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« Hello Little Girl » — одна из первых песен, написанных Джоном Ленноном и созданная в рамках партнерства Леннона и Маккартни . Написанная в 1957 году, она была использована в качестве одной из песен на неудачном прослушивании Beatles в Decca в 1962 году и включена в сборник 1995 года Anthology 1 . Домашняя демо-запись 1960 года так и не была официально выпущена.

Ливерпульские группы Fourmost и Gerry & The Pacemakers записали версии в 1963 году. Первый достиг девятого места в британских чартах, а второй оставался неизданным до 1991 года.

Состав и структура

Джон Леннон написал «Hello Little Girl» в конце 1957 года, примерно в то же время, когда Пол Маккартни написал « I Lost My Little Girl ». [1] Леннон описал ее как одну из своих первых законченных композиций. [2] Историк Битлз Марк Льюисон описывает ее как «третью песню, которую он написал (но первую, которая прижилась)». [3] По словам Леннона, он использовал старую «песню тридцатых или сороковых годов», которую пела ему мать. [4] Льюисон идентифицирует это как танцевальную группу 1939 года и номер фильма «Scatterbrain». В частности, Леннона захватила ритмичная последовательность строк вроде: «Когда ты улыбаешься, это так восхитительно / Когда ты говоришь, это так безумно / И все же это очаровательная болтовня, легкомысленный». [5] Льюисон пишет, что песня «пропитана звучанием Crickets » [1] и что « влияние Бадди Холли огромно». [5] Музыковед Уолтер Эверетт соглашается, написав песню «имеющую сильные черты Холли». [6] В частности, «Hello Little Girl» — первая песня «Битлз», в которой воссозданы двухдорожечные вокальные партии Холли с Ленноном во главе и Маккартни, поющим дискант ; Битлз использовали эту аранжировку почти во всех своих дуэтах до 1969 года .

The song underwent significant changes between 1960 and 1962.[8] Everett notes that in measures 22–23, the earlier version seeks to emulate Buddy Holly much more than the syncopated passage in the later version.[9] The earlier version is also "supported by a single chain of applied V7s, VI7–II7–V7, whereas the later version repeats much faster-moving diatonic fifth-sequence heard nearly four full times."[10] The change was likely made in part to accommodate added backing vocals from McCartney and George Harrison,[10] emulating the Jordanaires and the Crickets in singing sustained vowels behind the soloist.[11] Everett writes that the earlier version is the closest any composition by the Beatles comes to using the eight-bar bridge chord change III-VI-II-V typical to Tin Pan Alley songs;[12] He also writes that, like most early compositions by the Beatles', the song is "thoroughly diatonic, grounded solidly in the major scale,"[13] though the song features a "bluesy" guitar solo.[14] The later version also includes a new ending, using the same triplet close heard in "Twist and Shout" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand".[15] Musicologist and writer Ian MacDonald writes that the only musically interesting part of the song is "the swift chromatic descent at the end, paralleling the equally swift chromatic ascents in "Like Dreamers Do".[16]

Recording

The earliest known recording of the song is from 1960.[17][nb 1] This recording features Lennon on lead vocal and his Höfner Club 40 guitar while McCartney provides harmony vocals and plays his Framus Zenith acoustic guitar.[19] McCartney recalls, "Sometimes I'd borrow a tape recorder—a Grundig with a little green eye—[or] John would manage to borrow one, and we'd go around my house and try to record things. I seem to remember recording 'Hallelujah, I Love Her So,' because I had the Eddie Cochran record. They were very much home demos, very bad sound quality."[18][nb 2] Though the recording features Lennon, McCartney and Stu Sutcliffe, "Hello Little Girl" includes only Lennon and McCartney on guitars.[17] The track has never been officially released but circulates unofficially.[21]

The Beatles recorded the song for their Decca audition on 1 January 1962. Lewisohn writes that Harrison's guitar work on this recording of "Hello Little Girl" is substandard compared to his normal work.[22] Pete Best adds full-measure snare rolls between sections.[23] Lewisohn further writes that the track is one of the few in the session that turned out well, mostly due to Lennon and McCartney's combined lead vocal.[24]

On 8 February 1962, the Beatles recorded "Hello Little Girl" and three other songs in an audition for radio producer Peter Pilbeam.[25] As audition tapes were not kept, the recording is almost definitely lost.[26] From the performance of "Hello Little Girl" in particular, Pilbeam marked McCartney as "NO" but Lennon as "YES".[27] On 7 March 1962, the Beatles recorded at the Playhouse Theatre for Pilbeam's BBC program. They recorded four tracks for the program, including "Hello Little Girl", though it was the only song of the four not broadcast.[28]

On 13 February 1962, Beatles manager Brian Epstein visited producer George Martin for the first time. He gave Martin a 78 acetate of "Hello Little Girl" and "Till There Was You" from their Decca audition.[29] Epstein marked the record in pen as "Hullo Little Girl" [sic] by "John Lennon & The Beatles", crediting the song to "Lennon, McCartney" and "Til There Was You" [sic] as "Paul McCartney & The Beatles".[30][31] In the raw transcripts and manuscripts for his 1964 autobiography, A Cellarful of Noise, Epstein recalls "George [Martin] liked Hello Little Girl, Till There Was You. Liked George on guitar. Thought Paul was the one for discs."[32]

The Fourmost's lead guitarist Brian O'Hara recalls that Lennon and Harrison made him a demo tape of "Hello Little Girl" on acoustic guitars and gave it to him a few days before the recording session.[33]

Release

The Beatles rendition for their Decca audition was released on their 21 November 1995 compilation album Anthology 1.[34]

A Decca-made acetate of "Hello Little Girl" and "Like Dreamers Do" sold for £4,000 in 1996 (equivalent to £9,500 in 2023).[35]

In March 2016, Omega Auctions auctioned off an acetate once owned by Les Maguire of Gerry and the Pacemakers (dubbed the "Holy Grail") featuring "Hello Little Girl" and "Till There Was You" for £77,500, exceeding the original estimate of £10,000.[36][31]

Personnel

Decca audition (Anthology 1) version

According to Ian MacDonald:[34]

Versions by the Fourmost and Gerry and the Pacemakers

On 3 July 1963, with the Beatles in the studio, the English Merseybeat band the Fourmost recorded "Hello Little Girl" at EMI Studios.[33] The song was released as their debut single.

On 17 July 1963,[37] Gerry and the Pacemakers recorded a version of the song, but the version by the Fourmost was selected for the issue.[38] The Fourmost's release reached number 9 in the United Kingdom.[39] Everett describes both performances as "straight" with "square syncopation, in strictly even eights as opposed to John's much freer style, in the music-hall tradition and lacking all soul."[40]

The recording by Gerry and the Pacemakers was not released until the 1991 compilation, The Best of Gerry & the Pacemakers.[40] The Fourmost's version of this song is also on 1979 The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away compilation album.

Weekly charts

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Lewisohn writes it was recorded around 18 June 1960 (McCartney's 18th birthday).[18] Everett writes it was around April 1960.[19]
  2. ^ This quotation is from a 3 November 1995 interview with Lewisohn. Audio of it is included on Anthology 1, "Sometimes I'd borrow ... those still exist".[20]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Lewisohn 2013, p. 10.
  2. ^ Miles & Marchbank 1978, p. 79, quoted in Everett 2001, p. 372n44
  3. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 513.
  4. ^ Sheff 2000, p. 172.
  5. ^ a b Lewisohn 2013, p. 152.
  6. ^ Everett 2001, p. 52.
  7. ^ Everett 2001, p. 76.
  8. ^ Everett 2001, p. 33.
  9. ^ Everett 2001, pp. 33–34.
  10. ^ a b Everett 2001, p. 34.
  11. ^ Everett 2001, p. 78.
  12. ^ Everett 2001, p. 50.
  13. ^ Everett 2001, p. 55.
  14. ^ Everett 2001, p. 56.
  15. ^ Everett 2001, p. 103.
  16. ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 52n1.
  17. ^ a b Lewisohn 2013, pp. 326–327.
  18. ^ a b Lewisohn 2013, p. 326.
  19. ^ a b Everett 2001, p. 43.
  20. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 834n11.
  21. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 834n12.
  22. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 541.
  23. ^ Everett 2001, p. 84.
  24. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 542.
  25. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 562.
  26. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 562n.
  27. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 563.
  28. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 581.
  29. ^ Lewisohn 2013, pp. 570–571.
  30. ^ Lewisohn 2013, p. 570.
  31. ^ a b "'Holy Grail' Beatles record sold for £77,500 at auction". BBC News. 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  32. ^ Lewisohn 2013, pp. 571, 856n31.
  33. ^ a b Everett 2001, p. 167.
  34. ^ a b MacDonald 2005, p. 51.
  35. ^ Gottfridsson 1997, p. 188, quoted in Everett 2001, p. 379n46
  36. ^ Todd Baxter (22 March 2016). "'Holy Grail' of Beatles records sells for $110k". CNN.
  37. ^ Everett 2001, p. 387n178.
  38. ^ Graham Calkin. "Hello Little Girl". JPGR. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  39. ^ MacDonald 2005, p. 52n2.
  40. ^ a b Everett 2001, p. 375n89.
  41. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

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