Don't Bother Me
November 22, 1963
Origin and recording
George Harrison wrote the song when he was ill in August 1963 at a hotel bed in Bournemouth. The Beatles had 19 to August 24, 1963 six-day engagement at the local Gaumont cinema. While Harrison stated to the creation of the song, he only tries to find out whether he could compose a song, reported Bill Harry, editor of the music magazine Mersey Beat, he had Harrison as often asked when this would finally write a song that Harrison finally Don 't Bother me ( German :' Leave me alone ') was written as a response.
An early demo recording of the piece appeared on various bootlegs, after Alf Bicknell, who had spent several years working as a chauffeur for the Beatles, had offered tapes of unreleased material from his private collection for sale. On these tapes, a little over five minutes long sequence with George Harrison is included when working on Do not Bother Me.
The first studio recordings for Do not Bother Me found on September 11, 1963 in London's Abbey Road Studios under the direction of George Martin. Responsible engineer was Norman Smith. However, these first recordings were not satisfactory, so started all over again the following day.
Occupation
- George Harrison: vocals, lead guitar
- John Lennon: rhythm guitar, tambourine
- Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, claves
- Ringo Starr: drums, bongos