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Basie on the Beatles
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedDecember 15, 1969
NYC
GenreJazz
Length35:34
LabelHappy Tiger
HT-1007
ProducerDick Peirce
Count Basie chronology
Basic Basie
(1968)
Basie on the Beatles
(1970)
High Voltage
(1970)

Basie on the Beatles is an album by pianist and bandleader Count Basie featuring performances recorded in late 1969 and released on the short-lived Happy Tiger label.[1][2] It was Basie's second album of Beatles' compositions following 1966's Basie's Beatle Bag and featured liner notes by Ringo Starr.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars.[3]

Track listing

All compositions by John Lennon and Paul McCartney except for Track 3, by George Harrison.

  1. "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" - 2:55
  2. "The Fool on the Hill" - 3:19
  3. "Something" - 3:25
  4. "With a Little Help from My Friends" - 3:23
  5. "Here, There and Everywhere" - 2:34
  6. "Get Back" - 3:22
  7. "Hey Jude" - 4:20
  8. "Eleanor Rigby" - 2:56
  9. "Penny Lane" - 3:17
  10. "Come Together" - 2:42
  11. "Yesterday" - 3:21

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Kitora, R., Count Basie Discography, accessed November 17, 2015
  2. ^ Edwards, D., Callahan, M. & Eyries, P. Happy Tiger Album Discography, accessed November 17, 2015
  3. ^ a b Basie on the Beatles at AllMusic, accessed November 17, 2015