That major change attracted me so much.” – Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now by Barry Miles “ With ‘Besame Mucho’ by the Coasters, it’s a minor song and it changes to a major, and where it changes to a major is such a big moment musically. Paul McCartney seemed to be the Beatles most impressed by the song, and it was he who sang it for the Beatles. It was a song they knew well since it was a staple of their set during their months spent performing in Hamburg, Germany. So, you see, The Beatles’ Besame Mucho is actually a cover song. Then, a band called The Coasters released the song in 1960, and it was this version that caught The Beatles’ attention. You see, Besame Mucho was actually a song written in 1940 by Consuelo Velázquez, a Mexican songwriter, and it was first recorded by Emilio Tuero. The most famous Beatles song in Spanish wasn’t actually a Beatles song at all!
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