Fact #102215
When:
Short story:
The Swinging Blue Jeans record You're No Good (originally by Betty Everett) and Don't You Worry About Me at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Full article:
Ray Ennis (Swinging Blue Jeans) : While recording You're No Good, a strange thing happened. We were putting down a vocal track when Wally's (producer, Walter J. Ridley) voice suddenly boomed over the intercom, 'Hold it! Hold it!'
He inquired which of us had sung a 'bum' note and we all looked at each other. After what seemed an eternity, he assured us it was a 'technical hitch' and nothing to do with us.
Evidently, while adding echo to the vocal, which was achieved (believe it or not) by passing the sound through a fully tiled room with a speaker at one end and a microphone at the other, a cleaner had walked into the room and obviously didn't have her hearing-aid switched on.
(Source : not known)
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He inquired which of us had sung a 'bum' note and we all looked at each other. After what seemed an eternity, he assured us it was a 'technical hitch' and nothing to do with us.
Evidently, while adding echo to the vocal, which was achieved (believe it or not) by passing the sound through a fully tiled room with a speaker at one end and a microphone at the other, a cleaner had walked into the room and obviously didn't have her hearing-aid switched on.
(Source : not known)