Please Please Me / Beg Me Marvin Gaye and finishing with ‘Refrain’ from

and finishing with ‘Refrain’ from Lys Assia - the first ever winner from 1956

Latin and French

Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1)

by Matthew Houck’s estimation

In 1988 Mudhoney released their debut 7” single

Please Please Me / Beg Me Marvin Gaye and finishing with ‘Refrain’ fromThe one and only single from Manchester band The Score was first released by Decca Records in November '66; if it is possible to improve upon a Beatles original then the twin guitar attack of Ken White and Frank Davies make this cover of the famed February '63 No. 2 a very strong contender. The raw delivery of singer Eddy Lamb is carried along by a bass line that nods to a more recent Fab Four release, 'Taxman', while the song's coda tips a hat to a