Beatles, The/All Those Years Ago

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Expert: Chalk - 7/15/2008


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We all know that this song was written by George for Ringo, who - after cutting the basic track - declined to use the song. George then re-wrote the lyrics as a tribute to John.

QUESTION: What was it originally called?

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I couldn't answer this without some research, Robert, and I still can't!

Plenty of sites discuss it, but no-one gives a clue to your question. I have had a look through several of the sites in these Google results, a good place for you to start: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22All+Those+Years+Ago%22+tribute+to+John...

Hope this helps...

Regards,

Chalk.

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There was something in Paul's voice when he sang the phrase "Love Me Do" at the end of the verses that told me everything in Pop was going to change, and it did! I left my first band (which I had founded), partly because the other members thought I was a bit weird to want to change our style to reflect that of the Beatles! As a rock musician, I appeared with them in the ABC Theatre in Blackpool, England in 1963, and my songwriting has always been influenced by theirs.

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http://www.songland.com/
http://www.johnlordsongs.com/
http://www.songland.webs.com/

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Performing Right Society (UK, Writer/Member), International Songwriters Association (http://www.songwriter.co.uk/), plus many songwriting Websites

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As far as I know, none...

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B.Ed. (Hons.), Cantab.

Awards and Honors
B.Ed. (Hons.), Cantab.

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