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Hello, thank you for uploading Image:Brig.Hari Singh at Barkee Capture.jpg and attaching it to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 article. However, the image in its current state is impermissible in Wikipedia since it does not specify an image licensing tag. Since the image is that of your maternal grandfather, I am assuming that you own licensing rights, if any, to the image. Please clarify the licensing of the image as soon as possible. You may want to release the image to public domain by adding a tag to the image in question. If you have any questions regarding licensing tags for images, please leave me a message or consult Image copyright tags. Thanks AreJay 17:36, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Excellent, Abhinay! Thank you for releasing the above image to public domain. With your valuable input, I am sure the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 article will be well on its way to becoming a Featured Article on Wikipedia someday. Thanks. AreJay 18:37, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for uploading those images Abhinay. Much appreciated! AreJay 23:44, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Brig. Hari Singh
Regarding your article at Hari Singh (soldier) it is not clear to me why he is notable. Is he famous for anything other than reaching the rank of Brigadier in the Indian Army? DJ Clayworth 18:37, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Clayworth, Regarding the article of Brig. Hari Singh; This article was created as Brig. Hari Singh played a vital role in Indo_Pakistani War of 1965. In that article, there are pictures taken by him during the war when he was in command of 18th Cavalry of Indian Army. He was there during the time of Barkee and Ichhogil Canal capture near Lahore in Pakistan. This article was created to cite from the Indo-Pak War Article. He fought all the major wars for India and was awarded A.V.S.M (ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL, an honour for a distinguished service of the exceptional order in Indian Army) for his gallentry in Bangladesh operation. This article was thus very important for citation from other articles. Please look into this matter. Looking forward for your help... Thanks and Regards - Abhinay

 * You say he played a vital role in this war, yet it is not clear from either the article about him or the article on Indo_Pakistani War of 1965 what role that was? The only reference to him in the article is in the caption of several photos he took. The article about him says only that he commanded the 18th Cavalry, with no indication of what the 18th Cavalry did. DJ Clayworth 19:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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Hello, I'm Noq. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions to Kishangarh because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Please stop using Wikipedia to promote your website noq (talk) 19:44, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Dear Noq, these links are not added for a promotional reason. http://www.indianrajputs.com is the new site for information on Indian Rajputs. Abhinayrathore (talk) 21:49, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The links are to YOUR site and have no relevance to the articles other than to attract traffic to your site - see WP:reliable sources and WP:ELNO and WP:COI. noq (talk)

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Till There Was You

"Till There Was You" is a show tune written by Meredith Willson, popularised by his 1957 stage production The Music Man and its 1962 movie musical adaptation, and further popularised by the Beatles cover.

The song became the first Top 40 hit for Anita Bryant in 1959, prior to being recorded by the Beatles in 1963.

Origins
First recorded as "Till I Met You" by Eileen Wilson on October 25, 1950, this earlier incarnation of the song was also performed by Fran Warren for The Big Show on January 14, 1951.

The revised song "Till There Was You" was first produced and released by Nelson Riddle, featuring his orchestra and 17-year-old vocalist Sue Raney. Promotional copies of the 7-inch single (Capitol P3847) were released November 26, 1957, preceding the December 19 opening of the original Broadway production, and a full month ahead of the original cast album.

Performed in the second act of The Music Man by librarian Marian Paroo, the song was recorded by Barbara Cook for the original Broadway cast album, and by Shirley Jones for the 1962 movie adaptation.

Anita Bryant version
In 1959, American singer Anita Bryant recorded the song "Till There Was You" and released it as a single. Her version reached number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 14 on the Cashbox Top 100.

The Beatles version
"Till There Was You" was recorded by the Beatles in 1963 and released on their second album With the Beatles (1963) (United Kingdom) and Meet the Beatles! (1964) (United States). It was the only song from a Broadway show released by the band.

The Beatles' version is sung by Paul McCartney, who is accompanied by George Harrison and John Lennon on dueling acoustic, classical guitars played in a Spanish style over a bolero bongo beat played by Ringo Starr. The song was produced by George Martin. Its guitar solo is by George Harrison. The widow of Meredith Willson, the composer of The Music Man, has stated that her husband's estate eventually received more income from the royalties of the Beatles recordings of "Till There Was You" than it originally received from the actual play.

Paul McCartney was introduced to Peggy Lee's 1961 cover of the song through his older cousin Bett Robbins, who would occasionally babysit the two McCartney brothers. McCartney said that he "had no idea until much later" that it was from The Music Man. The song was part of their pre-recording repertoire in 1962, and they performed it at the Star Club in Hamburg. It became illustrative of the Beatles' versatility, proving that they could appeal to all sections of an audience, moving easily from softer ballads to harder rock and roll, as in their appearance on November 4, 1963, at the Royal Variety Performance when they followed this song with "Twist And Shout".

The band had included "'Till There Was You" as part of their unsuccessful audition for Decca Records in London on January 1, 1962. It was the second of five songs that they performed during their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964. During said performance, each of the Beatles was introduced by his first name via a subtitle, memorably ending with Lennon, who had the cheeky caption "Sorry girls, he's married:" under his name.

Live versions of the song were released on Live at the BBC (1994) and Anthology 1 (1995). A live performance by McCartney appears on his DVD The Space Within US (2006). In 2016, the BBC announced that a "holy grail" Beatles record would be auctioned in March of that year, a private pressing which features "Hello Little Girl" and "Till There Was You" and was valued at over £10,000. It was said to be one of the "rarest and most collectable of all Beatles records" by Mark Lewisohn, one of the foremost authorities on the Beatles. The disc eventually sold for £77,500.

Personnel

 * Paul McCartney – lead vocal, bass guitar
 * John Lennon – nylon-string guitar
 * George Harrison – nylon-string guitar
 * Ringo Starr – bongos

Other versions

 * Jazz vocalist Sue Raney recorded the tune with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra on October 29, 1957, for her first album, "When Your Lover Has Gone." This recording pre-dated the opening of The Music Man by about 6 weeks.
 * Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded the song on his groundbreaking album Freedom Suite (1958). An alternate take is provided on the 1999 CD rerelease.
 * Peggy Lee recorded it forher album Latin ala Lee! (1960)
 * Guitar instrumentalist Chet Atkins recorded the single for his album Teensville (1960).
 * In March 1961, "'Til There Was You" was a minor hit in the UK for Peggy Lee.
 * Etta Jones recorded a version for her album Something Nice (1961).
 * Gene Mcdaniels covered the song on his 1961 album "100 lbs of Clay"
 * Al Hirt released a version on his album, Horn A-Plenty (1962).
 * Nana Mouskouri recorded a slow, romantic, velvety version as originally the closing track on her acclaimed Great American Songbook album Nana Mouskouri in New York (The Girl from Greece Sings) (1962), produced by Quincy Jones.
 * In 1962, an instrumental version of Meredith Willson's song by Valjean was also popular.
 * In 1963, Sergio Franchi recorded this song on his RCA Victor Red Seal album Broadway... I Love You.
 * In 1966, Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston recorded this song on album Take Two.
 * In 1974, Ray Charles recorded this song on his Crossover Records album Come Live With Me
 * In 1984, Brazilian singer Beto Guedes released a version in Portuguese called "Quando te vi" (When I saw you), written by Ronaldo Bastos.
 * In 1998, Ellen Albertini Dow sang this in the movie The Wedding Singer, though this rendition does not appear on the official soundtrack.
 * In 2000, Peter MacNicol, Lisa Nicole Carson, and Jane Krakowski performed a version of the song on TV show Ally McBeal's season 3 episode "Turning Thirty".
 * In 2003, Rod Stewart recorded his version on his album As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II.
 * Piolo Pascual recorded his version for the like-named 2003 film.
 * The Smithereens recorded the song on their 2007 album Meet the Smithereens!, which consists entirely of cover versions of songs from the Meet the Beatles! album.
 * In 2009, Katherine Jenkins recorded the song on her album Believe.
 * In 2009, Katherine Jenkins recorded the song on her album Believe.

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The Scowcroft Group

The Scowcroft Group is an international business advisory firm managed by Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford.

The company claims regional expertise in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Middle East and consults in matters of political economy of emerging markets and has strong relationships with key political and industry decision-makers. The company provided strategic and investment advice to industry leaders in the telecommunications, insurance, aeronautics, energy, and financial products sectors. They also cater to foreign direct investors in the electronics, utilities, energy, and food industries; and investors in the fixed income, equity, and commodity markets around the world.

The Scowcroft Group includes the following people, according to their company web page: Principal Members
 * Brent Scowcroft
 * James R. Dunlap
 * Charles A. Gillespie, Jr.
 * Walter H. Kansteiner, III
 * Arnold Kanter
 * Eric D. K. Melby
 * Franklin Miller
 * Virginia A. Mulberger
 * Kevin G. Nealer
 * James Pavitt
 * Daniel B. Poneman
 * Joel L. Shin

Senior Consultants
 * David M. Sloan
 * Alex Slesar
 * Andrei V. Arofikin
 * Matt Sherman
 * Emilio J. Cardénas
 * Daniel Zhou
 * Lawrence J. Twill

According to a March 2001 report, Selected Staff and Board Members of the Scowcroft Group included the following people: The Scowcroft Team
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Preservers NPOV
Given the nature of Romulans as featured in the show, it did surprise Picard at the end of the episode that the Romulan Commander agreed with the "hope" the Progenitor's message brought. Thats why I said "curiously" to describe it. I don't agree that it is an NPOV violation. But whatever. Cyberia23 23:15, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome :-)
Just getting back to you regarding your post here - No problem! That's what we admins/RC Patrollers are here for :-) --HappyCamper 04:03, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

re: your comment on my LJ
Actually I'm a supporter of userboxes. What I'm trying to do is delete the "fair use" images, which we are not allowed to use in userboxes. This way the anti-userbox people can't nominate them for deletion on those grounds. If you look at WikiProject Userboxes, eliminating fair use images is one of our immediate goals.

My LJ icon is from the movie Princess Mononoke.

I've decided not to join the military, but thanks for your offer of advice. --Fang Aili 23:40, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Battlestar Galactica
Please check out my comment in the discussion section of the BSG article. (Revised series)

Category:Vigil Brother Wikipedians
I see that you created the Category:Vigil Brother Wikipedians. Since the OA policy is that all borhters are equal, might I suggest that instead of Vigil, we have a Category:Order of the Arrow brothers? Also, this should go under Category:Scouting Wikipedians, not Category:Order of the Arrow. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 16:54, 2 February 2006 (UTC)--

Vigil template
I noticed you created a Vigil Honor user template. I'm not sure if it's formatted properly. Also, it would probably be best to start with a Order of the Arrow member userbox first, see how it goes, and then go from there. Have a good day! Dustimagic *\o/* (talk/contribs) *\o/* 02:58, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject
Hey, are you interested in joining the new Star Wars WikiProject? Thanks for your time. Deckiller 23:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

pov tag on commonwealth saga
why did you add the pov tag to this article? it has been removed. aa v ^ 04:48, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Vigil image
Not being a deletionist nor image Nazi, I wouldn't do this to you, but the image of a Vigil sash you used for a Vigil userbox is a BSA copyright/trademark and one day some image Nazi will likely come along and try to have it deleted. My friendly suggestion is that you may want to design a non-copyrighted image for the Vigil user box that no one will question. Userbox images have become a hot issue on Wikipedia now. YIS, Rlevse 00:52, 21 February 2006 (UTC), Scouting project and portal coordinator.

Hello
Would you please try to clean the page? Please. Ref:. Thank you. --Bhadani 15:01, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

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Drudge
Great edit to Drudge Report--I had noticed that but never really put 2 and 2 together! George Kaplan 19:03, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Tasha Yar
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Template:Starfleet officer rank insignia Nav
You might want to discuss such large scale edits especialy on templates prior to making such edits. I believe the older junior -> senior structure was better for this. -- Cat out 05:33, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Re your comment about fixing redirects
Hi, this is in response to the comment you left on my talk page about fixing redirects. Thanks for your message! I started work on this because I spotted entries in the double-redirect listing that were pointing to Borg which redirected to Borg (disambiguation). Your message actually highlighted to me that I'd made a different mistake, redirecting Borg to Borg (fictional aliens) which was an accidental mistake. I've reverted Borg so that it redirects to Borg (disambiguation) again.

On that basis, I think it would make sense to continue resolving links to Borg to point to the correct (disambiguated) page (whether it's the Star Trek Borg or one of the others - but would welcome your thoughts on it (you can leave your response either here or on my talk page, I'll see it either way). I heartily agree with you that Borg (Star Trek) would be a better article title for Borg (fictional aliens). Please forgive the obligatory split infinitive! :) Paddles TC 10:09, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

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Dukat
Re: Gul Dukat. How can I help with redirects? Let me know specifically, and I'll be glad to. Celtic Knight

Josedelamano
Hi i am Joaquin mallo, JOsedelamano's webmaster, we recently granted full permission of reprodcution of our articles and content for wikipedia and other public knowledge websites as long as they had a link to us for information referral. I recently received a mail from the person who asked us so, saying that there where copyright problems. I would like to state that this person has our full permission to reprouce content of our website and that we are extremely happy to contribute to public knowledge websites such as wikipedia of which i am user myself for information needs.

I would like to know if i can help i any other way so that there are no more problems with those articles.

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(Star Trek)
Hi. Just wondering why you are moving pages from "Title" to "Title (Star Trek)". Was this debated somewhere? AlistairMcMillan 00:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Wareham Station
Thanks for taking my speculation off the Wareham Station article. You are of course right to do so as "Wikipaedia is not a crystal ball". However, another contributor has found an elegant solution you may wish to look at. Cheers! Britmax 20:59, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Picard's Hearing
Check the discussion page of Captain Picard. Let's hear you opinion on his hearing.

Tasha Yar
Tell me why is Tasha Yar not a *Fictional fortune teller * Fictional dentist * Fictional ninja * Fictional sailor * Fictional stage magician * Fictional chef * Fictional motorcyclist * Fictional plumber * Fictional voodoo practitioner * Fictional tour guide * Fictional warrior * Fictional violinist * Fictional radio personality * Fictional storyteller * Fictional porn star * Fictional bodyguard * Fictional artist * Fictional gunslinger * Fictional janitor * Fictional time traveler * Fictional mathematician * Fictional barbers or hairdresser * Fictional judge
 * You are an annoying twit; go away. --EEMIV 03:09, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Galaxy Class
Just a note to say nice work on the fanboy removal - it really needed that :) --Mnem e son 03:26, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

NCC-1701-A
Hi there, what you think is not practical is your own opinion. Frankly, I feel it is rude to delete the works of others because you believe it to be speculative. However, my addendum to the Fate portion of the topic was not speculative. The line added is canon material, and I believe any canon material related to the topic is important information that other readers should know about. The reference to the ship in the Fleet Museum by Picard to Scotty occured on the screen, therefore it's canon material. Picard's statement about a Constitution Class in the fleet museum is not speculative. What is speculative is that one can speculate that the ship in the museum is the Enterprise A. I know that's speculation, that's why I said it was never confirmed. But we can't ignore canon material or the possible fate of the ship. May consider a thrid revision. I'm also aware of Memory Alpha's loosely written articles that contain a ridiculous amount of speculation on nearly every topic. I want readers to get the facts straight here, so they aren't fed BS from sites like Memory Alpha.

--Dan300 00:36, 11 September 2006 (UTC)Dan300

Janeway
Um, do we really need citations for every sentence in the contraversy section? Many of these points were primarily debated in fan communities, and not really published in a reputable source.

As for the hair, the only good source I could think of was a Sev Trek cartoon which poked fun at the previous three captains' baldness. However, I doubt we'd be able to link to this, as the cartoon site is for subscribers only. --K e rowyn Leave a note 23:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't see vitriolic. It seems fairly even handed to me, although the paragraph about "feminine" traits could use some work. --K e rowyn Leave a note 02:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, what could we use as citations? News articles? Something from startrek.com? Fan sites? I'm just saying that this will be difficult to cite because little was actually written down. And I think some things can stand alone, like the Tuvix section. --K e rowyn Leave a note 03:30, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Apologies for jumping the gun on your intentions in regards to this article. That's what I get for spending too long over at AFD - makes you jumpy and parnoid IT'S HAS NO NOTABILITY BASH BASH BASH DIE CRUFT DIE! and so on... --Charlesknight 21:56, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Movie facts
Hi there, Sorry if my summary sounded a bit rude or whatever, you could call me a "cannon whore" - I'm one of those people who like to keep things to what is in the show/movies etc. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 20:02, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Careful on what you call people
I am pretty sure you meant to be funny in your recent edit but calling another Wikipedia user a "Dick", or saying that they are acting like a Dick, is considered a personal attack. In addition, then calling a user a "Squid", because they identify themselves with the United States Navy could also be seen as a personal attck. In general, simply do not call other users names. I think it was meant innocently, but it might give people the wrong idea about you. -Husnock 01:05, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Toward(s)
Why are you going around replacing all the instances of "towards" with "toward"? "Towards" is a perfectly good word. To quote from Fowler's Modern English Usage: "the -s form [towards] is the prevailing one, & the other [toward] tends to become literary on the one hand & provincial on the other." Angr 22:24, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

 * More importantly, you've ended up changing a number of direct quotes in articles including zoophilia, and broke some links (Societal attitudes toward homosexuality doesn't exist, for example). Stop. Zetawoof(ζ) 23:18, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

 * According to this page, both "toward" and "towards" are acceptable, but "toward" is more common in the US and "towards" is more common in the UK. Therefore, in addition to being careful about not changing direct quotes, you should also avoid making this change in UK-related pages such as 7 July 2005 London bombings. Thanks. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 02:30, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Hadn't even realized it was a US-UK difference -- I figured it was just sloppy colloquial English. As for the direct quotes --yeah, my fuckup. Apologies. --EEMIV 03:19, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

moves
Why did you move all the star ship articles to (Star Trek) disambiguation? Are there other Akira class starships? -- Cat out 20:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Discussed on Star Trek wikiproject page a month? or two? ago. --EEMIV 20:48, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

TOAD (software)
Could you temporarily lock the page due to ongoing feud over a paragraph, representing broad end-user opinion response about one of the software versions? I believe this is to be discussed prior to repetitive deletion of the whole para.

Address at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOAD_%28software%29

Thanks!

Jean Luc Picard Article
thanks for letting me know I fucked up. I copied the right text and espoused my opionion on a new section of the talk page. Hopefully this will satisfy both parties. Liu Bei 03:24, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

LCDR (ST)
I did not remove citation tags purposely, I reverted the page. As said source is archive footage.

Hyphenation
Thank you for trying to bring a modicum of sense to this discussion. I just can't get over how so many people *insist* on doing things a certain way even if it is clearly wrong. I hope that you'll keep intervening from time to time if necessary. Thanks! Hayford Peirce 20:43, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

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Front cover of Jethro Tull's 1968 album This Was.


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Please Mr. Postman

"Please Mr. Postman" is a song written by Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland and Robert Bateman. It is the debut single by the Marvelettes for the Tamla (Motown) label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number one on the R&B chart as well. "Please Mr. Postman" became a number-one hit again in early 1975 when The Carpenters' cover of the song reached the top position of the Billboard Hot 100. "Please Mr. Postman" has been covered several times, including by the British rock group the Beatles in 1963. The 2017 song "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man draws on "Please Mr. Postman" and includes a credit for Brian Holland.

Background
In April 1961, the Marvelettes (then known as the Marvels) arranged an audition for Berry Gordy's Tamla label. Marvels' original lead singer Georgia Dobbins needed an original song for their audition, and got a blues song from her friend William Garrett, which she then reworked for the group. Dobbins left the group after the audition and was replaced. Gordy renamed the group and hired "Brianbert" – Brian Holland and Robert Bateman's songwriting partnership – to rework the song yet again. Freddie Gorman, himself a Detroit postman and another songwriting partner of Holland (before Holland became part of the Holland–Dozier–Holland team) was also involved in the final reworking.

Composition and recording
Songwriting credits for "Please Mr. Postman" have been inconsistent. Journalist Ben Fong-Torres credits the song to Holland, Bateman, Gorman, Dobbins and Garrett. The original Tamla 45 single for the Marvelettes' version credits "Dobbins/Garett/Brianbert" as the songwriters, and credits "Brianbert" as producer. The original With the Beatles album cover credited it to just Brian Holland (the 1987 CD release credits it to "Dobbin-Garrett-Garman-Brianbert"). The 1976 Beatles discography book All Together Now credits the songwriting to Holland, Bateman, and Berry Gordy. The 1992 Motown boxed set Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection credits Dobbins, Garrett, Holland, Bateman, and Gorman as the composers. The Songwriters Hall of Fame credits "Please Mr. Postman" to just Holland, Bateman, and Gorman. EMI Music Publishing, the current music publisher of the song, list all five writers in their catalog.

Played in 4/4 time, the song features the common I–vi–IV–V chord progression. The melody is hexatonic, avoiding "blue" notes.

The Marvelettes recording features lead singer Gladys Horton hoping that the postman has brought her a letter from her boyfriend. Holland and Bateman – dubbing themselves "Brianbert" – produced the session. The song's rhythm section is made up of piano, electric bass and drums. The commercial failure of Marvin Gaye's 1961 debut album, The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye, led him to spend time as a studio musician for the remainder of the year. Among these efforts was "Please Mr. Postman", on which he plays the drums. Gaye's backbeat is busy throughout the song, playing his snare on the two and four beats while tapping the ride cymbal each half beat. He uses fills to transition the song through sections. The bass mostly alternates between root and fifth chords. An electric rhythm guitar is buried in the mix, only occasionally audible, while handclaps are prominent. Musicologist Walter Everett suggests that the appearance of reverb on the lead vocal at 2:10 is possibly the result of a vocal overdub being "punched into a mismatched circuit".

Release
Motown's Tamla label released the song as a single in the US in August 1961, then on the album of the same name in November 1961. The single was a commercial success, becoming Motown's second million-selling record and its first number-one hit. The song was on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 23 weeks, and peaked at number 1 the week of December 11, 1961. Producer Berry Gordy credited Barney Ales' PR effort with the commercial success of the song. The song's hit status left many at Motown expecting the Marvelettes to be the label's biggest act, though they failed to ever match their first effort.

Journalist Ben Fong-Torres described the Marvelettes' next song, "Twistin' Postman", as a "calculated follow-up". The song's success led to an expansion in Motown's efforts, with songs like the Miracles "I'll Try Something New" and "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" following in 1962.

Fontana Records released the song as a single in the UK in November 1961.

Billboard listed the song as #22 on their 2017 list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.

Rolling Stone ranked it at No. 331 on their list of "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

In 2011, The Marvelettes version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Personnel
According to The Complete Motown Singles – Vol. 1: 1959–1961 liner notes, except where noted:

The Marvelettes
 * Gladys Horton – lead vocal
 * Katherine Anderson – backing vocal
 * Wyanetta ("Juanita") Cowart – backing vocal
 * Georgeanna Tillman – backing vocal
 * Wanda Young – backing vocal

Additional musicians
 * The Funk Brothers:
 * Marvin Gaye – drums
 * James Jamerson – bass
 * Eddie Willis – guitar
 * Richard "Popcorn" Wylie – piano

Background and recording
The English rock band the Beatles displayed an early interest in the music of girl groups, covering songs by groups like the Shirelles, the Cookies and the Donays. They added "Please Mr. Postman" to their live repertoire in December 1961, their third Tamla song after the Miracles' "Who's Lovin' You" and Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)".

Having not made it into the British top fifty, few in the UK knew the song "Please Mr. Postman", allowing the Beatles to make it their own among all Liverpool groups. John Lennon sang lead vocal, Paul McCartney and George Harrison providing backing vocals, while all three added handclaps at their head level. In 2004, Billy Hatton of the Four Jays recalled seeing one of the Beatles' first live performances of the song, saying it was "a Wow moment. I was struck by how tight they were. As a semi-pro group, the Four Jays would take a month to start playing a new song really well." Without their knowing it at the time, the Beatles' 7 March 1962 performance of the song on BBC Radio's Here We Go was the first time any Tamla song was played over BBC radio. Beatles author Mark Lewisohn reflects: "Without even realising it (and they'd have been thrilled to know), the Beatles broke the Detroit 'Motown sound' to the British listening public."

In 1963, Beatles manager Brian Epstein approached Gordy for the rights to record several Motown songs, including "Please Mr. Postman", "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" and "Money (That's What I Want)". Rather than the industry standard of two cents, Epstein only offered one and a half cents per record sold. Gordy initially refused, only relenting two minutes before the offer was set to expire.

On 30 July 1963, the band recorded the song for their second UK album, With the Beatles. Recorded in Studio Two of EMI Recording Studios, George Martin produced the session, supported by balance engineer Norman Smith. The band recorded three takes in a similar style to their BBC performance, but found the results unsatisfactory. They altered the arrangement to sound closer to the Marvelettes' version, recording four more takes with a stop-time intro, drum breaks and a coda, the final take seven deemed "best". Due to their different vocal range from the Marvelettes, the Beatles modulate their version into A major. Between recording two takes of overdubs, the band added handclaps while Lennon double tracked his original vocal, take nine marked "best". Martin and Smith mixed the song for mono and stereo on 21 August and 29 October, respectively.

Release and reception
EMI's Parlophone label released With the Beatles in the UK on 22 November 1963, with "Please Mr. Postman" sequenced as the final track on the first side, coming after Till There Was You". In the US, Capitol released The Beatles' Second Album on 10 April 1964, with "Please Mr. Postman" sequenced as the ninth track, between "I Call Your Name" and "I'll Get You". Both releases credit the song only to Holland. Capitol also included the cover as the final track on the US-only four-song EP, Four by the Beatles, released 11 May 1964.

Writing about The Beatles' Second Album, music critic Robert Christgau considers the covers of "Please Mr. Postman" and "Money (That's What I Want)" as two of the Beatles' best ever recordings, "both surpassing the superb Motown originals". Music critic Tim Riley calls the song's beat "tremendous", and that "like all great rock 'n' roll, it sounds perilously close to falling apart at any minute". He writes it is the "most reckless and completely irresistible playing" on the first side of With the Beatles, and "the most flammable rock 'n' roll they've given us since "She Loves You".

Musicologist Alan W. Pollack sees the opening shout of "Wait!" as anticipating as the opening shout of "Help!" in the Beatles' 1965 song of the same name. Writer Chris Ingham calls the song "a dense curtain of guitars and harmonies" supported by "a delicious, elastic groove". Writer Jonathan Gould writes that Lennon's strong vocal overpowers the weak lyric, while the band's backing "[explodes] off the record", ultimately "[epitomizing] all that is best about the Beatles' second album." He further writes that, among the covers on With the Beatles, it is the only one that approaches the quality of "Twist and Shout" from Please Please Me. Writer Ian MacDonald dismisses the cover as "[l]acking the loose-limbed playfulness of the original", with a "wall of sound that quickly weights on the ear".

Personnel
According to MacDonald, except where noted:

 * John Lennon – double-tracked vocal, rhythm guitar
 * Paul McCartney – backing vocal, bass
 * George Harrison – backing vocal, lead guitar
 * Ringo Starr – drums
 * uncredited (played by the Beatles) – handclaps

The Carpenters version
A hit cover of "Please Mr. Postman" was recorded by The Carpenters, whose version took the song again to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1975. The Carpenters' version resembles an old 1950s rock & roll song. The single was released in late 1974, reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts in January 1975, and was the duo's 10th and final million-selling single. The corresponding Horizon album was belatedly released in June 1975 and went Platinum.

The Carpenters' cover version was also sampled by rapper Juelz Santana for his single "Oh Yes". It is used by the Rob, Arnie and Dawn Show to introduce their Listener Mail segment, and was the song by the presenters of the British Saturday morning show SMTV Live to introduce the mailbag section. Reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1975, in a UK television special on ITV in 2016 it was voted number one in The Nation's Favourite Carpenters Song.

A music video of the song, filmed in Disneyland, can be found on the DVD Gold: Greatest Hits (released in 2002), originally packaged as Yesterday Once More (released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1985).

Personnel

 * Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums
 * Richard Carpenter – backing vocals, piano, orchestration
 * Tony Peluso – guitar
 * Joe Osborn – bass guitar
 * Bob Messenger – tenor saxophone
 * Doug Strawn – baritone saxophone
 * Uncredited – castanets, tubular bells

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Roll Over Beethoven

"Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 song written by Chuck Berry, originally released on Chess Records, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side. The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to be as respected as classical music. The song has been covered by many other artists, including the Beatles and the Electric Light Orchestra. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number 97 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Inspiration and lyrics
According to Rolling Stone and Cub Koda of AllMusic, Berry wrote the song in response to his sister Lucy always using the family piano to play classical music when Berry wanted to play popular music. According to biographer Bruce Pegg, the song was "inspired in part by the rivalry between his sister Lucy's classical music training and Berry's own self-taught, rough-and-ready music preference".

In addition to the classical composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the lyrics mention or allude to several popular artists: "Early in the Mornin'" is the title of a Louis Jordan song; "Blue Suede Shoes" refers to the Carl Perkins song; and "hey diddle diddle", from the nursery rhyme "The Cat and the Fiddle", is an indirect reference to the Chess recording artist Bo Diddley, who was an accomplished violin player. Although the lyrics mention "rocking" and "rolling", the music that the classics are supposed to step aside for is referred to as "rhythm and blues". The lyric "a shot of rhythm and blues" was appropriated as the title of a song recorded by Arthur Alexander and others.

Recording
The song was recorded at Universal Recording Corporation in Chicago, Illinois on April 19, 1956. The session was produced by the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil. The song was released as Chess single 1626.
 * Chuck Berry, vocals and guitar
 * Johnnie Johnson on piano
 * Willie Dixon on bass
 * Melvin Billups on drums

Release
Berry's version was originally released as a single by Chess Records in May 1956, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side. It peaked at number two on the Billboard R&B chart and number 29 on the pop chart. "Roll Over Beethoven" and three other Berry songs were included on the album Rock, Rock, Rock, promoted as the soundtrack of the film of the same name, but only four of the 12 songs on the album were used in the film.

"Roll Over Beethoven" has been released numerous times on compilation albums, including Chuck Berry Twist and The Chess Box.

Legacy
Berry's single was one of 50 recordings chosen in 2003 by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2004, "Roll Over Beethoven" was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The accompanying review stated that it "became the ultimate rock & roll call to arms, declaring a new era".

Koda calls it a "masterpiece" that helped to define rock and roll.

In 1990, the 1956 recording of the song by Chuck Berry on Chess Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Cover versions
"Roll Over Beethoven" is one of the most widely covered songs in popular music – "a staple of rock and roll bands", according to Koda – with notable versions by Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis(#12Can ), the Beatles, Carl Perkins, and Electric Light Orchestra.

The Beatles
"Roll Over Beethoven" was a favourite of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison even before they chose "the Beatles" as their name, and they continued to perform it right into their American tours of 1964. Their version of "Roll Over Beethoven" was recorded on July 30, 1963, for their second British LP, With the Beatles, and features Harrison on vocals and guitar. In the United States, it was released April 10, 1964, as the opening track of The Beatles' Second Album, and on May 11, 1964, as the opening track of the second Capitol EP, Four by the Beatles. It was released by Capitol in Canada with "Please Mister Postman" as the B-side, reaching number 2 on the CHUM Charts. This release reached number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 30 on the Cash Box Singles chart. In Sweden, it peaked at number 11 on the Kvällstoppen Chart. In Australia, it peaked at number one, with Hold Me Tight as the B-side, as did it in Denmark.

In 1994, the Beatles released a live version of "Roll Over Beethoven" on Live at the BBC. This version had been recorded on February 28, 1964, and broadcast on March 30, 1964, as part of a BBC series starring the Beatles called From Us to You. This version of "Roll Over Beethoven" was used in the film Superman III, directed by Richard Lester, who also directed the Beatles' first two films, A Hard Day's Night and Help!. In 1995, a live version from an October 1963 performance at the Karlaplansstudion in Stockholm was released on Anthology 1.

Personnel

 * George Harrison – double-tracked vocals, lead guitar, handclaps
 * John Lennon – rhythm guitar, handclaps
 * Paul McCartney – bass, handclaps
 * Ringo Starr – drums, handclaps

Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra's (ELO) elaborate eight-minute reworking of "Roll Over Beethoven", on the album ELO 2 in 1973, included an opening musical quote from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and interpolations of material from the symphony's first movement into Berry's song and Peter Gunn theme in the background. This became one of ELO's signature songs and has been used to close the majority of their concerts. It is also the most-performed song by the band. "Roll Over Beethoven" was the second single released by the band, in January 1973, and became their second consecutive top ten hit in the UK. An edited version of the track from ELO 2 was a #42 hit in the United States. Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "Roll Over Beethoven" as the 89th most popular hit of 1973. It reached as high as number 8 (for two weeks) on their surveys of September 1 and 8, 1973. The song reached number six on the competing station WCFL.

Narvel Felts
Narvel Felts covered the song in 1982. His version went to number 64 on the Hot Country Singles chart in 1982.

Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band
In 1992, Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band, the longtime house band for David Letterman, released a cover of the song that was featured for the soundtrack for the family comedy film Beethoven, which was also the name of the titular St. Bernard.

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Hold Me Tight

"Hold Me Tight" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1963 album With the Beatles. It was first recorded during the Please Please Me album session, but not selected for inclusion and re-recorded for their second album.

History
"Hold Me Tight" was composed principally by Paul McCartney in 1961, and was part of the Beatles' stage act until 1963. They attempted to record it for their debut Please Please Me but the 13 takes recorded were deemed unsatisfactory, and the tape was destroyed. Seven months later, they recorded a further nine takes, and the final version is an edit of the sixth and ninth takes from the second attempt, varispeeded up a semitone to F major.

Both McCartney and John Lennon, at one time or another, shared their low opinion of the song. In a 1980s interview with Mark Lewisohn, McCartney says, "I can't remember much about that one. Certain songs were just 'work' songs, you haven't got much memory of them. That's one of them." In Barry Miles' Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, the songwriter calls it "a failed attempt at a single which then became an acceptable album filler". Lennon in 1980 said "That was Paul's ... It was a pretty poor song and I was never really interested in it."

"Hold Me Tight" has similarly been held in low regard by music critics. In their book The Beatles: An Illustrated Record, Roy Carr and Tony Tyler call it the album's poorest track, saying it "fails because McCartney's vision of the complete tune obviously sagged somewhat". They also claim that McCartney's singing was "out of tune". Ian MacDonald, in his book Revolution in the Head, says that the song's bad reputation is partly undeserved, adding: "Play it loud with the bass boosted, and you have an overwhelming motoric rocker strongly redolent of the band's live sound." Writing for Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield describes "Hold Me Tight" as "horrifying" and says that it saves the band's cover of "Till There Was You", also released on With the Beatles, from being their "all-time ghastliest moment".

McCartney wrote a different song called "Hold Me Tight" for a medley included on the 1973 Wings album Red Rose Speedway.

Personnel

 * Paul McCartney – vocal, bass, handclaps
 * John Lennon – harmony vocal, rhythm guitar, handclaps
 * George Harrison – backing vocal, lead guitar, handclaps
 * Ringo Starr – drums, handclaps
 * George Martin – producer
 * Norman Smith – engineer
 * Personnel per MacDonald

Cover versions
At least four cover versions of this song have been recorded. The Treasures, a Phil Spector-produced vocal group, recorded the song in 1963, as a single (Shirley 500) released on Spector's Philles Records. British band Stackridge included a cover version on their 1976 album, Mr. Mick. Another cover version was featured near the beginning of the 2007 Beatles-themed film, Across the Universe with vocals by Evan Rachel Wood; an American independent band, The Northern Crowns, recorded a version on their EP. Les Baronets, a Yé-yé band who was known for performing French versions of songs from the band, scored their biggest hit with a French version of this song called C'est fou mais c'est tout. The band featured René Angélil, who later became Celine Dion's manager and husband. Furthermore, Al Stewart mentions the song in the title song of his album Modern Times.

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