On 22 June 1961, in Hamburg, the Beatles recorded several songs with

English musician Tony Sheridan for an album called My Bonnie. The Beatles

recorded two songs by themselves. The session tapes have been destroyed,

My Bonnie(Mein Herz Ist Bei Dir Nur)

My Bonnie(with English intro)

The Saints(When The Saints Go Marching In)

Why(Can't You Love Me Again)

Cry For A Shadow

This is an instrumental track, written as parody of

the Shadows style by Lennon/Harrison

Ain't She Sweet

Vocals by John Lennon with Pete Best on Drums

Take Out Some Insurance On Me Baby

Nobody's Child

All the songs are officially released now. Three of them: My Bonnie, Cry For A

Shadow and Ain´t She Sweet, were released on the Anthology One album. The

Rest is released on the Beatles Bop – Hamburg Days Double CD by Bear

Family Records

My Bonnie (English Intro)

(traditional, arranged by Tony Sheridan)

It was first released in October 1961

with “The Saints” as the b-side, and

reached #5 in the German Hit Parade. In

the UK the single was released on 5

January 1962 (credited to Tony Sheridan

and The Beatles).

Cry For A Shadow

recorded on 22 June 1961 at the

Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-

Harburg, Germany while they

were performing as Tony

Sheridan's backup band for a few

tracks. Written by George

Harrison with John Lennon as a

parody of the Shadows style.

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