Roll Over Beethoven

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Roll Over Beethoven is a 1956 single by Chuck Berry. The Beatles covered it for their 1963 British album With The Beatles.

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[edit] The Beatles' Version

The Beatles were huge fans of Chuck Berry's music. In fact, they covered more songs by Chuck Berry than any other artist from 1957 to 1966, when they stopped recording covers. This lead John to say "If they want things like Sally and Beethoven, we can do that standing on our ears." Most Chuck Berry covers done by The Beatles were sung by John. This song, in fact, was sung by John from 1957 until 1961. From 1961 until they dropped the song from the set in 1964, George Harrison sang lead, singing on the recording. This song was one of George's three vocal leads on With The Beatles, along with Devil In Her Heart and Don't Bother Me. George said, "I sang Roll Over Beethoven for With The Beatles - it was a song I liked. I had the Chuck Berry record and I used to sing it in the clubs."

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The Beatles recorded five takes on July 30, 1963. They then added overdubs and the final guitar chord, which were edited in on August 21. They recorded it for BBC seven times. The first time they recorded it was on June 24 at the BBC's Playhouse Theatre for the radio program Saturday Club. It broadcast on June 29. The last time they recorded it fo the BBC was on February 28, 1964. This was featured on the 1994 compilation Live At The BBC. A live performance at the Karlaplansstudion in Stockholm, Sweden was included on Anthology 1.

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