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{{for|the Scottish folk song|My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean}}
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = My Bonnie
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Tony Sheridan]] and the Beat Brothers
| Cover = My Bonnie (album).jpg
| Released = [[5 January]] [[1962]]
| Recorded = [[22 June]] [[1961]], [[Friedrich-Ebert-Halle]] and [[Studio Rahlstedt]], [[Hamburg-Harburg]], [[Germany]]
| Genre = [[Rock and roll]]
| Length =
| Label = [[Polydor]] LPHM46612 / SPLHM237112 (Germany)
| Producer = [[Bert Kaempfert]]
| Reviews =
| Last album =
| This album = '''''My Bonnie'''''<br>(1962)
| Next album =
| Misc =
{{Singles
| Name =My Bonnie
| Type =studio
| Single 1 =[[My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean|My Bonnie]]" b/w "The Saints
| Single 1 date =October 1961
| Single 2 =Sweet Georgia Brown" b/w "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby
| Single 2 date =1964
| Single 3 =
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| Single 4 =
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}}
}}
'''''My Bonnie''''' is a 1962 album by [[Tony Sheridan]] and the Beat Brothers, better known as [[The Beatles]].
==History==
On The Beatles' first visit to [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]] in 1960, they met [[rock and roll]]er Tony Sheridan, and became friends with him. On their second visit, in 1961 (now minus [[Stu Sutcliffe]]), The Beatles backed Sheridan in a series of stage performances. It is sometimes said that German [[Polydor]] agent [[Bert Kaempfert]] personally saw Sheridan with The Beatles, but others report that a friend of Kaempfert's suggested that he bring them in to put down some recordings. While they recorded a number of songs together (as well as alone), few of them actually made it on to the album, with Sheridan re-recording many of them. The Beatles are known to appear on "My Bonnie" and "The Saints" (this pair was also released as a single, see below). The version of "Swanee River" on the album has sometimes been said to feature The Beatles, however that version is in fact not included here, and it is not known whether the original recording still exists.
A Liverpool fan's request in 1961 for a copy of "My Bonnie" brought the Beatles to the attention of then-record store manager [[Brian Epstein]], and set in motion the events that would lead him to become their manager. After The Beatles became successful, the eight tracks The Beatles worked on and some Beat Brothers material were issued on an album in 1964 titled ''[[The Beatles' First]]''.
==Track listing==
[[Image:Nh66833.jpg|thumb|right|200px| The British cover of “My Bonnie”.]]
===Side one===
#"[[My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean|My Bonnie]]" (traditional)
#"[[Skinny Minny]]" ([[Bill Haley]], [[Rusty Keefer]], [[Milt Gabler]], [[Catherine Cafra]])
#"[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On|Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On]]" ([[Dave Williams (lyricist)|Dave Williams]], [[Sonny David]])
#"I Know Baby" ([[Tony Sheridan]])
#"[[You Are My Sunshine]]" ([[Jimmie Davis]], [[Charles Mitchell (musician)|Charles Mitchell]])
#"[[Ready Teddy]]" ([[Robert Blackwell]], [[John Marascalco]])
===Side two===
#"[[When the Saints Go Marching In|The Saints]]" ([[James Milton Black]], [[Catherine Purvis]])
#"[[Hallelujah, I Love Her So]]" ([[Ray Charles]])
#"[[Let's Twist Again]]" ([[Kal Mann]], [[Dave Appell]], Buchenkamp)
#"[[Sweet Georgia Brown]]" (Bernie, Pinkard, Casey)
#"[[Old Folks at Home|Swanee River]]" ([[Stephen Foster]])
#"Top Ten Twist" (Homsen, Bones, Sheridan, Lüth)
==Singles==
[[Image:My Bonnie (single).jpg|225px|thumb|right|The "My Bonnie"/"The Saints" single.]]
The recording sessions with Tony Sheridan spawned a number of singles, three of which weren't released until The Beatles had gained fame, and interest in the previously unreleased material grew.
"My Bonnie" b/w "The Saints" (credited to TS and The Beat Brothers) was first released in October 1961<ref>http://tonysheridan.com/html/7_inch.html Tony Sheridan 7" singles</ref>, and reached #5 in the German ''Hit Parade''. In England the single was released on January 5, 1962 (credited to TS and The Beatles). In the USA, the release of April 4, 1962 (Decca 31382) was cancelled, but when the material was released on [[January 27]], 1964 on MGM K-13213 as ''The Beatles with Tony Sheridan'', it charted to #26 in Billboard.
After The Beatles gained fame, also "Ain't She Sweet"/"Nobody's Child" received a release, the former of which includes only The Beatles, while the latter features Sheridan on lead vocal. Next came "Sweet Georgia Brown"/"Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby", on which the credit is sometimes disputed, as it has not been proven whether The Beatles play on this version of "Sweet Georgia Brown". However, "Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby" is known to feature The Beatles, and was recorded in the same session as "Ain't She Sweet".
Finally, "Why"/"[[Cry for a Shadow]]" was released, on which "Why" was performed by Sheridan, with The Beatles on backup, and "Cry for a Shadow" was a [[George Harrison|Harrison]]/[[John Lennon|Lennon]] instrumental, the only one credited in this way. Numerous compilations of these early recordings have been released to the public, both officially and unofficially, most conclusively in the [[Bear Family]] [[box set]] ''[[Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days]]''.
==Personnel==
*[[Bert Kaempfert]] – production
*Karl Hinze – engineering
==References==
<references />
*Daniels, Frank (1998, 2000, 2001) [http://www.friktech.com/btls/tony/tony.htm The Beatles with Tony Sheridan], retrieved [[3 January]] [[2005]]
*PayBack Productions (2001, 2002) [http://tonysheridan.com/html/7_inch.html 7 Inch], retrieved [[3 January]] [[2005]]
*Dermon, Dave III (1997-2004) [http://www.dermon.com/Beatles/Singlehistories.htm History of the Beatles' Singles], retrieved [[3 January]] [[2005]]
*Whelan, John (2000-2005) [http://beatles.ncf.ca/timeline.html Beatles Timeline], retrieved [[27 December]] [[2005]]
*Carey, Doug (2003) [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mdcarey/1stbest.htm A Beatles' Recording Timeline: First and Best], retrieved [[25 June]] [[2006]]
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