I started listening to music for all intents in 1963. That my ears pricked up to the sound of electric guitars just as Merseybeat exploded was actually quite timely. Just like with the punk explosion there were new bands on the charts every week. Some good some bad. But a whole lot of guitars. None of them really had the class of the Beatles who stood out completely. But then you can't have a whole chart full of Beatles Records though in the US it seems they nearly did for a while.
The Beatles were going to record this song but Freddie got there first. Part of the legend of the track was he actually copied the Beatles arrangement after seeing them at The Cavern. Whatever the truth is was actually quite a good version. And when I was 7 it was one of those songs I just wanted to hear again and again. And they were great on the Telly because they were so silly in their dancing. We'd go to school and do the dance in the schoolyard. They called it the Freddie and it went down big time in the US. There next two hits alright too. "I'm Telling You Now" and "You Were Made For Me". In a novelty singalong way.
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