My Bonnie

My Bonnie
Studio album by Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers
Released	5 January 1962
Recorded	22 June 1961, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle and 21 December 1961, Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany
Genre	Rock and roll
Label	Polydor LPHM46612 (SPLHM237112 in West Germany)
Producer	Bert Kaempfert
Tony Sheridan chronology
My Bonnie (1962) Just a Little Bit (1964)
Singles from My Bonnie
"My Bonnie/The Saints"" Released: October 1961 "Sweet Georgia Brown/Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby" Released: 1964
British single cover

"My Bonnie"
Original West German release
Single by Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers
from the album My Bonnie
A-side	"My Bonnie"
B-side	"The Saints"
Released	23 October 1961 (Germany)
Format	7", 45rpm
Recorded	22 June 1961, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg, Germany
Genre	Rock and roll
Label	Polydor NH24673 (Germany)
Writer(s)	Traditional, arranged by Tony Sheridan
Producer(s)	Bert Kaempfert
Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers singles chronology
"My Bonnie" (1961) "Sweet Georgia Brown" (1964)
Music sample "My Bonnie"

My Bonnie is a 1962 album by English rock and roll musician Tony Sheridan. Sheridan, then playing in clubs in Hamburg with the Beatles, was discovered by producer Bert Kaempfert and subsequently signed with him to record. Sheridan recorded several songs with the Beatles, two of which were later released as a single. Further recordings without the Beatles filled out the album. Because of the later fame of the Beatles, the material has been repackaged several times.

In June 1961, Sheridan and the Beatles (then consisting of guitarists John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, bassist Stuart Sutcliffe, and drummer Pete Best) were both playing in Hamburg's Top Ten Club, the two frequently performing together. German producer Bert Kaempfert visited the Top Ten on the recommendation of music publisher Alfred Schacht and singer Tommy Kent, and subsequently signed Sheridan and the Beatles to his company Bert Kaempfert Productions.

Kaempfert set a recording date for 22 June at Hamburg's Friedrich-Ebert-Halle. Engineered by Karl Hinze, the session featured Sheridan and the Beatles playing "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean", "The Saints", "Why", "Nobody's Child", and "Take Out Some Insurance". The Beatles performed "Ain't She Sweet" and an original song, "Beatle Bop" (later titled "Cry For a Shadow"). Sutcliffe attended the session, but did not play, leaving McCartney to play bass. From these sessions, "My Bonnie"/"The Saints was released as a single through Polydor Records (who had an exclusive deal with Kaempfert's company) credited to "Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers", as the Beatles' contract enabled the record company to use a pseudonym.