Beatles tribute song about a mom who buys and brings home the Meet the Beatles album in February 1964 and plays it for her family and when her 5 year old son hears the music it blows his mind and changes his life. Lyrics are authentic and relate to the times (early 1964) with references to music by Bob Dylan and the impact that Beatlemania on the US. The song contains many subtle and not so subtle references to the Beatles and their music, including the legendary opening chord to A Hard Day's Night. Musicians on the track are from the popular CT tribute band Beatles Forever, giving the song a very Beatlesque feel throughout.
from Songwriter, Volume 1, released September 19, 2014
Bill Naughton, Jr.: acoustic guitar, ukulele and vocals
Terry Miggins: 6 and 12 string electric guitars, harmonica
Jerry Clapis: bass
Jay Miggins: drums and percussion
Michael Arafeh: recording engineer and producer
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I wrote the verses and chorus around 2010 and I had the idea to get the song recorded by someone and released around the time of the 50th anniversary in 2014. Then in 2013 I felt the song needed something more so I wrote the bridge which I believe makes the song complete. I actually pitched the song around to several Beatles tribute bands in the United States and I got some very positive comments but no offers to record the song so in late 2013, with the 50th anniversary approaching, I decided to go into the studio and record it myself because I felt strongly that the song had to be released on January 20. 2014, which was the actual anniversary date of the release of Meet The Beatles!
What happened next was that we were in Essex, CT watching an outdoor concert by a great Connecticut tribute band called Beatles Forever, and Jerry Clapis, the bass player, asked me how it was going with my song and I told him I hadn't had any luck finding an act to record it so I was going to go into the studio and record it myself. Then I asked him if he'd be willing to play bass on it for me and he said he would. Then Terry Miggins, the lead guitarist came into the conversation and I told him I was going to go into the studio to record my song and Jerry said he'd play bass on it and I asked Terry if he'd play guitar for me and he said he would. So the pieces started falling into place. Then Terry told me his brother, Jay, was a drummer and before I knew it I had the guitar, bass and drums I needed to make the record.
We went into the Coffeehouse Recording Studio in Middletown, CT on November 15, 2013 and started working on it with producer Michael Arafeh and we completed the recording just in time to release it as a digital download on iTunes, Amazon and other outlets on January 20, 2014, just as I had planned.
I think we made a fantastic recording, we used all the same instruments that The Beatles used, Gretsch, Guild and Rickenbacker guitars, Hofner bass and Ludwig drums,
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Meet The Beatles
(Bill Naughton, Jr.)
c 2014 Biliolga Music (ASCAP)
Back in nineteen sixty-four when I was only five,
I listened to the records that my parents played each night,
Some times they played Bob Dylan
and sometimes they played some Bach,
A little Bossa Nova and some country and some pop.....
And I never will forget the time Mom brought home something new,
She said it was an English band from a place called Liverpool,
It was different than the music
that I heard on other nights,
My Mom played Meet The Beatles and that music changed my life.....
-chorus-
Meet The Beatles everybody here they come,
John, Paul, George and Ringo with guitars and bass and drums,
My Dad was not convinced at first but I was on cloud nine,
My Mom played Meet The Beatles and that music changed my life.....
By the time I turned fourteen my friends and I had formed a band,
And everyone who’s played with us has been a Beatles fan,
Their songs still sound as good today
as they did back that first time,
My Mom played Meet The Beatles and that music changed my life.....
-repeat chorus-
-bridge-
From coast to coast.....all across America.....
DJs on the radio.....ignited Beatlemania.....
ah.....ah.....ah.....a.h.....ah.....
-repeat chorus-
-ending:
My Mom played Meet The Beatles and that music changed my life.....
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