At the height of Beatlemania the US record industry produced a staggering number of novelty records with some sort of Beatles theme, over 200 were produced in 1964 alone.

Now a new CD collects 24 of these oddities along with a booklet including dozens of rare pics, ads and label shots woven within a 13,000 word essay combining the rise of Beatlemania with the tales behind each of the 24 records. 

 

The track list includes:

1. John, Paul, George & Ringo – The Bulldogs (1964)
2. I’ll Let You Hold My Hand – The Bootles (1964)
3. Like Ringo – Dick Lord (1964)
4. We Love The Beatles (Beatlemania) – The Vernons Girls (1964)
5. Beatle Crazy – Bill Clifton (1963)
6. A Beatle I Want To Be – Sonny Curtis (1964)
7. The Beatles Are In Town – The Fondettes (1964)
8. My Beatle Haircut – The Twiliters (1964)
9. A Letter To The Beatles – The Four Preps (1964)
10. You Can’t Do That – Nilsson (1967)
11. Please Please Me (Take 1) – Link Wray & The Raymen (2002)
12. Only Seventeen – The Beattle-Ettes (1964)
13. John, You Went Too Far This Time – Rainbo (1968)
14. I Dreamed I Was A Beatle – Murray Kellum (1964)
15. The Beatle Bounce – Bobby Comstock & The Counts (1964)
16. What’s Wrong With Ringo? – The Bon Bons (1964)
17. Saint Paul – Terry Knight (1969)
18. Beatles, Please Come Back – Gigi Parker & The Lonelies (1964)
19. Stamp Out The Beatles – The Hi-Riders (1964)
20. Beatlemania – Donnie Rae & The Defiants (1964)
21. We Love You Beatles – The Carefrees (1964)
22. Beatle Fever – Bret & Terry (1964)
23. I Want To Be A Beatle – Bobby Wilding (1964)
24. The Ballad Of Paul – The Mystery Tour (1969)

Beatlemaniacs! will be available on April 3, 2006.  

              

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