A Taste of Honey (song)
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Cover of the 1967 single
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| Single by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass | ||||||||||
| from the album Whipped Cream and Other Delights | ||||||||||
| Released | 1965 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||||||||
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| Length | 2:43 | |||||||||
| Label | A&M | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss | |||||||||
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Cover of the 1964 Germany single
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| Song by the Beatles from the album Please Please Me | |
| Released | March 22, 1963 |
| Recorded | February 11, 1963 |
| Length | 2:01 |
| Label | Parlophone |
| Writer(s) | Bobby Scott/Ric Marlow |
| Producer(s) | George Martin |
"A Taste of Honey" is a pop standard written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow. It was originally an instrumental track (or recurring theme) written for the 1960 Broadway version of the 1958 British play A Taste of Honey (which was also made into the film of the same name in 1961). Both the original and a later recording by Herb Alpert in 1965 earned the song four Grammy Awards. A vocal version of the song, first recorded by Billy Dee Williams (and released in 1961 on the Prestige label), was recorded by the Beatles for their first album in 1963. Barbra Streisand had performed the song as part of her cabaret act during 1962, and recorded it for her debut album The Barbra Streisand Album on Columbia, which won a Grammy for Album of the Year (1963).
The original recorded versions of the song "A Taste of Honey", "A Taste of Honey (refrain)" and "A Taste of Honey (closing theme)", appeared on Bobby Scott's 1960 album, also titled A Taste of Honey, on Atlantic 1355. The composition won Best Instrumental Theme at the Grammy Awards of 1963.
The Beatles performed Lenny Welch's adaptation, slightly changing the lyrics in the chorus, as part of their repertoire in 1962 and as the instrumental version by Acker Bilk was popular in the United Kingdom at the time, the song was chosen to be recorded for their 1963 debut album, Please Please Me. A version from this time was released in 1977 on the album Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962
In the US this song first appeared on the VeeJay Records album Introducing... The Beatles. They also performed "A Taste of Honey" seven times for BBC radio shows, including Here We Go, Side by Side and Easy Beat. In 1967 McCartney was inspired to compose “Your Mother Should Know” based on a line taken from the screenplay.
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