Act Naturally - Shea Stadium

Sunday 15 August 1965. Shea Stadium, New York City.
The repertoire for this concert comprised: Twist and Shout, She's a Woman, I Feel Fine, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Ticket To Ride, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Can't Buy Me love, Baby's In Black, Act Naturally, A Hard Day's Night, Help! and I'm Down.
Audio from the Raw Soundboard Tapes.

Albums 1965 Help! Info The Beatles recorded the song on June 17, 1965. They almost recorded a song by their engineer Norman Smith, but realized that Starr didn't yet have a vocal on Help!, and so "Act Naturally" was recorded instead, the last cover they recorded until the Get Back/Let It Be sessions in 1969 Written by: Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison John: acoustic guitar, tambourine, harmony vocals Paul: bass guitar, harmony vocals George: lead guitar Ringo: drums, lead vocals From Wikipedia Lyrics Act Naturally They're gonna put me in the movies they're gonna makea big star out of me we'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely, and all I've got to do is act naturally. Well I bet you I'm gonna be a big star might win an Oscar, you can never tell. The movie's gonna make me a big star, 'cos I can play the part so well. Well I hope you come and see me in the movies, then I know that you will plainly see, the biggest fool that ever hit the big time, and all I've got to do is act naturally. We'll make the scene about a man that's sad and lonely, I'm begging down a pony's bended knee, I'll play the part, and I won't need rehearsing, all I have got to do is act naturally I bet you I'm gonna be a big star might win an Oscar, you can never tell. The movie's gonna make me a big star, 'cos I can play the part so well. Well I hope you come and see me in the movies, then I know that you will plainly see, the biggest fool that ever hit the big time, and all I've got to do is act naturally.