Episode #23 - 'Crying, Waiting, Hoping - The Beatles' Decca Audition'

<p>The music, the inspirations, the motivations, the performances, the reservations, the fallout... as well as the cloak-and-dagger story behind how the session tape was bootlegged. Here’s what <i>really</i> happened behind the doors of Decca’s Broadhurst Gardens studio in northwest London—as well as in altogether more covert circumstances on the other side of the Atlantic more than a decade later.</p> The Music <ul> <li>‘Money (That’s What I Want)’ – Barrett Strong, The Beatles</li> <li>‘The Sheik of Araby’ – Joe Brown, The Beatles</li> <li>‘Memphis, Tennessee’ – Chuck Berry, The Beatles</li> <li>‘Three Cool Cats’ – The Coasters, The Beatles</li> <li>‘Sure to Fall (In Love with You)’ – Carl Perkins, The Beatles</li> <li>‘September in the Rain’ – Dinah Washington, The Beatles</li> <li>‘Take Good Care of My Baby’ – Bobby Vee, The Beatles</li> <li>‘Till There Was You’ – Peggy Lee, The Beatles</li> <li>‘Crying, Waiting, Hoping’ – Buddy Holly, The Beatles</li> <li>‘To Know Her is to Love Her’ – The Teddy Bears, The Beatles</li> <li>‘Besame Mucho’ – The Coasters, The Beatles</li> <li>‘Searchin’’ – The Coasters, The Beatles</li> <li>‘Like Dreamers Do’ – The Beatles, The Applejacks</li> <li>‘Hello Little Girl’ – The Beatles, The Fourmost</li> <li>‘Love of the Loved’ – Cilla Black, The Beatles</li> <li>‘How Do You Do It?’ – The Beatles</li> </ul>