Comments on: My Bonnie https://www.beatlesbible.com Not quite as popular as Jesus... Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:50:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 By: porkbucket https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-452980 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 22:02:45 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-452980 Where do you get that idea? Indeed, Sid Edwards is one of the links in the chain that brought about the complete change of everything musical we listen to today. He also clearly indicates that he went to the Nems Music shop to buy the record after hearing The Beatles play “My Bonnie” during a lunch session at the Cavern Club. A record he assumed (unless I’m mistaken) that was released as a single by The Beatles, but was actually credited to Tony Sheridan instead as he soon learned. That’s why the Epstein brothers had trouble finding it in the record catalogues. Oh, and thank you Sid Edwards for setting the record straight and especially gaining the attention of Brian Epstein! Who knows, things could had turned a whole different direction in music history had you not looked for a Beatles record.

]]> By: Mike Daley https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-452043 Wed, 30 Aug 2017 23:12:14 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-452043 I feel certain that the low bass voice in the slow first section can’t be any of the Beatles. Has there ever been any speculation about other personnel on this recording?

]]> By: Rick https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-450874 Sat, 15 Apr 2017 05:31:35 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-450874 So you were never actually looking for a copy of ‘My Bonnie’ as the legend goes? Well, you are one of the links in the chain that brought about the complete change of everything musical we listen to today.

]]> By: SID EDWARDS https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-450458 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:06:59 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-450458 Can i put the record strait.My name is Sid Edwards Date of Birth 7th July 1944.It was me.
The Beatles had just returned from Hamburg and after seeing them perform “The Saints ” at a lunch time session at the Cavern,Liverpool,I went strait over to “Nems Music” shop to buy the record.They had never heard of it or the group.The manager called Brian Epstein and his brother over and after searching through 3 catalog’s found “My Bonnie” by Tony Sheridan.Brian Epstein said to me you will have to leave a deposit as the Polydor recording was made in Germany.After about a week I received a phone call to say the 45rpm record had arrived and as they say the rest is history.About a week or two later I saw Brian Epstein at the back of the Cavern listening to The Beatles.My brother Eddy and I had a group at the time Called The Nashpool 4 after recording with Joe Meek we went to The Starr Club in Hamburg in Nov 1964.Tony Sheridan gigged with our group (band) and years later we met up again in Liverpool.
I am now Chairman of The Liverpool Rock and Roll Society and we play every Thursday at The Cadwa Club,Liverpool.with many of the old Merseybeat stars. Yours.Sid Edwards.

]]> By: Lex Lewis https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-449602 Tue, 18 Oct 2016 23:18:38 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-449602 I have an original single of My Bonnie that someone gave me. I also have the Vee-Jay album Introducing The Beatles. For a goof I looked online and there were people asking upwards of $300.00 for Introducing. I Love The Beatles as much as one can love but if I didn’t have the vinyl I would not spend that kind of dough for a copy. That being said, I realize how lucky I am to have their vinyl records. I have the CDs too, but each time I got a Beatles record was a cherished event.

]]> By: Jeff https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-448587 Wed, 18 May 2016 17:42:03 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-448587 When the agreement was made for The Beatles to record with Tony/Bert, Stu was still the bass player. The recording session occurred in June 1961 and Stu officially left the next month. So, had The Beatles already unofficially moved on? Most sources say that, while Stu attended the recording session, Paul is on bass. That said, is Paul playing Stu’s right handed bass upside down or had Paul already saved up to secure his Hoffner?

]]> By: Jeff https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-448586 Wed, 18 May 2016 17:41:12 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-448586 featuring The Beatles aka The Beat Brothers.

]]> By: Jeff https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-448585 Wed, 18 May 2016 17:40:34 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-448585 Bongo, unless you have an extra $15,000 lying around 😉 this is, in fact, not something you could buy as a Beatle collector!

With the possible exception of the Vee-Jay “Anna/Ask Me Why”, “My Bonnie” is the most valuable single ever released

]]> By: JPM-Fangirl https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-448369 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:58:27 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-448369 Well, you can actually hear Paul quite well. He does the high harmonies. I have no idea who sings the bass vocal, though. Doesn’t sound like John or George, and I’m quite certain it isn’t Paul either, though he has sung that low on other songs and when he did, his voice became nearly unrecognisable. Anyway, John can be heard a bit in the screams, but I don’t hear George’s voice anywhere. The only Beatle you can really make out is Paul. Their playing style is quite distinct, though, so at least that’s easier to identify.

]]> By: Jonas Svensson https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-447808 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 06:07:11 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-447808 Did The Beatles themselves ever do My Bonnie live?

]]> By: Allan Parr https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-443616 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:42:31 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-443616 As a Beatle fan and Cavern Club member
I bought this record in 1961 after seeing them at the Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, where I lived, and that is definitely the Beatles.
The screaming and shouting at the end is pure Beatles, typical of their live performances.

]]> By: alan https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-442526 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:47:27 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-442526 I have the 45 of My Bonnie WITH the original record sleeve bought it when it first came out

]]> By: Bongo https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-439158 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:00:15 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-439158 Not something I would buy as a Beatles collector. At least: Ain’t She Sweet has the Beatles singing in it

]]> By: Maurice Filbert https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-425587 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:16:07 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-425587 I serioulsy doubt that is the Beatles on cheesy background vocals. Whomever it is is doing a pretty fair Jordaniaires impression.

]]> By: Pepperland https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-425160 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:55:03 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-425160 To me it sounds like Tony Sheridan singing lead with guitar solo, Paul on high harmony and bass, John on low harmony, George not singing and the lead guitar part and Pete on drums. And it also sounds like overdubbed handclaps to me.

]]> By: The man with the foolish grin https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-425130 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:20:08 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-425130 Oddly this showed up on iTunes (in France) a few days ago. I took a couple of days to get round to downloading it… and yesterday it simply disappeared. Very odd…

]]> By: David https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-425105 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:11:38 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-425105 I’m not very well up on bootlegs and so on, so can anybody help me out with a bit of background information on the 47-track album called “The Beatles: Early Recordings 1961-1962”? The recordings seem to be quite a hotchpotch: Love Me Do and PS I Love You; the Tony Sheridan recordings (including the horrible “Beatles’ hair” version of Sweet Georgia Brown) plus Ain’t She Sweet and Cry For a Shadow; and lots of poorly recorded versions of covers from the first two albums (A Taste of Honey, Money, Roll Over Beethoven, etc.), a few other standards and two or three Lennon & McCartney songs, such as Ask Me Why and I Saw Her Standing There.

Do those of you who are more in the know than me have any views on this compilation? Is it worth a few quid of my hard-earned cash, or is it just a rip-off?

]]> By: David Stardust https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-388006 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:34:16 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-388006 In the Mayles Brothers doco that resurfaced in the new Millenium on DVD and was shown to cinema students the world over as an embryionic example of ‘fly on the wall’ docos; there is a sequence in which George is speaking to a BBC interviewer on air via phone from their NY suite, and he reels off all the Beatles singles that are zooming up the charts, and he says at one point ‘and ‘My Bonnie’ which is a laff’, presumably as it was re-released hastily and in a very timely fashion to capitalise on the initial US Beatle-mania,meaning that your rundown here is missing the fact that this record charted VERY well indeed, probably making Sheridan rich(ish).

]]> By: Colin https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-156630 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:20:33 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-156630 The fills are by Harrison in the main , but the solo is Sheridan . At that time there was no way that the young George could have played that powerfull a solo , complete with jazz touches . The same way that he couldn’t be playing ” Cry For A Shadow ” either , which obviously has 2 lead guitars plus Lennon on rythm .

]]> By: Naomi Villalobos https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/comment-page-1/#comment-78462 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:15:57 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/my-bonnie/#comment-78462 I have the 45 of My Bonnie minus the record sleeve-Are there many of those left?

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