Roy Orbision
Nov 26, 2022: Far Out Magazine: The Beatles classic inspired by Roy Orbison and Bing Crosby
“‘Please Please Me’ is my song completely,” John affirmed in an interview with Playboy in 1980. “It was my attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song, would you believe it? I wrote it in the bedroom in my house at Menlove Avenue, which was my auntie’s place”.
“I remember the day I wrote it; I heard Roy Orbison doing ‘Only the Lonely’ or something. And I was also always intrigued by the words to a Bing Crosby song that went, ‘Please lend a little ear to my pleas’. The double use of the word ‘please’. So it was a combination of Bing Crosby and Roy Orbison.”
“‘Please Please Me’ is my song completely,” John affirmed in an interview with Playboy in 1980. “It was my attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song, would you believe it? I wrote it in the bedroom in my house at Menlove Avenue, which was my auntie’s place”.
“I remember the day I wrote it; I heard Roy Orbison doing ‘Only the Lonely’ or something. And I was also always intrigued by the words to a Bing Crosby song that went, ‘Please lend a little ear to my pleas’. The double use of the word ‘please’. So it was a combination of Bing Crosby and Roy Orbison.”
