Setlist from Jan 17, 1963

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  1. Unknown says:

    For #5, "H", I'm going to go with Hallelujah, I Love Her So.

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  3. Sara S. says:

    Could "H" be for "Hippy Hippy Shake?"

  4. wogew says:

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  5. wogew says:

    No, the Hippy Hippy Shake is on the list at no 13, so the fan obviously knew that one. "Hallelujah…" could be, but since that phrase is such an obvious part of the chorus, the fan should have been able to guess the title. Nice to see so many George songs still in the set. And strange that the fan didn't note who sang lead on the songs unknown to him. The fan did note "Some Other Guy", which is a song you might have had trouble figuring out the title to, so it was either familiar to him/her or the Beatles mentioned the song title in their introduction. The "H" doesn't necessarily have to be of significance, I'm tempted to suggest "Till There Was You", but it would have been familiar.. No Ringo songs among the known songs, so I guess one of the unknown ones may have been "Boys".

  6. wogew says:

    I suppose "H" could be "Honey Don't", sung by John.

  7. phil overture says:

    As Mark Lewisohn points out in his book J, P & G tended to take turns to sing lead. Certainly the majority of this set list is proof to that. I think the 'H' song must be a John lead. Too early in the set for a Ringo song. I'll agree with Roger and go with Honey Don't.

  8. wogew says:

    I have updated this post now, with some of our guesswork and other thoughts.

  9. wogew says:

    Sorry to reply by e-mail but I don't have one of the id's to post to comments.

    I noticed the pattern too and concur that the missing H song was probably one sung by John. I believe this song to be Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (H!). It was only recently added to their repertoire so it would be understandable if the fan was not familiar with it. They recorded it for Saturday Club only 5 days after this show. They also included it in their setlist for the Helen Shapiro package tour a couple of weeks later. Other songs recorded for broadcast during this period were Chains, Some Other Guy and Three Cool Cats, all of which were included in the setlist for Jan 17. Interestingly, another song recorded for the Saturday Club broadcast was Beautiful Dreamer, which was also performed during the Helen Shapiro tour. This may well be one of the missing Paul songs (#10) for all of the exact same reasons. I do agree that I Saw Her Standing There (Seventeen?) is a reasonable candidate for song #1. It had been in their set since at least December in spite of not having a proper title. It seems a bit bold to open the show with an original song that had not yet been recorded, though.

    Cheers,

    randoje

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