Ringo, I Love You
| "Ringo, I Love You" | ||||
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| File:Cher - Ringo, I Love You.jpg | ||||
| Single by Bonnie Jo Mason | ||||
| B-side | "Beatle Blues" (Instrumental) | |||
| Released | March 4, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | February 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 1:50 | |||
| Label | Annette Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Phil Spector | |||
| Bonnie Jo Mason singles chronology | ||||
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"Ringo, I Love You" is a rock song performed by American singer-actress Cher released under the pseudonym Bonnie Jo Mason, the name she used at the start of her career when based in Los Angeles. The song was released as a promotional single in 1964 during the height of Beatlemania.[1][2][3] It was a tribute to the Beatles.[4] The original vinyl is now a valuable rarity.[5] In 1999, the song was covered by German electronic duo Stereo Total and released on their studio album My Melody.[6]
Song information
"Ringo, I Love You" is the first solo song recorded by Cher. The single was released under the name of Bonnie Jo Mason because producer Phil Spector[7] wanted American names for his singers, and Cherilyn La Piere was not a name he considered sufficiently American.[8] "Beatle Blues" is on the single's B-side, a typical tossed-off Spector instrumental made so that the A-side would get all the attention. "Ringo, I Love You" has been released on compact disc on small indie record label, although not on Cher releases; these albums are "Bravo! Beatles", "Phil Spector - Masterpiece (Volume 3)", "Flabby Road", "Before They Were Stars (Volume 2)", "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Rock & Roll (Volume 1)" and "Girls in the Garage (Volume 4)".
Notes
- ↑ Ribowsky 1989, p. 179
- ↑ Parish & Pitts 2003, p. 148
- ↑ Studwell & Lonergan 1999, p. 207
- ↑ Billboard (magazine): Cher (biography)
- ↑ Heritage Odyssey 2005, p. 296
- ↑ Phares, Heather. "allmusic ((( My Melody > Overview )))". Allmusic. Macrovision Corporation. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ↑ Richard Harrington (January 7, 1998). "Sonny Bono's Groove; His Songwriting and Associates Made a Nick on Pop Music". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ↑ Coplon & Cher 1999, p. 92
References
- Ribowsky, Mark (1989), He's a rebel, Dutton, ISBN 0-525-24727-0
- Parish, James Robert; Pitts, Michael R. (2003), Hollywood Songsters: Allyson to Funicello, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-94332-9
- Studwell, William Emmett; Lonergan, David F. (1999), The classic rock and roll reader, Routledge, ISBN 0-7890-0151-9
- Heritage Odyssey Music and Hollywood Memorabilia Auction Catalog, Heritage Capital Corporation, 2005, ISBN 1-932899-94-4
- Keeley, Jennifer (2000), Women Pop Stars, Lucent Books, ISBN 1-56006-814-0
- Coplon, Jeff; Cher (1999), The First Time, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 0-671-03488-X
