(A Dickie Goodman style cut-in record and its obscure flip side from
1964 that was pulled after Capitol Records got a Cease & Desist order).

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Harv Moore writes:

'Interview of The Fab Four' was Bobby Poe's idea. He recalled the Buchanan & Goodman hits of the late 50's where they took excerpts of hit songs to tell a story. I met Bobby in the Spring of '64. He had a hit with The Chartbusters', 'She's The One'.

I had written a song called, 'Breaking Hearts To Him Is Just A Game', co-written with Don "Pee Wee" Reese (Riis). Don was working with me at 'PGC at the time. I had found a couple of girls who called themselves, The Delights. They were from Hyattsville, MD. We recorded a demo at the station, and I took it to Bobby. He loved it. He placed it with Arlen Records out of Philadelphia.

Bobby and I wrote the script to 'Interview', and we recorded it at Edgewood Studios in DC. Ed Greene was the engineer. He went on to become the chief recording engineer for The Cowsills. The Chartbusters were in the studio at the same time, working on a followup to 'She's The One'. Bobby knew that I had written several songs, and he asked if I could write something really quick so that The Chartbusters could back me up.

I wrote 'I Feel So Fine' in about 20 minutes, and it sounds like it! Bobby placed the record with World Artists Records out of NYC. They were hot with Chad & Jeremy, and Reparata & The Delrons. They released it on American Arts Records. 'Interview' was out about 2 weeks, and we got a "Cease & Desist" order from Brian Epstein.

 

From the Poe Kat's blog:

I got together with my buddy Harv Moore from powerhouse radio station WPGC and we produced a record called "Interview Of The Fab Four". We sold the master to the American Arts Recording Company, which at the time was the record label of British Invasion Superstars Chad & Jeremy.

It was a Dickie Goodman-style track where Harv pretended to interview the Beatles and their responses would be little snippets from their songs. Not only was it was very funny, it took off like a rocket with radio and distributors pre-ordered 500,000 copies.

The Beatles' Manager Brian Epstein immediately killed the single by threatening to sue. In a way, American Arts was fortunate that they did not have to pay for the 500,000 copies since they had not been pressed yet. In a rush to release the record, the label hadn't secured the rights to use any of the various bits of Beatles' songs that were included on the single. Another hit down the tubes! Read more.

Miscellaneous Audio

Harv Moore & Jack Fisher of WEAM from WXTR on: the Beatles - 1994

Bobby Poe from WXTR on: the 'Interview with The Fab Four' record - 1994

Harv Moore from WXTR on: his records - 1994

Harv Moore & Marv Brooks from WXTR on: obscure local records (inc. Harv's!) - 1994

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