The romantic ballad was written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez, and first recorded by Emilio Tuero. The title translates as 'kiss me a lot'. The Coasters' 1960 version of Besame Mucho fell into the hands of Paul McCartney, and quickly became a favourite. The song entered The Beatles' repertoire in 1961, remaining in it for around a year. The group first recorded Besame Mucho at their ill-fated Decca audition on 1 January 1962; a live version was taped 12 months later on New Year's Eve at Hamburg's Star-Club. It left their set shortly afterwards. The Beatles recorded an unknown number of takes of Besame Mucho at their first EMI session on 6 June 1962, with Pete Best on drums. The recording was rediscovered in the 1980s, having previously been thought destroyed, and was released in 1995 on Anthology 1. Another recording was made on June, 11th 1962 for BBC.
The group recorded Besame Mucho once more in their career. On 29 January 1969 they swiftly ran through the song during the Get Back sessions, along with two Buddy Holly songs: Not Fade Away and Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues. Besame Mucho was included in the Let It Be film.
For this video, the audio was from Decca recording, but as Pete Best drums was too low and subtle, I´ve added a bit of drums in "Ringo´s Hamburg version style" (much more rocky and punch!).
Here I´ve intended to show a possible rendition with the same gear they used to play in 1961/62.
- Rickenbacker 325 Capri (John)
- Hofner 500/1 61 bass (Paul)
- Gretsch 6128 Duojet (George)
This video is for entertainment purposes only.
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