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"Got my mojo working" was written by Preston Foster in 1956, made popular by Muddy Waters. A mojo is a bag usually made of red flannel material, containing magic charms, used in hoodoo.

Mojo

Song by Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley from 1957. Elvis's record topped the US pop charts that year and stayed there for 8 weeks. Also covered by the Beatles.

All shook up

Motown single written by Smokey Robinson in 1966 for The Temptations

Get Ready

The soundtrack song to the Beatles' first feature film, written by John Lennon in 1964. The title apparently came from something Ringo said after a grueling day in the studio: 'It's been a hard day... and I looked around and saw it was dark so I said, '...night!' 

Hard Day's Night

The Stone's single reached number one in 1966 in both the UK and US pop charts. Some strange effects on the original - Brian Jones playing the sitar riff and Bill Wyman beating with his fists on the pedals of an organ!

Paint it Black

Lennon and McCartney song written for the 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

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