Beatles, The - Three Cool Cats Lyrics

Originally recorded by the Coasters around 1959.

Anyone else think it's kind of messed up how Pete Best's head is the only one ripped out in the middle picture? I mean, I get why, but still....

LOL i just realized that. klaus voormann (one of their friends in Hamburg) made the covers for all the Anthologies. he must've not liked pete that much, haha!

I can't help but imagine the front line-up standing in the studio doing this song and thinking "doesn't this stink of Hamburg to you, when we where three cool cats trying to get three cool chicks", feels oddly emblematic of The Beatles wild days when they spent all those nights taking their knocks, paying their rock and roll dues and evolving into the Beatles (no disrespect to Starr-lights and Best-ies, but really, this feels like its quasi autobiographical about John, Paul and George's back story and them being "kids" growing up quickly in the dank recounting a story about something that happened to the trio......)

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Who is singing at 0:52 please ?

Lennon lol

Thanks, wanted to be sure

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Hello, does anyone know who says the line “hey man save one chick for me” I suspect it was John since George is doing vocals and from what I read Paul is the one that responds with “yeah”....

Yes, it's John. George wants the middle chick, Paul wants the little chick, and Pete (considered the "cute one" until they kicked him out) probably got the third chick. Therefore, no chick saved for John.

Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein.

I wonder which brand of candy bar?

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Three cool cats,
Three cool cats
Are coming up in a beat up car,
Spitting up a lift of candy bar
Talking on about how sharp they are.
Three cool cats.

Three cool chicks
Are walking down the street
Swinging their hips,
Splitting up a bag of potatoe chips
I think cool cats really did flip.
Three cool chicks
Three cool chicks.

Well up came that first cool cat,
He said: man look at that.
Man, do you see what I see?
Well I want that middle chick
I want that little chick.
Hey man save once chick for me.

Well three cool chicks.
Three cool chicks.

Well they love like
Angels from up above
And three cool cats
Really fell in love.
But three cool chicks
Made three fools out of
Three cool cats.
Three cool cats.

Well up came that first cool cat,
He said: man look at that.
Man do you see what I see?
Well I want that middle chick,
I want that little chick.
Hey man, save one chick for me.

Three cool chicks.
Three cool chicks.
They look like

Angels from up above
And three cool cats
Really fell in love.
And three cool chicks
Made three fools out of

Three cool cats.
Three cool cats.
Three cool cats.
Three cool cats.

I see these lyrics on every web page that posts this song. wtf is a "lift" of candy bar? The lyrics were pretty clear when the Coasters sang it, so I don't know how the lads could have screwed that one up. That said, this one kills the Coasters' version.

I love the Beatles humor on this one. Great fifties rock and roll feel.

I really like this song and I've never heard George be so loud and...**loud**

Ани и Бела бяха тук

This was my favorite thing about the first anthology album, after Free as a bird. I remember a snippet of this being featured in the ads for it.

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George Harrison: Vocals, Lead Guitar.
Paul McCartney: Backing Vocals, Bass.
John Lennon: Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar.
Pete Best: Drums.

Why Decca said no is beyond me. But hey it led them on to EMI and George Martin.

Probably because Pete Best played the same drum fill every time on every song lol

Decca said: "Guitar groups are on the way out"

Goebel53 And so Decca made what may consider to be their biggest mistake. But hey saying no the Beatles led them on to the Rolling Stones and they did well.

George Harrison has a great singing voice! I love it!🤩

9 lives brought me here

This is when they were known as

"The Silver Beetles"

This was recorded on January 1962. They stopped using the Sliver Beetles name in August 1960 just before Pete became their drummer.

George is beautiful

I don't even know how to say this but I have so much fun listening to this song and singing along with John

**George

@subg88 .... smh so hard at myself

George singing Lead.

george is Wilding in this song rlly sounding like lennon

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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Cool_Cats
Three cool cats,
Three cool cats
Are coming up in a beat up car,
Spitting up a lift of candy bar
Talking on about how sharp they are.
Three cool cats.
Three cool chicks
Are walking down the street
Swinging their hips,
Splitting up a bag of potatoe chips
I think cool cats really did flip.
Three cool chicks
Three cool chicks.
Well up came that first cool cat,
He said: man look at that.
Man, do you see what I see?
Well I want that middle chick
I want that little chick.
Hey man save once chick for me.
Well three cool chicks.
Three cool chicks.
Well they love like
Angels from up above
And three cool cats
Really fell in love.
But three cool chicks
Made three fools out of
Three cool cats.
Three cool cats.
Well up came that first cool cat,
He said: man look at that.
Man do you see what I see?
Well I want that middle chick,
I want that little chick.
Hey man, save one chick for me.
Three cool chicks.
Three cool chicks.
They look like
Angels from up above
And three cool cats
Really fell in love.
And three cool chicks
Made three fools out of
Three cool cats.
Three cool cats.
Three cool cats.
Three cool cats.
Autores de la canción: Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller
Letra de Three Cool Cats © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Compositor: Mike Stoller
Género: Rhythm and blues
Letristas: Jerry Leiber, Leiber y Stoller
Grabaciones principales
Three Cool Cats
The Beatles · 1982
Three Cool Cats
The Coasters · 1959
3 Cool Cats
Ry Cooder · 2005

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bet they sang this thinking of themselves..john, paul and goerge...with the then drummer pete best as the odd 1 out ...

Agree! :)

drive careful,cos Im walkin play yacaty yac

When're the Decca Audition tapes gonna get released?

they have been in bootleg form. a legal release seems unlikely.

WHY?!?! WE WANT THE DECCA MATERIAL AFTER 1995!! IT’S BEEN 2+ DECADES!

@Shade/Rin There's a Youtube upload of the rest of the session right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTMlZxHk938

Decca is no longer in existence, but obviously some entity has legal control of the catalog. I don't see any legal reason why it could not be officially released as I am certain The Beatles signed a waiver. I think the best part of this entire episode of the audition was the Epstein finally had a studio-quality tape to take two other labels 2 display the Beatles Talent.

those chics were fans of The Rolling Stones

Luke Lucky lol

This was one of their songs they played at their London audition in JAN 1962 so the drumming was by Pete Best.

Not that bad as I could thought

But Decca records said GUITAR BANDS ARE ON THE WAY OUT, MR EPSTEIN!

That "yeah" at 1:45 got me laughin

Fantastic vocals from George!

💝 Savage Young Beatles 💝

Dem kitties gonna git der chickies!  Sounds a bit like. It's Too Damn Hot

Esta canción se encuentra en la antología de los beatles de 1961 y es muy pegajosa muy rítmica

I heard this song for the first time during "Christmas Eve With The Beatles" two days ago!

Me fascina. ❤

These are my secrets :)

Something big was in the mould...

Me and my two other friends have been calling ourselves the cool cats for years. I'm also obsessed with the Beatles for this is honestly perfect

George Harrison's voice is very raspy here. Even more raspy than it could have been in "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" where it's only a tiny bit raspy. In most or all of the recordings after February 1963, George's voice isn't raspy. Which is one of the key methods of telling his voice apart from John's in several songs. Aside from not having as wide a range as John, and being a natural tenor except unlike John who wasn't a natural tenor and ironically usually sang songs with a tenor or baritenor register, he mostly sang within the high baritone range, not switching to a tenor range until he got more experienced with singing.

C. syde65 well u know all their voices really well

+Oliver Tayler - That's true.

It's a vocal styling choice

I agree with C. syde, George most certainly has a lighter, higher timbre in his voice compared to John, yet he is usually always singing about a third lower than John rarely reaching past E4 - F#4 in most of his songs. John from the early days had A4s fairly reliably in songs like "Twist n Shout", "You Really Got a Hold on Me", "This Boy", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", "Anna", and "Yes it Is". Paul has a similarly placed voice as George in terms of the lightness of his voice, but he's also sort of a freak of nature master vocalist because he has such massive range and control of his chest voice that he can literally sound like five different people and vocal styles. He is the definition of not boxed in and he's always doing the highest harmonies in the group, singing steadily on notes that would make even John's voice tired hence him taking the bridge of "A Hard Day's Night" :) Peace

@Courson I find Paul McCartney's timbre to be noticeably lighter and higher than George Harrison's, but there's no doubt that Paul has a much better range, allowing him to hit notes that even some baritones like myself either can't reach or struggle with. I also find their timbres to be partially evident when talking, with Paul easily having the highest speaking voice of the four. And Ringo Starr easily having the lowest speaking voice of the four. I find John Lennon and George's speaking voices to be quite similar in pitch. Though I find John's voice to have more weight on it, probably a result of having a darker timbre, for lack of a better term. Still can be tricky though, especially given that their voices aren't always the same pitch, when watching various interviews of each of them.

2:21 Sounds like someone (maybe John) was singing 'Three Cool Cats' in an Opera voice, haha

The lead voice is George Harrison, the second voice is Paul McCartney and the chorus is John Lennon.

Sounds like Paul.

IDon'twant2BeA SoldierMama I agree with you that it’s Paul. Yes, John definitely did a lot of weird and goofy things as well, but the voice in this one doesn’t sound nasal enough to be John (and John had a very nasal voice, as is not uncommon in Liverpool).

There’s two ‘The Cool Cats’ being said at the end. John’s is first, then Paul’s. I’m pretty sure the comment was referring to Paul’s though.

First time I’m hearing this song, I’m really digging the sound!

hmm.. strange that a pic of lennon is your avatar, yet you've never heard the 20 year old beatles anthology til now?! Well, i'm jealous!

@ECO dom well there are young ppl u know? :)

Watch "Nine Lives"

Me gusta esta cancion!!!es chingona!

Three Cool Cats