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Basie's Beatle Bag
Studio album by Count Basie
Released	1966
Recorded	May 3–5, 1966
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:30
Label	Verve
Producer	Teddy Reig, Peter Spargo
Count Basie chronology
Sinatra at the Sands (1966) Basie's Beatle Bag (1966) Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' (1966)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Basie's Beatle Bag is a 1966 studio album by Count Basie and his orchestra, arranged by Chico O'Farrill. Basie released a second album of Beatles songs, Basie on the Beatles, in 1969.

Track listing

1. "Help!" – 2:15
2. "Can't Buy Me Love" – 3:21
3. "Michelle" – 2:43
4. "I Wanna Be Your Man" – 3:20
5. "Do You Want to Know a Secret" – 2:59
6. "A Hard Day's Night" – 4:22
7. "All My Loving" – 2:59
8. "Yesterday" – 3:04
9. "And I Love Her" – 2:49
10. "Hold Me Tight" – 2:44
11. "She Loves You" – 2:54
12. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 4:00

All songs written by Lennon and McCartney, except where otherwise noted.

Personnel

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Count Basie – piano, organ
• Sonny Cohn – trumpet
• Al Aarons
• Wallace Davenport
• Phil Guilbeau
• Grover Mitchell – trombone
• Bill Hughes
• Henderson Chambers
• Al Grey
• Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
• Bobby Plater
• Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
• Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone
• Freddie Green – guitar
• Norman Keenan – double bass
• Sonny Payne – drums
• Chico O'Farrill – arranger

References

1. ^ Eder, Bruce. Review of Basie's Beatle Bag at AllMusic. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
2. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

• 1966 albums
• Count Basie Orchestra albums
• Verve Records albums
• The Beatles tribute albums
• Albums produced by Teddy Reig
• Albums arranged by Chico O'Farrill