Ya Ya
Written By Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson, Morris Levy
Last update: Sunday, April 22, 2018
Ya Ya Written by Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson, Morris Levy
Wikipedia.org: The song was written by Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson, and Morris Levy. Levys participation in the writing has been previously called into question
First Released by Lee Dorsey in 1961 on Furry Records single
A-side: Give Me You
Chart positions: #7 (Billboard Hot 100)
Original release
Le Dorsey
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Ya Ya
+ 7inch single Bell Records TOP 068 (Canada) 7inch single Metronome J 45-600 (Germany) 1961 7inch single President Records PT 226 (UK) 1961 7inch single Fury Records 1053 (US) several reissues in US
Beatles release:
According to author Mark Lewisohn in "The Complete Beatles Chronicles" The Beatles performed "Ya Ya" regularly live from 1961 to 1962 in Hamburg, Liverpool and elsewhere
No recorded version is known to survive so no additonal covers are listed here
Tony Sheridan recorded it in 1962 with "The Beat Brothers" wrongly believed to be the Beatles who had no actual involvement in the track
