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In other words, the Beatles' tributes to black music...

In this delightful little column, Uncle Dislo will lead you by the hand, but at a distance (only DeBaserian folks with very long arms, please...) through the well-trodden discography of the Fab Four in search of the influences of "black" music that often colored it and the covers of tracks by American black artists, discovering, for example, their fondness for the repertoire of female black vocal groups. Sometimes we will include original tracks performed with decidedly black techniques, especially vocal ones, but also instrumental.

Enough with the introductions, let’s proceed....

Baby It's You (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 11th June, 1963)

From the repertoire of the Shirelles (stand up, hats off) and from the pen of Burt Bacharach among other songwriters, here’s an example of what I've been preaching to you for a week now. But must I tell you everything? Soloist, choir doing shallalalallaaaa... blackness rearranged with respect but personality, paying tribute to the girls of the Shirelles....