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"Matchbox" is a song written and recorded by Carl Perkins and released in 1957. Blind Lemon Jefferson wrote and recorded a song entitled "Match Box Blues" in 1927, [ 1 ] which is musically different but which contains some lyric phrases in common.
Yellow Submarine (also known as The Beatles: Yellow Submarine) is a 1968 animated jukebox musical fantasy adventure comedy film inspired by the music of the Beatles, directed by animation producer George Dunning, and produced by United Artists and King Features Syndicate.
Many of the Beatles' live shows had rock 'n' roll covers of Carl Perkins's songs such as Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Matchbox and Honey Don't. Drive-By Truckers, on their album The Dirty South, recorded a song about him, "Carl Perkins' Cadillac". The Carl Perkins Arena in Jackson, Tennessee, is named in his honor.
[4] [5] The song is a love ballad with part of its lyrics sung in French. Following its inclusion on Rubber Soul, the song was released as a single in some European countries and in New Zealand, and on an EP in France, in early 1966. It was a number 1 hit for the Beatles in Belgium, France, Norway, the Netherlands and New Zealand.
The song was also viewed as a code for drugs, at a time when it became common for fans to scrutinise the Beatles' lyrics for alternative meanings. [131] [132] "Yellow Submarine" was adopted by the counterculture as a song promoting the barbiturate Nembutal, [133] which was nicknamed a yellow submarine for the colour and shape of its capsule. [134]
"The Beatles' Movie Medley" is a compilation of snippets from various Beatles songs. The single peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and No. 10 on the British charts in 1982. The songs were chosen from the Beatles' films, A Hard Day's Night , Help! , Magical Mystery Tour , Yellow Submarine and Let It Be .
On June 1, 1964, the Beatles recorded most of their version of "Slow Down" at EMI Studio 2 in London. [4] Producer George Martin added piano overdubs three days later. [4] Parlophone released the song on the Long Tall Sally EP in June in the UK. [4] In July, the song was included on the American album Something New.
"Tell Me What You See" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that first appeared in 1965 on their album Help! in the United Kingdom and on Beatles VI in the United States. The song is credited to Lennon–McCartney but mainly written by Paul McCartney. Regarding the song's authorship, McCartney said, "I seem to remember it as mine.