Liner notes:
Count Basie
Basie On The Beatles
SIDE ONE
* Norwegian Wood, Maclen Music, BMI 2:54; * (The) Fool On The Hill, Cornet Music Corp., BMI 3:15; **Something, Harrisongs, BMI 3:15; * With A little Help From My Friends, Maclen Music, BMI 3:21; * Here, There And Everywhere, Maclen Music, BMI 2:32; * Get Back, Maclen Music, BMI 3:20;
SIDE TWO
*Hey Jude, Maclen Music, BMI 4:17; * Eleanor Rigby, Maclen Music, BMI 2:55; * Penny Lane, Maclen Music, BMI 3:12; **Come Together, Maclen Music, BMI 2:42; **Yesterday, Maclen Music, BMI 3:19;
Produced by Dick Peirce, Arranged by Bob Florence, * Engineer: Phil Ramone, **Engineer: Bruce Swedien, Re-Recorded by Thorn Nogar, Art Direction: See/Hear ! & How !— Beverly Parker, Illustration: William Imhoff
On October 1, 1969 I asked Count Basie if he would be able to do an arrangement of "Night & Day" for me to sing on an album I'm doing. Five days later a complete scoro arrivod, so thanks Count and it gives me great pleasure writing a few words on the back of your nice album. John, George and Paul thank you for what you've done with their songs and we're all delighted to see the barriers down between music makers. With a little help from our friends we can all get high on the music. That's about it: I'm a man of few words— but it's a lovely album and I know it'll bring pleasure to millions.
Good luck and love from Ringo Starr.
Basie on the Beatles is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances recorded in late 1969 and released on the short-lived Happy Tiger label. It was Basie's second album of Beatles' compositions following 1966's Basie's Beatle Bag and featured liner notes by Ringo Starr.
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