<P> Gouldman's manager, Harvey Lisberg, was so impressed by the song he told Gouldman they should offer it to the Beatles . "I said,' I think they're doing alright in the songwriting department, actually", Gouldman recalled . Undeterred, Lisberg gave a demo of the song to publisher Ronnie Beck of Feldman's, who took it to the Hammersmith Odeon, where the Beatles were performing . By coincidence the Yardbirds were also performing on a Christmas show at the venue and Beck played the song to their manager, Giorgio Gomelsky, and the band . </P> <P> In 1965, the Mockingbirds began a regular warm - up spot for BBC TV's Top of the Pops, transmitted from Manchester . Gouldman recalled: "There was one strange moment when the Yardbirds appeared on the show doing' For Your Love' . Everyone clamoured around them--and there I was just part of an anonymous group . I felt strange that night, hearing them play my song ." </P> <P> The Yardbirds recorded "For Your Love" at the IBC Studios in London on 1 February 1965 . The majority of the song was recorded with singer Keith Relf and drummer Jim McCarty backed by session musician Ron Prentice on bowed bass, Denny Piercy on bongos, and organist Brian Auger on harpsichord . Guitarists Eric Clapton and Chris Dreja only perform during the song's double - time middle break section . Bassist Paul Samwell - Smith assumed the production duties and is listed as musical director on the 45 . At the conclusion of the session, Auger wondered, "Who, in their right mind, is going to buy a pop single with harpsichord on it?" </P> <P> Shortly after its release by Columbia on 5 March 1965, it became a hit in the UK . When it was released a month later by Epic Records in the US, it became the group's first charting single . By then, Clapton had already left the group for various reasons, including their more commercial aspirations . </P>

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