Beatles' Songs: You Choose Which Album Quiz

Answer: "Twist And Shout"

"Twist And Shout" was written by Medley/Russell. It was originally recorded by The Top Notes in 1961 but did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The Isley Brothers version is the best known one and it peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. It peaked at number 42 on the UK singles chart in 1963.

Released as a single in the US by The Beatles, "Twist And Shout" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. The B-side "There's A Place" also charted and peaked at number 74. Reissued in 1986 "Twist And Shout" peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was not released as a single in the UK.

"Twist And Shout" was the last track on the first UK album by The Beatles, "Please Please Me". The album was number one for 30 weeks and spent 70 weeks on the UK album chart in 1963/64. It was also the title of their first UK EP which contained "Twist And Shout", "A Taste Of Honey", "Do You Want To Know A Secret" and "There's A Place". Even though all four tracks were on the "Please Please Me" album the EP spent 21 weeks at number one on the UK EP chart in two separate runs in 1963/64.

In between the two chart runs their EP "The Beatles' Hits" spent three weeks at number one. This EP contained the tracks "From Me To You", "Thank You Girl", "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do".

Answer: "Roll Over Beethoven"

"Roll Over Beethoven" was written by Chuck Berry. It was originally recorded by Chuck Berry and his version peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1956. A version by The Velaires (they sounded like The Everly Brothers), peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. Neither version charted in the UK.

The Beatles version was track eight on their second UK album "with the beatles", (the album title was in small case letters). "with the beatles" was number one for 21 weeks and spent 51 weeks on the UK album chart in 1963/64.

Released as a single in the US by The Beatles, "Roll Over Beethoven" peaked at number 68. The B-Side was "Please Mister Postman". The record was not released as a single in the UK and there were no EPs released from the "with the beatles" album in the UK.

Answer: "I'll Be Back"

"I'll Be Back" was credited to Lennon/McCartney. It was the last track on the "A Hard Day's Night" album but did not appear in the 1964 United Artists movie.

The album "A Hard Day's Night" was number one for 21 weeks and spent 38 weeks on the UK album chart in 1964/65. Author Bill Harry the creator of Mersey Beat, suggested that John Lennon who actually wrote "I'll Be Back", had reworked the chords of "Runaway" by Del Shannon. He came up with the completely different song "I'll Be Back". Mersey Beat was a music newspaper of the early 1960s, which focused on the Liverpool music scene.

There have been many cover versions of the song by such singers as Cliff Richard, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Shawn Colvin, Johnny Rivers and others.

Answer: "Words Of Love"

"Words Of Love" was written by Buddy Holly. It was track nine on the "Beatles For Sale" album. Written and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1957, it was a hit for The Diamonds when it peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1957.

The album "Beatles For Sale" was number one for 11 weeks and spent 46 weeks on the UK album chart in 1964/65. The album contain six tracks which were not written by any of the group, "Rock And Roll Music" (Chuck Berry), Mr. Moonlight (Roy Lee Johnson), "Kansas City"/"Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey"! (Leiber/Stoller)(Penniman), "Words Of Love" (Buddy Holly), "Honey Don't" (Carl Perkins) and "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby" (Carl Perkins).

No singles from the album were released in the UK but "Eight Days A Week"/"I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" was released in the US. "Eight Days A Week" was number one for two weeks and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965.

Answer: "Dizzy Miss Lizzy!"

"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" was written by Larry Williams. It was track 14 on the "Help!" album. The original version of "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" peaked at number 69 on the Billboard Top 100 for Larry Williams in 1958. The B-side was "Slow Down" which was also recorded by The Beatles and released in the UK on the "Long Tall Sally" EP in 1964. The four tracks on the EP were "Long Tall Sally", "I Call Your Name", "Slow Down" and "Matchbox".

The album "Help! was number one for nine weeks and spent 37 weeks on the UK album chart in 1965/66. On the UK release only the first seven tracks on the album were included in the movie "Help!. In the US the Album "Help! was the movie soundtrack which included instrumental interludes from the movie.

Answer: "In My Life"

"In My Life" was written by Lennon/McCartney. It was track 11 on the "Rubber Soul" album. In the UK in 1965 the vinyl album was originally released on the same day as their double A-Side single "We Can Work It Out"/"Day Tripper".

By Christmas 1965 both album and single were number one in the UK and that gave The Beatles a Christmas hat trick of album and single number one hits. The album was number one for 8 weeks and spent 42 weeks on the UK album chart in 1965/66.

11 of the album songs were written by Lennon/McCartney, two were written by George Harrison and one was written by the unique team of Lennon/McCartney /Starkey. That track was "What Goes On" sung by Ringo Starr.

Answer: "Good Day Sunshine"

"Good Day Sunshine" was written by Lennon/McCartney. It was track eight on the album "Revolver". This was the first Beatles' album recorded by 20 year old recording engineer Geoff Emerick. It took an amazing 300 hours to record and mix.

"Revolver" The Beatles' seventh UK album was released eight months after their last album "Rubber Soul". At the time this was the longest gap between albums by The Beatles. "Revolver" was number one for seven weeks and spent 34 weeks on the UK album chart in 1966/67. Along with the 14 tracks on this album, "Paperback Writer" and Rain" would be the only new Beatles' tracks to be released in the UK in 1966.

The only other album by The Beatles to chart in the UK in 1966 would be "A Collection Of Beatles Oldies" which peaked at number seven and spent 34 weeks on the album chart in 1966/67.

Answer: "Piggies"

"Piggies" was written by George Harrison. It was track 12 on disc one of "The Beatles", otherwise unofficially known as "The White Album". The album was recorded in part on an eight track tape machine.

The eight track tape machine was used on the album for the first time on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". The track had been started using a four track machine but was re-recorded on eight track later which included the Eric Clapton guitar solo. The first eight track recording that The Beatles made was "Hey Jude" earlier in 1968.

"The Beatles", was number one for eight weeks and spent 22 weeks on the UK album chart in 1968/69. There were some personnel changes during the recording of the album but not involving the group. The engineer Geoff Emerick left the sessions in July and Ken Scott took over. George Martin left for a weeks holiday and his assistant Chris Thomas took over.

Answer: "Hey Bulldog"

"Hey Bulldog" was written by Lennon/McCartney. It was track four on the "Yellow Submarine" album. Only tracks one to six were by The Beatles, tracks seven to thirteen were the film score, composed and orchestrated by George Martin.

The album "Yellow Submarine" peaked at number three and spent a brief ten weeks on the UK album chart in 1969. Two of the album songs, "Yellow Submarine" and "All You Need Is Love" had already been released in 1966 and 1967. There was a plan to release "Only A Northern Song", "All Together Now", "Hey Bulldog" and "It's All Too Much" along with another as yet unreleased track "Across The Universe" on an EP. Apparently there was a master tape made for the EP which was going to be at the LP speed of 33 1/3 but the idea was shelved and the EP was never even pressed.

Answer: "Octopus's Garden"

"Octopus's garden" was written by Richard Starkey. It was track five on the "Abbey Road" album, their eleventh UK album.

Although it was not the last UK album released by them it did contain the last tracks that they recorded as a group. For the one and only time their name or the title of the album was not on the album cover, the iconic photograph of crossing the Zebra crossing outside the Abbey Road Studios was taken by photographer Ian Macmillan.

"Abbey Road" was number one for 17 weeks and spent 81 weeks on the UK album chart in 1969/70/71. It was the only Beatles' UK album from which tracks were issued as a single after the album was released. The tracks were "Something"/"Come Together" released as a double A-Side which peaked at number four on the UK singles chart and was number one for one week on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969.