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Till There Was You
Composer(s) : Meredith Willson
Year : 1957
Alan W. Pollack 's "Notes On" Till There Was You
Selecteer gewenste toonaard :
Oorspronkelijke toonaard: F
Getoonde toonaard:
m6 -5 = DIM akkoord
Intro:
m6-5 m7 6 m6-5 m7 6
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There were bells on a hill, but I never heard them ringing
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No I never heard them at all
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Till there was you
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There were birds in the sky, but I never saw them winging
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No I never saw them at all
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Till there was you
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Then there was music and wonderful roses
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They tell me in sweet fragrant meadows of dawn and dew
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There was love all around, but I never heard it singing
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No I never heard it at all
Till there was you
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Till -- there was you------
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Solo in F:
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Then there was...
From the Royal Command Performance, Recorded at Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 4 November 1963:
Paul: "Thank you, thank you. Thank you very much indeed! Ho! Ta, Ta."
John: "What?"
Paul: "Sorry. The next one we'd like to sing now is one that's a bit slower. This is from the show "The Music Man"
and it's also been recorded by our favourite American group, Sophie Tucker."
TILL THERE WAS YOU (....)
John: "Thank you. For our last number I'd like to ask your help...
Would the people in the cheaper seats, clap your hands...
and the rest of you if you'd just rattle your jewel'ry!
Thank you. We'd like to sing a song called Twist And Shout."
Meredith Willson's The Music Man opened on Broadway on 19 December 1957 and went on for a 1375 performance run.
The cast album won the very first Grammy Award ever presented. The Music Man won eight Tony Awards with Willson
winning for Best Musical Author and Best Composer and Lyricist. The movie version won the Academy Award for
Best Musical Score.
"Till There Was You" is a song written by Meredith Willson for his 1957 musical play The Music Man, and which
also appeared in the 1962 movie version. The song is sung by librarian Marian Paroo (Barbara Cook on Broadway,
Shirley Jones in the film) to Professor Harold Hill (portrayed by Robert Preston) toward the end of Act Two.
In 1959, Anita Bryant recorded a single which reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100; a 1962 instrumental version
by Valjean was also popular.
Perhaps the best-known cover version was recorded by The Beatles. It was included on their albums With the
Beatles (UK Release, 1963), Meet the Beatles (US Release, 1964). The song was the only Broadway tune the
Beatles ever recorded.
"Till There Was You" was a minor hit in the UK for Peggy Lee in March 1961. McCartney was introduced to her
music by his older cousin, Bett Robbins, who would occasionally baby-sit the two McCartney brothers [1].
McCartney said: "I had no idea until much later that it was from The Music Man" [2]. "Till There Was You"
was part of The Beatles repertoire in 1962 and performed at the Star Club in Hamburg [3]. It became
illustrative of The Beatles versatility, proving they could appeal to all sections of an audience, moving
easily from ballads to rock and roll, as in their Royal Command Performance when they followed this song
with "Twist and Shout".
Live versions of the song turned up on Live at the BBC (released in 1994) and Anthology 1 (released in 1995).
The latter version was recorded when The Beatles played at the Royal Command (Variety) Performance in
November 1963, in which Paul praises the earlier recording of this song by Sophie Tucker.
The Beatles also performed "Till There Was You" as part of their failed audition for Decca Records in London
on January 1st, 1962 [4].
The song was the second of six the group sang during their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on
February 9th, 1964 [5].
Alternate version:
Fmaj7 F#dim
There ..
G-7 Bb-
But I ..
Fmaj7 A-7 Ab-7 G-7
No I ..
C7 F(maj7) (and a C7 into the next verse
Till ... or a F7 into the chorus)
F7 Bb Bb- F
Then ..
D7 G-7 G7 C7
They ..
Caug
And ...
Marian:
There were bells
On the hill
But I never heard them ringing
No, I never heard them at all
Till there was you
There were birds in the sky
But I never saw them winging
No, I never saw them at all
Till there was you
And there was music
And there were wonderful roses they tell me
In sweet fragrant meadows
Of dawn and dew
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No, I never heard it at all
Till there was you
Marian and Harold:
There was love all around
But I never head it singing
No, I never heard it at all
Till there was you
Ook op The Decca Tapes:
Ook op With the Beatles:
Ook op Anthology 1:
Ook op Live At The BBC:
Ook op On Air - Live At The BBC Vol 2:
(c) 2023 Serge Girard
(c) Alan Aldrigde, The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics