All My Loving - Music

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: All My Loving

The-Beatles - With The Beatles

"All My Loving" Is A Song Written By Paul McCartney Credited To Lennon/McCartney And Recorded By The Beatles For Their 1963 Album With The Beatles. In His 1980 Playboy Interview Lennon Said "It's A Damn Good Piece Of Work ... But I Play A Pretty Mean Guitar In Back." Composition McCartney Thought Of The Lyrics Whilst Shaving "I Wrote 'All My Loving' Like A Piece Of Poetry And Then I Think I Put A Song To It Later". However McCartney Later Told Biographer Barry Miles That He Wrote The Lyrics While On A Tour Bus And After Arriving At The Venue He Then Wrote The Music On A Piano Backstage. He Also Said "It Was The First Song Where I'd Ever Written The Words First. I Never Wrote Words First It Was Always Some Kind Of Accompaniment. I've Hardly Ever Done It Since Either." The Lyrics Follow The "letter Song" Model As Used On "P.S. I Love You" The B-Side Of Their First Single. McCartney Originally Envisioned It As A Country & Western Song And George Harrison Added A Nashville-Style Guitar Solo Influenced By Chet Atkins. John Lennon's Rhythm Guitar Playing Utilised Back And Forth Strummed Triplets Similar To "Da Doo Ron Ron" By The Crystals A Song That Was Popular At The Time While McCartney Plays A Walking Bass Line. Ed Sullivan Show Performance Lennon's Death This Beatles Classic Was Never Released As A Single But It Was The First Song The Group Played On Their First Ed Sullivan Show Appearance February 9 1964. It Was A Historic Telecast As Over 73 Million People Tuned In. At The Time That Was The Largest Audience Ever For A TV Show. After Having Been Shot On The Evening Of 8 December 1980 Lennon Would Be Pronounced Dead On Arrival At 11 15 P.M. But The Time Of 11 07 P.M. Has Also Been Reported. Witnesses Noted That The Beatles Song "All My Loving" Came Over The Hospital's Sound System At The Moment Lennon Was Pronounced Dead.