YESTERDAY by The Beatles

This is a new space in my blog. My desire is to pay a tribute to those songs which are a milestone in the history of music and probably in a lot of personal stories.

Hope you like it. 

A SUMMER HIT

By The Animals.

Click here to watch the video on YouTube.

Find this information about the song:

• Who was the author of the song?
• When did it become a hit?
• What type of song is it?
• What other singers have recorded it?
• What is it about?

 

A SUMMER SONG of 1963 by Nat King Cole

(You can activate the English subtitles by clicking  on Choose Language (bottom left) and then English 100%).

A summer hit of 1964 by THE BEATLES

"If I fell" was released in July of 1964 by the very famous group, The Beatles. It was the B-side of the single "And I love her" in the US, and part of the long play A Hard Day's Night (named Something New in the US).

A B-side, yes! Back then there were no CDs or pendrives, not even computers (can you believe it?)! Music was published in singles or long plays. Often a single was released first to introduce the long play into the market. It had two songs, one on side A of a vinyl (one type of plastic) record (hardware that you could reproduce on a record player), and another, a secondary song, on side B.  The LP (long play) was bigger in size and contained  more songs (depending on their length, you could get ten or even more!).

Here is an image of both together:

A gold record was given as an award to singers who had sold thousands of copies of an album.

So "If I fell" was not the "main" song on the single, as it was on side B, but The Beatles made it a hit, as nearly everything they "touched". It was written by John Lennon and sung by him together with Paul MacCartney.

• How do you like it?
• What do you think about the singers? 
• Who is John? Who is Paul?
• Could you tell the name of the other two Beatles?
• Is there a similar group now?
• If so, what are the similarities? What are the differences?

STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT "OLDIE"SUMMER HIT!!

A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR. Mary Poppins

Try to sing along! Just look at the subtitles.          

                                 

ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK. Sting

Here is one of my favourite songs. How do you like it? Can you complete it?
                       
                        

I don't drink _____________ I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side
And you can hear it in my _____________ when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York

See me walking down Fifth Avenue
A walking cane here at my side
I take it ____________ I walk
I'm an Englishman in New York

I'm an ____________ I'm a legal _____________
I'm an Englishman in New York
I'm an ____________ I'm a legal _____________
I'm an Englishman in New York

If, "Manners maketh man" as someone said
Then he's the _________________ of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and ________
Be yourself no matter what they say

I'm an ____________ I'm a legal _____________
I'm an Englishman in New York
I'm an ____________ I'm a legal _____________
I'm an Englishman in New York

Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety
You could end up as the _________ one
Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this __________
At ___________ a candle's brighter than the sun

Takes more than ________ gear to make a man
Takes more than a _____________ for a gun
Confront your ________, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run

If "Manners maketh man" as ____________ said
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ____________ and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say

I'm an ___________ I'm a legal ______________
I'm an Englishman in New York
I'm an ___________ I'm a legal ______________
I'm an Englishman in New York

You can also hear it, read the complete lyrics AND SING IT ALONG here:

                                       http://www.inglesdivino.com/?l=175

This is a wonderful link with dozens of songs which includes the possibility of adding gaps to fill in and the translation of the lyrics into Spanish. Also, if you click on one of the first words, each one after that will be highlighted as the artist sings it, which makes it so easy to follow!