America - Rory Storm and The Hurricanes video free download

Bob Nelson

Boston talk host Howie Carr plays the original version of the song when he talks about illegal aliens: "Everything free in America!"

Bob Nelson

Wiki (Storm aka Alan Caldwell died in '72): "They released only two singles (and one additional compilation track) during their early 1960s heyday, and none of their material made the charts. Their second and final single was a version of the West Side Story song "America", and was produced by the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein."---"Epstein also sang backing vocals on "America", and Starr added percussion and sang. Storm later asked Epstein to manage the group, but Epstein refused. The Hurricanes later recorded two songs at Abbey Road Studios in 1964: "Ubangi Stomp" and "I'll Be There", although they were never released."

Jeff Taylor

Ringo also on maracas and tambourine...Sept 30, 1964

metafis

LOL..yes.... look up The Beatles - The lost track - Shreds! ..to imagine how the Beatles might have sounded if they'd been signed up by Decca..

Kinky Bing

Ringo entering the recording studio and singing backing vocals gets confirmed in the new book about Rory Storm, written by the Dutch journalist Tom Egbers. Better google it, 'cause I read it last week and it's an amazing book.

JOE11096

Ringo made the right choice to join the Beatles

Cassidy

LOL this is one of my fave songs.

Jim Moriarty

Omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg I love this song I love it in West Side Story only if Ringo was in that movie

ThreePipeProblems

At 0:51, you can hear Ringo singing along.

INDO -superb

RINGO STARR WAS WITH THEM BEFORE THE BEATLES

Alan Thomas

@breedofrandy No, it's not "kind of weird" - simply a human error!

dressers1

A underated son of Liverpool - a city of great talent. Alan Caldwell RIP

John Robertson

@HowayBonnyLad thanx 4 the info...

John Robertson

brill fun 60s beat...fantastic live

doubleDdog09

hey isn't this the west side story song?

wallofvideo

this bears a resemblance to the trini lopez arrangement of "america."

Victor Linge

@Viznel137 He was in the Beatles at that time!

Renshen1957

@viceisthename, American is by Leonard Bernstein (who did the musicfamous conductor) and by lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The music is from an American Musical, later made into a film; (a then) modern day setting of Romeo and Juliet in New York city. See the Movie, America is a witty and is spiked with biting comments about the US. West Side Story ran for 732 performances (a successful run for the time), before going on tour.

Victor Linge

America, America. America, that's the only thing they say in this song! I've never heard a song this bad before! Even my toes can make better music!

jmanmoonwalk4

Sorry I should have wrote he's doing Backing vocals along with a few other people, will fixed it. Either way I can't hear him or Brian.

Somethin' Else

Somethin' Else - Rory Storm & The Hurricanes (With Ringo Starr) 1960 - Edition: Joe Becerra