''Jolly What! England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage'' is a 1964 compilation album, released by

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and featuring tracks by English

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Frank Ifield Francis Edward Ifield OAM (born 30 November 1937) is a British-Australian country music singer and guitarist who often incorporated yodelling into his music. After living in Australia, Ifield returned to the United Kingdom in November 1959 wher ...

. Ifield toured the UK in 1963. While Vee-Jay temporarily had the US rights to a number of the Beatles' recordings, they released ''Jolly What!'' on 26 February 1964. The LP consisted of four studio Beatles songs (all previously released on Vee-Jay singles), plus eight recordings of Ifield. The original pressing has a drawing of a chubby old man with a

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and a Beatle wig, and is itself quite rare. However, just before Vee-Jay's publishing rights were about to expire on 10 October 1964, they changed the sleeve cover to a drawing of the Beatles. (This version, titled simply ''The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage'', also listed all four Beatles' tracks on the front cover, but none of the eight contributed by Ifield.) Probably less than one hundred copies were pressed, making it one of the rarest Beatles albums. Three sealed stereo copies were discovered in 1976, selling for $600, $900 and $1,800. One of the three was re-sold in 1995 for $22,000. Like many of the albums rushed out to cash in on the Beatles' success, ''Jolly What!'' has been called a "rip-off", due to its intentional misleading of buyers. The album consisted entirely of studio recordings (not live, and thus not "on stage"), and all the Beatles material had been previously released. The album is also known for a mistake in the liner notes: "It is with a good deal of pride and pleasure that this ''

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'' has been presented"—presumably "copulation" should have been "compilation". (In confirming the matter, Snopes.com noted that "copulation" was appropriate, since the makers of the album were "trying to screw the fans out of their money.") The album, however, was significant in that, until the release of the Beatles' 1973 compilation album, '' The Beatles/1962-1966'', ''Jolly What!'' was the only American Beatles album to include "

From Me to You "From Me to You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in April 1963 as their third single. It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. The song was the Beatles' first number 1 hit on what became the official U ...

Track listing

This track listing applies to both the original LP (''Jolly What!'') and the reissued version (''The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage''). Side 1 # "

Please Please Me ''Please Please Me'' is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Produced by George Martin, it was released on EMI's Parlophone label on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom, following the success of the band's first two s ...

" – The Beatles # " Anytime" – Frank Ifield # "

Lovesick Blues "Lovesick Blues" is a Tin Pan Alley song, composed by Cliff Friend, with lyrics by Irving Mills. It first appeared in the 1922 musical "Oh, Ernest", and was recorded that year by Elsie Clark and Jack Shea. Emmett Miller recorded it in 1925 and ...

" – Frank Ifield # " I'm Smiling Now" – Frank Ifield # " Nobody's Darling" – Frank Ifield # "

" – The Beatles Side 2 #

" I Remember You" – Frank Ifield # "

Ask Me Why "Ask Me Why" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles originally released in the United Kingdom as the B-side of their single " Please Please Me". It was also included on their 1963 debut album '' Please Please Me''. It was written primari ...

" – The Beatles # " Thank You Girl" – The Beatles # "

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" – Frank Ifield # "

Unchained Melody "Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the prison film '' Unchained'' (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack.Robert Rodr ...

" – Frank Ifield # " I Listen to My Heart" – Frank Ifield

References

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