Julia (The Beatles song) - Song infobox Name = Julia Artist = The Beatles Album = Released = 22 November 1968 track no = 17 of disc 1 Recorded = 13 October 1968 Genre = Acoustic pop Length = 2:54 Writer = Lennon McCartney Label = Apple Records Producer = George Martin… … Wikipedia *In an episode of The Sopranos, Carmela mentions the song at the dinner table to try to make conversation with her son, but he is unimpressed, due to the fact that drum solo was too basic. *Used in Moonlighting (TV series), on the second season episode "In God We Strongly Suspect", Bruce Willis (David) sings with the whole office crew to Cybill Sheperd (Maddie) as a surprise on her birthday. *There are multiple instances in the "Hypno-Birthday to You" episode of where you can hear "Birthday" in the background. The family sings "Birthday", while Joey ( Dave Coulier) imitates the guitar riff.
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* On an episode of Full House, the family goes into Jesse's ( John Stamos) bedroom to wake him up for his birthday. * A number of minor league baseball teams, including the Altoona Curve, also play the song while showing the names of attendees celebrating their birthdays on the scoreboard screen. * Similarly, Detroit Lions games play the song while showing the attendees celebrating their birthdays on the scoreboard screen. * Philadelphia Phillies games play this song while showing the attendees celebrating their birthdays on the Jumbotron as do the New York Islanders.
* Underground Sunshine scored a Top 40 hit with this song in the US in 1969.
* Mal Evans – handclaps:Credits per Ian MacDonald cite book |first=Ian |last=MacDonald |authorlink=Ian MacDonald |title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties |year=2005 |pages=316 |edition=Second Revised Edition |publisher=Pimlico (Rand) |location=London |isbn=8-3] * Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, handclaps * George Harrison – 6-string bass, handclaps * Paul McCartney – vocal, piano, handclaps * John Lennon – vocal, backing vocal, lead guitar, handclaps This song is the only track on "The Beatles" in which Lennon and McCartney share lead vocal duties. It is among McCartney's most intense vocal performances given the range in which he sings during the blues run. Afterwards, a drum break lasting eight measures brings the song into Lennon's section, which rests entirely on the dominant before returning to a third section, sung by McCartney and Lennon.
"Birthday" begins with an intro drum fill, then moves directly into a blues progression in A (in the form of a guitar riff doubled by the bass) with McCartney singing at the top of his chest voice, "They say it's your birthday/ Well it's my birthday too, yeah!" with Lennon on a lower harmony.
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During the session, The Beatles (along with the recording crew) made a short trip around the corner to Paul McCartney's house to watch the classic 1956 Rock & Roll movie 'The Girl Can't Help It' (which was being shown for the first time on British television) before returning back to the studio to record 'Birthday'. The song was largely written during a recording session at the EMI Abbey Road Studios on Septemwith Paul McCartney coming up with the main riff. This song is a prime example of the Beatles' return to more traditional rock and roll form, although their music had increased in complexity and it had developed more of its own characteristic style by this point. It is the opening track on the third side of the LP (or the second disc in CD versions of the record). #" Good Night"" Birthday" is a song written mostly by Paul McCartney and performed by the The Beatles on their eponymous double album " The Beatles".
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