LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 13, 2019…AMERICA FIRST HEARD THE SONG ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT’ ON JUNE 26TH, 1964 ON THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE MOVIE ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT’. THE SONG WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE ON THIS DATE 55 YEARS AGO.
THE PRODUCER FOR THE MOVIE TOLD JOHN LENNON HE NEEDED A THEME SONG FOR THE GROUP’S UPCOMING MOVIE. THAT NIGHT THE BEATLES WENT INTO THE STUDIO AND 3 HOURS LATER THE SONG WAS FULLY PRODUCED. THE NINTH TAKE OF ‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS USED AS THE SINGLE. THE RECORDING HAD TO BE DONE QUICKLY WHEN THE FILM NAME WAS CHANGED FROM “BEATLEMANIA” TO “A HARD DAY’S NIGHT.”
THE RECORD MARKED THE SIXTH OF SEVEN SONGS WRITTEN BY LENNON-MCCARTNEY TO HIT NUMBER ONE IN 1964. THAT MARKED AN ALL-TIME RECORD ON THE U.S. CHARTS FOR WRITING THE MOST SONGS TO HIT NUMBER ONE IN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR !
AMAZINGLY, THE BEATLES WON JUST FOUR GRAMMY AWARDS IN THE 1960’S, AND ONE OF THEM WAS FOR THIS SONG. THE BEATLES ALSO WON THE “BEST NEW ARTIST” GRAMMY AT THE SAME AWARDS CEREMONY.
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FROM THE BEATLES
