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I Saw Her Standing There (ver. 1) by John Lennon - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
"I Saw Her Standing There" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and is the opening track on the The Beatles' debut album Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963. In December 1963, Capitol Records released the song in the United States as the B-side on the label's first single by The Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand". The single topped the U.S. charts for seven weeks starting 18 January 1964. "I Saw Her Standing There" entered the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 February 1964, remaining there for 11 weeks, peaking at number 14. In 2004, the song was ranked #139 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song was a Lennon and McCartney collaboration based on McCartney's initial idea.[1] Originally titled "Seventeen", the song was apparently conceived by McCartney whilst driving home from a Beatles concert in Southport,.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
John Winston Ono Lennon; MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 8 December 1980) was an English rock musician; singer; songwriter; artist; and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. As a member of the group; Lennon was one of the lead vocalists and co-wrote the majority of the band-s songs with bassist Paul McCartney.Lennon had two sons: Julian Lennon; with his first wife Cynthia Lennon; and Sean Ono Lennon; with his second wife; avant-garde artist Yoko Ono. After a self-imposed retirement from 1976 to 1980; Lennon reemerged with a comeback album; but was murdered one month later in New York City on 8 December 1980. In 2002; respondents to a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted Lennon into eighth place. "I Saw Her Standing There" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and is the opening track on the The Beatles' debut album Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963. In December 1963, Capitol Records released the song in the United States as the B-side on the label's first single by The Beatles, "I Want to Hold Your Hand". The single topped.
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