Jerry or Gerry Rafferty was the lead singer for Steelers Wheel. Because of her preference for black leather clothes, Stu suggested this name to John he agreed and only changed it to Beatles.Īt most, it can only be said that the idea of writing the Beatles with an “A” goes back to John – even if a man whispered it to him on a burning cake. No, that song was done by Stealers wheel and it came out after they (The Beatles) broke up.
#STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU BEATLES LICENSE#
That’s how they came up with Silver Beatles and actually stuck to the longer version for a few months.Ī third and still quite recent theory comes from Derek Taylor, the group’s former press agent he in turn relies on George.Īccording to George, Stu Sutcliffe, the group’s former bassist, saw a gang of motorcyclists dressed in black and called the Beetles in the Marlon Brando film “The Wild One”. Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealers Wheel Album: Stealers Wheel ( 1972) Charted: 8 6 License This Song lyrics Songfacts: Also known simply as 'Stuck In The Middle,' this Stealers Wheel classic was co-written by the group's guitarist Gerry Rafferty and keyboard player Joe Egan.
A friend had told her that the Beatles was way too short decent bands have longer names. In the meantime, the Beatles also called themselves the Silver Beatles. And since they were a beat group, John decided to turn Beetles into Beatles. It is said to have been John who – in search of another insect – fell for “beetles”. In admiration for Buddy Holly and his band The Crickets (“The Crickets”), they wanted to call themselves similar. Sometime between late 1959 and early 1960 the band needed a new name again. In an interview he once said that he had the vision of a man on a burning cake who said: “You are Beatles – with an” A “in the middle.” (“I had a vision that a man came unto us on a flaming pie, and he said, ‘You are Beatles with an A.’ And so we were.”)īeatles without “A” are beetles in English – and that also plays a role in the second possible explanation.
The funniest of them was brought into circulation by John Lennon himself. As with so many questions about the Beatles, there are several theories in this case.
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