Hello Little Girl - Anthology 1 Version

This song was written by John Lennon in 1957 and was performed at an audition at Decca Records on January 1, 1962. It is the first original Lennon song.

Lennon based this on songs that his mother used to sing to him.

The song was originally intended to be Merseybeat band Gerry & The Pacemakers follow-up to their hit "How Do You Do It." However Gerry Marsden and his crew instead went for "I Like It," so their fellow Liverpudlian combo The Fourmost grabbed it for their debut single. Released on 30 August 1963, it reached #9 on the UK singles chart.