#6th july

[irisasis]

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Pete Best on the Royal Iris, River Mersey (1962) Photographer: Mike McCartney Source: TheBeatleSource

[pepperlands-resident-flautist]

big day for annoying people

[crewman-penelope]

[takeasadsongandanalyzeit]

The Fete

The earliest recording we have of John singing. Not strictly a Beatles recording, but it's certainly relevant.

This was recorded at Woolton Garden Fete on the day John and Paul officially met for the first time. (There are tantalizing hints that it wasn't the first time they met, but that's for another blog).

John was 16 when this was recorded.

Also performing with him were

Eric Griffiths - Guitar

Colin Hanton - Drums

Rod Davies - Banjo

Pete Shotton - Washboard

Len Gary - Tea Chest Bass

It's very cool to have any recording from that day and is pretty much a fluke that a fan would bring a recording device at all. They weren't exactly small.

Apparently, the entire set was recorded, but hasn't been released. Maybe it will be in the future. Who knows.

Here are the songs he's covering, if you haven't heard them:

It was recorded in 1926, but the most famous version was

As you can see, John changed it quite a lot. He made it more rock and gave it that Lennon flare. The Quarrymen would have absolutely rather done that version as seen here

but John was going to make it Rock n' Roll anyway.

This is Elvis' version of the second song. It's not originally Elvis of course, but this is what John was probably basing his version on.

This is the original

To be honest, John's version doesn't sound like either of these. As usual, John added his own thing and made the song all his own.

[bunnysandtiaras]

Happy Birthday too me!! 🥳

[gillian-greenwood]

Happy Birthday to me, ngl all I want to do right now is hug these buggers right now! Especially because of all the happiness and joy they bring me 😂 and actually, for these two to work together in some capacity. Then I’ll die happy 😂

[din-djarins-beskar]

Happy Birthday Cody 🎉💙

[alexfluffierro]

I'm 17 now!!!

happy birthday to me ! uwu. i'm 17 with emotional damage. 3 years away to the big 20. i'm dying soon, motherfuckers!!