In 1956 Tony formed his first band. In 1958, at 18, he began appearing on the BBC's Oh Boy, playing electric guitar. He was eventually offered a contract to perform at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, Germany.
While performing in Hamburg between 1960 and 1963, Sheridan employed various backup bands. In 1961, one such band, who had met Sheridan during their first visit to Hamburg in 1960, and who worked with him on their second, was The Beatles (with their line-up at the time as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best). When German Polydor agent Bert Kaempfert saw the pairing on stage, he suggested that they make some recordings together. In 1962, after a series of singles (the first of which, "My Bonnie"/"The Saints" made it to #5 in the Hit Parade), Polydor released the album My Bonnie across Germany. The word Beatles was judged to sound too similar to the German Pidels (pronounced peedles), the plural of a slang term for penis, hence the album was credited to Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers. After The Beatles had gained fame, the album was re-released in Britain, with the credit altered to Tony Sheridan and The Beatles.
By 1967, Sheridan had become disillusioned with his Beatle-brought fame. As he was more concerned by the Vietnam War, Sheridan agreed to perform for the Allied troops. While in Vietnam however, the band that he had assembled was fired upon and one of the members was killed. Reuters reported that Sheridan himself had died. For his work entertaining the Allies, Sheridan was made an honorary Captain of the United States army.
In the early 1970s, Sheridan managed a West German radio programme of blues music, which was well-received. In 1978, the Star Club was reopened, and Sheridan performed there along with Elvis Presley's TCB Band.
On August 13, 2002, Sheridan released Vagabond, a collection largely of his own material, but also including a new cover version of "Skinny Minnie", a song he had years earlier recorded for his first album.
Why
Tony Sheridan Lyrics
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Why why are you shy on love?
If you only knew how much I love you,
Why can't you love me again?
Why why don't you open your heart?
Why why are we so far apart?
If you only knew how much I love you,
I just want your loving arms around me, yeah,
I got to find a way to make you take me back.
Baby won't you tell me
Why why why why are we so far apart?
Why why don't you open your heart?
If you only knew how much I love you,
Why can't you love me again?
I just want your loving arms around me, yeah,
I got to find a way to make you take me back.
Baby won't you tell me
Why why why why are we so far apart?
Why why don't you open your heart?
If you only knew how much I love you,
Why can't you love me
Why can't you love me
Why can't you love me again?
The lyrics of Tony Sheridan's song 'Why' revolve around the pain of lost love and the wish to have it back. The singer is asking why the person they love can't love them back, even though they know how much love they have to offer. The singer even explicitly asks why they are so far apart and why the other person can't open their heart to them. They crave the closeness and security they used to have with their lover, and they plead for them to take them back. The repeating refrain of "Why can't you love me again?" drives home the feelings of desperation and longing that the singer is experiencing.
Overall, the lyrics of 'Why' capture the universal experience of heartbreak and the desire to have lost love back. The emotions are raw and genuine, and the song serves as a reminder of the power of love and the pain it can bring when it's taken away.
Line by Line Meaning
Why why can't we love again?
Questioning why they can't rekindle their love.
Why why are you shy on love?
Questioning why their partner is hesitant to express their love.
If you only knew how much I love you,
Implying that their partner doesn't realize the extent of their love.
Why can't you love me again?
Questioning why their partner stopped loving them.
Why why don't you open your heart?
Questioning why their partner is closed off emotionally.
Why why are we so far apart?
Questioning why there is distance between them emotionally and physically.
I just want your loving arms around me, yeah,
Expressing a desire for physical affection from their partner.
I got to find a way to make you take me back.
Showing a determination to win back their partner's love.
Baby won't you tell me
Asking for their partner to communicate with them.
Why why why why are we so far apart?
Repeating the same question, emphasizing the distance between them.
If you only knew how much I love you,
Again emphasizing that their partner doesn't fully understand their love.
Why can't you love me again?
Reiterating the main question and the desire to rekindle their love.
Why can't you love me
Questioning why their partner has stopped loving them.
Why can't you love me again?
Reiterating the desire to rekindle their love.
Lyrics © DistroKid, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAMES SOMERVILLE, STEVE BRONSKI, LAWRENCE COLE, ANTHONY C. II WILLIAMS, AL GREEN, MABON HODGES
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I don't understand Spanish but I guess that you need the chords of this song. Here you are...
WHY
- Tony Sheridan & The Beatles
/A/ /G/ /A/ /G/
Doo-n' doo-n' dooo Doo-n' doo-n' doo
/A/ /G/ /E/ /E/
Doo-n' doo-n' doo Doo-n' doo-n'
/A/ C#m(on G#)/ /Bm/ /E/
Why, why can't you love me again?
/A/ C#m(on G#)/ /Bm/ /E/
Why, why are you shy of love?
/A/ /A7/ /D/ /Dm /
If you only knew how much I love you
/A/ /E/ /A / E /
Why can't you love me again?
/A/ C#m(on G#)/ /Bm/ /E/
Why, why don't you open your heart?
/A/ C#m(on G#)/ /Bm/ /E/
Why, why are we so far apart?
/A/ /A7/ /D/ /Dm /
If you only knew how much I love you
/A/ /E/ /A / A7 /
Why can't you love me again?
/D/ / - / /A/ /A7 /
* I just want your lovin' arms around me, yeah
/B7/ / - / /E/
I've gotta find a way to make you take me back
/no chord/
Baby, won't you tell me
/A/ C#m(on G#)/ /Bm/ /E/
Why, why, why, why are we so far apart?
/A/ C#m(on G#)/ /Bm/ /E/
Why, why don't you open your heart?
/A/ /A7/ /D/ /Dm /
If you only knew how much I love you
/A/ /E/ /A / A7 /
Why can't you love me again?
( REF * )
/A/ C#m(on G#)/ /Bm/ /E/
Why, why, why, why are we so far apart?
/A/ C#m(on G#)/ /Bm/ /E/
Why, why don't you open your heart?
/A/ /A7/ /D/ /Dm /
If you only knew how much I love you
/A/ /E/
Why can't you love me
/A/ /E/
Why can't you love me
/A/ /E/ /A/ /F/A/A…..A6
Why can't you love me again
@dietmarvoigt8033
very good! when i hear the song i think of my youth. Greetings from Germany.
@flints.vongkittipat1107
Glad to here this.
@jesusruiz3175
Hermoso
@enriquetrejo1357
Excelente.
@flints.vongkittipat1107
Thank you.
@flintforte
❤️
@natsamon
💕
@starydedecek
Super
@flints.vongkittipat1107
Thank you.
@tisomdej
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