Lend Me Your Comb#The Beatles version

{{Short description|Song written by Kay Twomey, Ben Weisman, Fred Wise}}

{{For|the song with a similar title|Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)}}

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"Lend Me Your Comb" is a 1957 song written by Kay Twomey, Fred Wise and Ben Weisman. The song was first released by singer Carol Hughes as the A-Side of her Roulette Records single R-4041, which was reviewed by Billboard magazine in their December 30, 1957, issue.{{cite web |title=Billboard-1957-12-30 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1957/1957-12-30-Billboard-Page-0036.pdf#search=%22lend%20me%20your%20comb%22 |website=WorldRadioHistory.com |accessdate=6 August 2020}} Male singer Bernie Knee issued a version of the song as the A-side of his Columbia Records single 4–41090, which the website 45cat.com claims was issued December 23, 1957.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Bernie Nee-Lend Me Your Comb/Medal of Honor|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/441090|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=6 August 2020|website=45cat/com}}

Carl Perkins and his brother Jay performed the song for the B-Side of "Glad All Over", which was released by Sun Records on the "Sun 287: The Rockin' Guitar Man" record.Perkins, Carl, and David McGee. Go, Cat, Go!: The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly. Hyperion Press, 1996.

The song also appears in the 1983 film The Outsiders.

The Beatles version

English rock band The Beatles recorded a version of the song for the BBC which was later released on the Anthology 1 album and subsequently on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2.

The Hoodoo Gurus version

Australian rock band The Hoodoo Gurus recorded a live version of the song which was released on the Bite the Bullet album.

See also

References

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Sources

  • Perkins, Carl, and David McGee. Go, Cat, Go!: The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly. Hyperion Press, 1996. {{ISBN|0-7868-6073-1}}
  • Morrison, Craig. Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and Its Makers. University of Illinois Press, 1998.

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