Video: 'Ain't She Sweet'

(Friday, May 29, 1964) — “Ain’t She Sweet” by The Beatles (recorded June 22, 1961, in West Germany with Pete Best on drums) was released as a single today in the UK on the Polydor label (July 6, 1964 in the U.S. on ATCO Records).

After the 1961 session, The Beatles expected that a single of “Ain’t She Sweet” b/w “Beatle Bop” would be released in America, Germany and Britain in the weeks that followed.

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It was not until Oct. 23, 1961 that a single was released in West Germany exclusively, except it was instead “My Bonnie” b/w “The Saints,” credited as “Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers.”

The Liverpool music newspaper Mersey Beat reported that The Beatles were dissatisfied with “Ain’t She Sweet” and “Cry For A Shadow” and so sold their rights back to Kaempfert’s company, Bert Kaempfert Produktion (BKP).

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Polydor’s first worldwide release of “Ain’t She Sweet” was on the February 1964 French EP, Les Beatles, after the Liverpool group had become world famous.

The B-side of the UK single was “If You Love Me, Baby (Take Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby)” and in the U.S. was “Nobody’s Child.” Both of those tracks featured Tony Sheridan on lead vocals with backing by The Beatles.