The Big Three - Some Other Guy

The Big Three were a Mersey area band that used to play regularly in the Cavern Club. They recorded this song in 1963 and it went to # 37 in the UK charts. It was written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller.

[howe]

Die hab ich mitte 60 im Hamburger Starclub gesehen !

[marcosgee]

I feel compelled to add that the bass player, John Gustafson, went on to have a storied career. He played with The Merseybeats, Quartermass, the Ian Gillan Band, and Roxy Music; that's him on the Roxy Music albums Stranded, Country Life, and Siren...fantastic bass player - one of the best!

[ScottRoberts-bw]

I heard the Beatles version of this. That's how I found out about it.

[alfching]

This Group Should have been enormous, they were the Best live group in Liverpool in 1963 when the Beatles had left

[ELIZABETHANNEBuonagura]

Another great version. The Searchers did a fantastic version as well

[tvenergyproductions]

The first group I ever saw at The Cavern. My friend and I sat on the front row. As soon as they started we were deafened! Soon got used to it, and enjoyed them together with the four groups and two trad jazz bands that followed on that Saturday night.

[countrypaul]

In the interest of historical accuracy, the original release was by co-writer Richard Barrett on Atlantic in the US (1962), sounding a lot like Ray Charles on his author's version. It was a really good record but never a hit in the US; it's impressive that a copy found its way to Liverpool and circulated among the local bands. Barrett was also well-known and highly regarded as a producer; it's his guiding hand behind The Chantels and other big 1950s r&b/rock & roll groups in New York. Heck of a pianist, too.

[theselector]

These guys were considered to be the best live band in Liverpool. While The Beatles were very rough around the edges; these guys were very professional & musically proficient.

[philiphoward]

This is a very good band I’m glad I can hear other songs on YouTube

[paulselkirk]

More sixties nostalgia from the best era, long live mods. 🤩😊😎🤗

[brettmccardle]

Another beauty by the big3 with cass elliot was 'the banjo song' which shocking blue turned in to venus

[PIPEHEAD]

A lot of people round here would say this is the best track that ever came out of Liverpool - and it is

[DEADRABBIT]

This is a good recording. But i think it shows how the beatles ability to swing made them really stand out in the rock n roll world

[margeretpaert]

Wonderful memories..they should have had bigger breaks..the Beatles got what they should have shared...
Lovely guys...

[karolyneszepvolgyi]

Tetszett ez a szép videó film.
Csodálatos ez a dal.
Köszönettel, Budapestről Klára Szépvölgyi

[Johnnralph]

Rip : Johnny Hutch (18 July 1939 - 12 April 2019) . Lead singer & drummer for the The Big Three .. Rated the most accomplished drummer in Liverpool at the time, he had sat in as a drummer with Joh Lennon's pre Beatles group The Silver Beatles, In 1962 he knocked back an offer from the Beatles manager to be thier drummer after Pete Best was fired. Although he sat in as the drummer for 3 gigs with the Beatles he decided that being with them full time wasn't for him & something that he has said he never regretted. He retired from the music industry in 1966

[Krzyszczynski]

This recording was actually a demo, laid down just after the guys had got off the plane after returning from a stint in Hamburg. (According to Johnny Hutch, Brian Griffiths was "knackered", as indeed were all of them.) Then some p***k at Decca decided to release the thing as it stood.
What the Big Three could have done with was management more in tune with their attitudes and ethos, both in bookings and promotion, and recording. In spirit they had a lot in common with the more rebellious groups who came along slightly later such as the Stones and The Who, neither of whom (I reckon) would have got much change out of Brian Epstein either.

[orlymg]

EN EUROPA EL MERSEYBEAT FUÉ ``LA CANTERA´´
DE LO MEJOR DEL POP-ROCK VENIDO DE AMERICA.

[raulmacias]

For some reason, The Beatles didn't record their own version of this classic.
I believe it might have been because The Big Three had already recorded and released their own version!
This track would have fit perfectly on The Beatles "Please Please Me" album.

[ronnieguitar]

Steve Howe comments on the guitar solo in the latest Guitar Player and I guess it's kinda cool. Doesn't last long.