Album: (Not Released on LP)
“I’ll Be on My Way” was likely the first single that Lennon
and McCartney “gave away.” The song,
which John credited to Paul, was first recorded and released by Billy J. Kramer
(another act managed by Epstein and produced by Martin) in April of 1963,
B-sided by another Lennon-McCartney composition, “Do You Want to Know a
Secret.” The Kramer version reached
number two in the UK charts (beat out by the Beatles “From Me to You,” which
occupied the number one spot.
The Beatles also recorded their own version of the song that
April. It was broadcast on the BBC’s Side
by Side in June 1963, and it’s their only known recording of the song.
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