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Fact #95452

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During their first proper EMI recording session at EMI's Abbey Road Studio, London, UK, The Beatles unwillingly lay down a version of Mitch Murray's song How Do You Do It?

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George Harrison : When we first went to EMI and saw George Martin, he gave us a song. And it was written by some guy who was supposed to be a writer of pop songs. He said, 'Here's a song, go back and learn it.' So we went and learned it... But later we said, 'Look. we'd rather do our own songs.'

Mitch Murray : I was doing all right as a songwriter. I had done some b-sides for Shirley Bassey and I had the b-side of