Dizzy Miss Lizzie
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| "Dizzy Miss Lizzie" | ||||
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| Single by Larry Williams | ||||
| B-side | "Slow Down" | |||
| Released | March 1958 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Rock 'n' Roll | |||
| Label | Specialty 626 (USA) London HLU 8604 (UK) |
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| Writer(s) | Larry Williams | |||
| Larry Williams singles chronology | ||||
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| "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" | ||||
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| Song by The Beatles
from the album Help! |
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| Released | 6 August 1965 | |||
| Recorded | Abbey Road Studios 10 May 1965 |
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| Genre | Rock 'n' Roll, Rock | |||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Parlophone, Capitol, EMI | |||
| Writer | Larry Williams | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| Help! track listing | ||||
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"Dizzy Miss Lizzie" is a song composed and sung by Larry Williams in 1958. It shares many similarities with the Little Richard song Good Golly Miss Molly.
The song has been covered many times, including — most famously — by the Beatles on the 1965 Help! album, though the recording was initially intended for the 1965 American Beatles compilation Beatles VI along with the Larry Williams cover, "Bad Boy", recorded by the Beatles on the same day. Paul McCartney has stated that he believes this song to be one of the Beatles best recordings[citation needed]. It features loud, rhythmic instrumentation, along with John Lennon's particularly rousing vocals. The song also appeared in a live solo version by Lennon on the Plastic Ono Band's Live Peace in Toronto 1969.
In the United Kingdom, the Beatles' version first appeared on the album Help!, misspelled "Dizzy Miss Lizzy". In North America, it was included on Beatles VI.
The title is playfully misleading, the actual lyric being, "You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzie".
The song was originally thought about by band manager Brian Epstein, and was later introduced to Ringo Starr, the band's drummer. He made sure that the band recorded it after loving its upbeat rhythm and interesting lyrics.
[edit] Beatles personnel
- John Lennon – vocal, rhythm guitar
- Paul McCartney – bass, electric piano
- George Harrison – double-tracked lead guitar
- Ringo Starr – drums, cowbell
- Personnel per Ian MacDonald[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). p. 154. ISBN 1-844-13828-3.
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