A Hard Day's Night (album)

A Hard Day's Night is the third album by The Beatles; it was released on 10 July 1964. The album is a soundtrack to the A Hard Day's Night film, starring the Beatles. The album was released in the United States two weeks earlier on 26 June 1964 by United Artists Records.

In 2000, Q placed A Hard Day's Night at number 5 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 388 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

The soundtrack songs were recorded in late February, and the non-soundtrack songs were recorded in June. The title song itself was recorded on April 16. The session has shown up on bootlegs:

Credits

 * John Lennon: lead, harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar (1964 Rickenbacker 325), acoustic guitar (1964 Gibson J-160E), harmonica, and tambourine; lead guitar on "You Can't Do That", piano on "Things We Said Today"


 * Paul McCartney: lead, harmony, and backing vocals, bass guitar (1963 Hofner 500/1), piano; acoustic guitar on "I'll Be Back", cowbell on "You Can't Do That"


 * George Harrison: lead, harmony, and backing vocals, lead guitar (6 and 12-string (1963 Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman), (1963 Rickenbacker 360/12)), acoustic guitar (1962 Gibson J-160E), Spanish guitar (1950 Jose Ramirez DeEstudio); claves on "And I Love Her"


 * Ringo Starr: drums tambourine, maracas, cowbell, claves, bongos, congas and African drum


 * George Martin: Piano and Producer