It’s no secret, it’s Saturday and I probably am not anywhere near Blogosphere. The weekends don’t dissuade me from my mid-month BoTB showdown.
Today’s showdown, I’m going with the 1963 Beatles song Do You Want To Know A Secret? sung by Beatles band member, George Harrison. It was the first top ten hit to feature Harrison as the lead singer, reaching number 2 on the Billboard charts in 1964.
I read this interesting tidbit at Wikipedia and thought you might enjoy it as well.
“Do You Want to Know a Secret”, written in autumn 1962, was primarily composed by John Lennon but credited to Lennon–McCartney. The 1963 version by Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas (a UK No. 2) credited the composition to “McCartney–Lennon”. The song was inspired by “I’m Wishing”, a tune from Walt Disney’s 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which Lennon’s mother, Julia Lennon, would sing to him as a child. The first two lines of the song in Disney’s movie (“Want to know a secret? Promise not to tell?”) come right after the opening lyrics (“You’ll never know how much I really love you… You’ll never know how much I really care…”). McCartney has said it was a “50–50 collaboration written to order”, i.e., for Harrison to sing, but Lennon, who always claimed the song as his own, explained in a 1980 interview that he had realized as soon as he had finished writing the song that it best suited Harrison. Source credit
It was contender #1, Nikki Jean-Verve I stumbled on last year that planted the seed in my noggin to use as a battle song.
SecondHandSongs lists 74 covers of this classic Beatles hit, mostly are men with only a handful of female vocalists. I wanted another gal to go against my first choice but was looking for a particular sound when I found #2, Sharon Clark.
You’ll find more awesome battles underway at some of these blog listed below and if you’d like to be included in the fun, then contact Stephen requesting to be added to the list.
- ailovemusic (Amy)
- Cherdo on the Flipside
- The Doglady’s Den (Debbie)
- Jingle Jangle Jungle (Mary)
- Mike’s Ramblings
- Storms & Stardust (Kim)
- STMcC Presents BoTB (Stephen, BoTB Manager)
- The Sound of One Hand Typing (John)
- Tossing It Out (Lee)
POLLS CLOSE FOR THIS SHOWDOWN, NOON (EST) AUGUST 21ST
Who gets your vote, Nikki or Sharon?
Will I continue on my semi blogging hiatus to simplify things I will share the battle results on Monday, August 24th in my 4M post. Mark your calendar to check in with me then to see if your favorite artist wins this showdown. Have a good weekend, my dears! X💋X💋, Cathy
For the fun of it, I thought you’d enjoy listening to The Chipmunk’s 1963 cover. Tempted as you might be, kindly refrain from voting for these adorable rodents in this battle. 😉
