<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Hearts of Stone" (1961) </Td> <Td> "Twist and Shout" (1961) </Td> <Td> "Wait For Me Baby" (1962) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Hearts of Stone" (1961) </Td> <Td> "Twist and Shout" (1961) </Td> <Td> "Wait For Me Baby" (1962) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). The song was originally recorded by the Top Notes . It first became a chart hit as a cover single by the Isley Brothers in 1962 . The song has since been covered by several artists, including the Beatles on their first album Please Please Me (1963), as well as the Tremeloes in 1962 and the Who in 1970 and 1984 . </P> <P> In 1961, one year after Phil Spector became a staff producer at Atlantic Records, he was asked to produce a single by an up - and - coming vocal group, The Top Notes . This was before Spector perfected his "Wall of Sound" technique, and the recording, at the Atlantic Studios on February 23, 1961, arranged by Teddy Randazzo with musicians including saxophonist King Curtis, guitarist John Pizzarelli, and drummer Panama Francis, with backing vocals by the Cookies, lacked much of the energy the Top Notes exhibited in their live performances . </P>

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