren't even hits in America. Before going to a gig we'd meet in the record store, after it had shut, and we'd search the racks like ferrets to see what new ones were there... Devil In Her Heart and Barrett Strong's Money were records that we'd picked up and played in the shop and thought were interesting." The Beatles recorded Devil In Her Heart in six takes on July 18, 1963; the first session for With The Beatles. They also recorded You Really Got A Hold On Me and Money (That's What I Want) and Till There Was You in that session. Devil In Her Heart was the final song initially recorded by a girl group to be released on an album. From then on, The Beatles would play less cover songs and more Lennon/McCartney songs. After then, the songs that The Beatles covered tended to be old rock and roll favorites from their live set.

[edit] Recording Sessions

• July 18, 1963: Recording Session. Songs Recorded: You Really Got a Hold on Me, Money (That's What I Want), Devil In Her Heart, and Till There Was You →

• August 21, 1963: Mixing Sessions. Songs Mixed: Devil In Her Heart, Money (That's What I Want), You Really Got A Hold On Me, Please Mister Postman, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, All My Loving, and It Won't Be Long. →

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The Beatles

• Lead Vocals: George Harrison
• Lead Guitar: George Harrison
• Backing Vocals: John Lennon
• Rythm Guitar: John Lennon
• Backing Vocals: Paul McCartney
• Bass: Paul McCartney
• Drums: Ringo Starr
• Maracas: Ringo Starr

[edit] Production

• Producer: George Martin
• Engineer: Norman Smith

[edit] Available Versions

• Pop Goes The Beatles BBC Radio Recording, July 16, 1963, (Baby It's You CD single, Bootlegs)
• Take 6, July 18, 1963, (With The Beatles)
• Pop Goes The Beatles BBC Radio Rerecording, September 3, 1963, (Bootlegs)
• Get Back session, January 7, 1969, (Bootlegs)

[edit] Known Unavailable Versions

• Take 1, July 18, 1963
• Take 2, July 18, 1963
• Take 3, July 18, 1963
• Take 4, July 18, 1963
• Take 5, July 18, 1963

[edit] Available On

• With The Beatles, 1963.
• The Beatles' Second Album, 1964.
• The Beatles' Long Tall Sally, 1964.
• Baby It's You CD single, 1995.

[edit] Source

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