Stroll Down Penny Lane

Celebrating the music of Paul McCartney

6. ‘Til There Was You

6: ‘Til There Was You… and many more

Join us in this chapter in our podcast series to understand out how the song Till There Was You is somehow connected to to the song We Will Rock You by the rock band Queen! Discover how we, indeed, establish a bona-fide connection between these two songs AND how we connect Till There Was You to many other Beatles classics!

So settle in for a series of revelations that you will find entertaining and informative!

Songs

Till There Was You, Meredith Willson, performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

On Broadway, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller; performed by Mike Sugar

Right Place, Wrong Time, Mac Rebennack; performed by Mike Sugar and Joe Anastasi

Story Time Music; composed and performed by Mike Sugar

Docu-inspiration theme; composed and performed by Mike Sugar

P.S. I Love You, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

It Won’t Be Long, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

I Saw Her Standing There, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

Hello Goodbye, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Oh! Darling, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

Let It Be, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Mike Sugar

If I Fell, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

You Won’t See Me, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, and Winter

From Me to You, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Twist and Shout, Bert Berns and Phil Medley; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller / Richard Penniman; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

Long, Tall Sally, Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Thus Spake Zarathustra, Richard Wagner; performed by Mike Sugar

Ferry Cross the Mersey, Gerry Marsden; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

You’ll Never Walk Alone, Rogers and Hammerstein; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Abandon the Run Interstitial – based on Paul McCartney’s Band On The Run, created and performed by Mike Sugar

We Will Rock You, Brian May, performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Nothing Rhymed, “Gilbert” O’Sullivan; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; guitar intro performed by Winter

And the great Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson!

Sources

The Music Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Man

What Songs the Beatles Sang, William Mann; The Times; December 27, 1963.

Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003

Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006.

Anfield’s 50 years of never walking alone, Simon Hart; The Independent; October 25, 2013.

Gilbert O’Sullivan – Interview; The Danny Baker Show; February, 2016

Mike Pachelli – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdYoK2klGqM

Photos by Francisco Moreno and Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash.