PENNY
LANE
THE
BEATLES
SONGWRITERS: JOHN
LENNON & PAUL MCCARTNEY
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: PENNY LANE
LABEL: PARLOPHONE
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1967
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The
group, whose best-known line-up comprised John Lennon,
Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are
regarded as the most
influential band of all time. They
were integral to the development of 1960s
counterculture and popular music's
recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle,
beat and 1950s rock and roll, their
sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways; the band later explored music styles ranging
from ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As
pioneers in recording,
songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects
of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the era's youth and
sociocultural movements.
Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney,
the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three
years from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass.
The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went
through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best,
before asking Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their
domestic success after their first hit, "Love Me Do",
in late 1962. As
their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania",
the band acquired the nickname "the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin
and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of
"fifth Beatle".
"Penny Lane" is a song by the
English rock band the Beatles that was
released in February 1967 as a double A-side single with "Strawberry
Fields Forever". It was written primarily
by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. The lyrics refer to Penny Lane,
a street in Liverpool, and
make mention of the sights and characters that McCartney recalled from his
upbringing in the city.
The Beatles began recording "Penny
Lane" in December 1966, intending it as a song for their álbum Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Instead,
after it was issued as a single to satisfy record company demand for a new
release, the band adhered to their policy of omitting previously released
singles from their albums. The song features numerous key changes that occur
mid-verse and between its choruses. Session musician David Mason played a piccolo trumpet solo over its bridge section.
"Penny Lane" was a top-five hit
across Europe and topped the US Billboard Hot 100.
In Britain, due to chart protocol regarding double A-sides, it was the first
Beatles single since "Please Please
Me" in 1963 to fail to reach number 1 on the Record Retailer chart. In November 1967, "Penny Lane" was included on the
US Magical
Mystery Tour album. In 2011, Rolling Stone ranked the track at number 456 on its list of the "500 Greatest
Songs of All Time". In 2006, Mojo ranked the song
at number 9 of "The 101 Greatest Beatles Songs".
In Penny Lane there
is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to known
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say: Hello!
On the corner is a
banker with a motor car
The little children laugh at him behind his back
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain, very strange
Penny Lane is in my
ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit and meanwhile back
In Penny Lane there
is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
It´s a clean machine
Penny Lane is in my
ears and in my eyes
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back
Behind the shelter in
the middle of the roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And though she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway
In Penny Lane the
barber shaves another customer
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange
Penny Lane is in my
ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit and meanwhile back
Penny Lane is in my
ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
Penny Lane!
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