On this day in music history: November 3, 1965 - Michelle by The Beatles is recorded. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the inspiration for the song will come from a party that McCartney attends thrown by students from The Liverpool Art College. He will hear one the beatnik art students singing a song in French. Paul will come up with parody version that features him singing in a mock French accent, which will become a party piece to amuse friends with. Several years later while writing and recording material for the Rubber Soul album, McCartney will remember the song and begin playing it during a writing session at John Lennons home in Weybridge. Lennon will suggest to Paul that they craft it into a proper song. Deciding to keep the French theme of the song, McCartney will visit Jan Vaughn, the wife of his childhood friend Ivan Vaughn who is also a French teacher. Paul will ask her to translate the phrase these are words that go together well into French (sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble), which will become one of the main hooks of the song. Lennon will help McCartney finish writing the song, composing the songs bridge which is inspired by Nina Simones version of I Put A Spell On You. Michelle is completed in one long nine hour recording session in the Number Two studio at Abbey Road in London, and is one of the last songs recorded for Rubber Soul. Though it is not released as a single (in most countries), it quickly becomes on the bands most popular songs. John Lennon and Paul McCartney will win the Grammy Award for Song Of The Year in 1967 for Michelle.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 22:00:15 +0000
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