"Till There Was You".

OK, girls and boys, back to the 50s: Mason City, Iowa native Meredith Willson penned this classic romantic ballad in 1950 under a different title. First recorded that same year by Eileen Wilson and in '51 by Fran Warren. It became a second-act showstopper in Willson's "The Music Man" both on the Broadway stage in '57 and on the movie screen in '62. Marian the librarian finally warms up to Harold and realizes that she had been unable to enjoy life's simple pleasures until she met her true love. Angelic vocals by Shirley Jones. The Beatles' 1963 version features Paul on lead vocals and George on a sweet 1950 Jose Ramirez de Estudio nylon-string classical guitar. It remains the only song from a Broadway musical ever released by the group. According to Willson's widow, his estate has received more royalties from The Beatles' version than from stage and screen combined. Song? Answer: "Till There Was You". Originally titled "Till I Met You". Who can forget Paul's "...no, I never "soar" them at all..."? George taught a whole generation of would-be guitar players, myself included, a wealth of open chords and power chords, as well as the minor pentatonic scale. With just this song, he taught us F#dim7, C13, C9, F9, D9 and F6. So many times, as 12-year-olds, we'd be sitting around trying to figure out George's closing chord in a song, only to scratch our heads, give up and simply call it "the George chord". Mark Knopfler said it best, "check out Guitar George, he knows all the chords...". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDsLeVxOaU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHAqAO7w8M8

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