Phil Medley’s other claim to fame was his song “A Million To One” recorded by Jimmy Charles & the Revelletts with the Phil Medley Orchestra, which peaked at number five on the Billboard charts in 1960. His first noteworthy composition was his collaboration with Phil Medley on the Latin-influenced song “Twist And Shout,” which was written to capitalize on the huge “twist” dance craze that began in 1960. In 1960, he returned to New York and started working as a songwriter with the Brill Building group under the hire of Bobby Mellin. He contracted rheumatic fever as a child, but developed an intense love for music of all kinds, including soul, gospel, blues and Latin salsa music, which eventually led him to working in nightclubs in Cuba.
His first introduction to music was studying classical piano when quite young. He can easily be called a pioneer in rock and roll as well as soul music in the sixties.īert was born in the Bronx, New York, on November 8th, 1929, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. The history of “Twist And Shout” begins with the impressive career of songwriter/producer Bert Russell (aka Bert Berns). As of April of 1964, “Twist And Shout” became, and will always be known as, a Beatles song. Peaking at number 2 for four weeks on the US Billboard charts, it out-charted the Isley’s rendition (peaking at number 17) by leaps and bounds. Instead, they adapted that original arrangement within their limited ‘guitar-bass-drums’ format and did so very admirably.Īn undeniable exception to the above rule was “Twist And Shout.” Although The Beatles' adaptation was a direct reflection of the hit version by The Isley Brothers, the result became the definitive version of the song. Although The Beatles’ aim was to ‘take the world by storm,’ they respectfully recorded these numbers with the intention of not straying too far from the original arrangements. While all were essential ingredients to The Beatles’ catalog, the vast majority of these twenty-five songs were adaptations of the original versions, which arguably didn’t eclipse the authenticity of the original sources. This presented them with the opportunity to officially record the ‘cream of the crop’ cover songs that they loved and knew like the back of their hands. Even though it was their desire to record their own compositions, filling two 14 songs albums and four singles per year with all original material proved too great a task.
Each of them (including “ Maggie Mae”) had previously been included in their repertoire, chosen because of their love for these songs. A total of twenty-five cover songs were recorded and released by The Beatles during their EMI career.
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