Twist and Shout
The Beatles
1963
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release: 1963
Release: 1963Source checked
Release year checked against the official Beatles song catalog. Exact regional dates and mix variants are not inferred from the annual listening-list year.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
The Beatles official song catalog
Artist catalog row for Twist and Shout gives 1963. Only year precision is used; some displayed dates refer to single or market-specific issues.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 1986: older return
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Cover of a song originally recorded by The Top Notes in 1961, popularized by The Isley Brothers.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1964.html, song-list position 28
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Chronology-screened editorial addition; reported release date still unverified; not a verified chart ranking.
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1964 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Historical source retained for identity/context only. It does not establish a chart rank in this newly selected year.
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.