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Released in 1963

Chains

Written by Gerry Goffin • Carole King

Last updated on August 22, 2014

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  • On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2

    Official live • Released in 2013

    2:15 • Live • L3 • The original by The Cookies - female backing singers on many other Gerry Goffin and Carole King hits on the Dimension label - was in the US Top 40 when The Beatles first tried "Chains" in a BBC studio in January 1963. George had bought The Cookies’ single at NEMS, the Liverpool record store run by the group’s manager Brian Epstein. This is The Beatles’ third BBC performance of a song included on their LP Please Please Me.

    George Harrison : Vocals Terry Henebery : Producer

    Concert From the concert in London, UK on Jun 25, 1963

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