Please Please Me / Beg Me Marvin Gaye Sheila Maurice Grey (Kokoroko)

Sheila Maurice Grey (Kokoroko)

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Please Please Me / Beg Me Marvin Gaye Sheila Maurice Grey (Kokoroko)The 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