Breakin' It Up on the Beatles Tour!

by Jackie DeShannon

Breakin' It Up on the Beatles Tour! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1964
  • Label: Liberty
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:46
  • Community rating: 3.37/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Breakin' It Up on the Beatles Tour!' connects Jackie DeShannon's Brill Building-adjacent songwriting and pop-rock recordings to her exposure as an opening act during the Beatles' American touring period. The album illustrates how American pop writers responded quickly to the British Invasion while preserving their own studio-pop craft.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, retro, female-vocals, vintage, radio, cover, polished

Tracklist

  1. Needles And Pins (2:40)
  2. She Don't Understand Him Like I Do (3:12)
  3. Should I Cry (2:28)
  4. Did He Call Today, Mama? (2:13)
  5. You Won't Forget Me (2:12)
  6. Hold Your Head High (2:42)
  7. When You Walk In The Room (2:39)
  8. The Prince (2:36)
  9. Oh, Boy (1:50)
  10. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (2:21)
  11. It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) (2:29)
  12. Over You (2:01)
  13. Till You Say You'll Be Mine (2:41)
  14. I'm Looking For Someone To Love (2:04)
  15. Mean Old Frisco (2:18)
  16. Today Will Have No Night (2:35)
  17. Give Me A Break (2:16)
  18. Maybe Baby (1:59)
  19. Try To Forget Him (2:05)
  20. Breakaway (2:17)

Credits

  • Jackie DeShannon - primary artist, songwriter
  • Jack Nitzsche - arranged by, songwriter
  • Sonny Bono - songwriter
  • Randy Newman - songwriter
  • Shari Sheeley - songwriter
  • Bill Tilghman - songwriter
  • Norman Petty - songwriter
  • Sonny West - songwriter

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