<P> "Oh! Darling" appears to have drawn heavily on the New Orleans rhythm and blues sound popularised during the 1950s and early 1960s by African - American musicians such as Fats Domino; it also seems to have drawn on the Louisiana swamp blues sound found in songs like Slim Harpo's "Rainin' in My Heart" and Charles Brown's "Please Come Home for Christmas". Furthermore, it may have drawn on the related Louisiana genre known today as swamp pop, whose distinctive sound bears an uncanny resemblance to the basic structure of "Oh! Darling"--so much so that some in Louisiana originally thought the song had been recorded by a local musician . (When swamp pop musician John Fred met the Beatles in London in the 1960s, he was shocked to learn that "they were very familiar with Louisiana music .") Fittingly, swamp pop musician Jay Randall eventually covered "Oh! Darling" for the Lanor label of Church Point, Louisiana . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "Oh! Darling" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Robin Gibb </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Sgt . Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (OST) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> B - side </Th> <Td> "She's Leaving Home" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> July 1978 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Format </Th> <Td> 7 ", 45rpm </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> September 1977 Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Rhythm and blues, soul </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 3: 29 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> RSO </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Lennon - McCartney </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> George Martin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Robin Gibb singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "August October" (1970) </Td> <Td> "Oh! Darling" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Help Me!" (1980) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "August October" (1970) </Td> <Td> "Oh! Darling" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Help Me!" (1980) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "Oh! Darling" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Robin Gibb </Th> </Tr>

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