Unless someone can provide conclusive evidence to the contrary, I will continue to believe that it's George Harrison on the lower harmony vocal during the chorus, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney sharing the higher lead vocal. I have listened to "Tell Me Why" hundreds of times. I have sung in choruses and I know something about harmonies. I have been listening to Beatle music for more than 50 years, I am a guitarist, and I am a singer-songwriter. Why, then, would George's vocal jump upwards a fifth during each chorus, while Paul's vocal jumps downwards a fifth? It's illogical. If you listen closely to the harmonies during the verses, you can hear George's vocal a fifth lower than Paul's, which was their common practice. In 19, it was common for John and Paul to sing together on the melody ("Thank You Girl", "From Me to You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Eight Days a Week", "A Hard Day's Night"), and George's voice was not suited to the high register of the melody in "Tell Me Why".Ģ. I don't believe this type of arrangement was used on any other Beatle song, and I would bet $10,000 that the lower harmony is George and not Paul.ġ. The harmony work on "Tell Me Why" is indeed unusual, but for this reason: John Lennon and Paul McCartney both sing the high-register melody, while George Harrison sings the lower-register harmony. The Beatles’ songs complete A-Z list A Hard Day’s Night Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr George Martin One of the more uptempo rockers on the A Hard Day’s Night album, ‘Tell Me Why’ was written by John Lennon for the concert sequence in the film. I am curious as to the source of that information. I believe the reference to Paul McCartney's lower-register harmony vocal during the chorus of "Tell Me Why" is incorrect.
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