The Monkees' self-titled debut album includes a tune called "Let's Dance On." The song's pop-rock rhythm is so similar to The Beatles' "Twist and Shout" that it's impossible not to notice.

How The Beatles’ ‘Twist and Shout’ and the song it inspired performed. The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, staying on the chart for a total of 26 weeks.

The Beatles didn’t write “Twist and Shout,” but they gave the song a new rock ‘n’ roll rhythm. The Monkees reused that rhythm for one of their songs.

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A marathon session consisted of 10 songs, and “Twist and Shout” was captured last as John Lennon’s voice would not be in any shape to record after he put it through the full paces.

In 1963 the Fab Four began working on their debut album, Please Please Me, and one of the final songs they recorded was Twist and Shout, a cover of The Top Notes' song of the same name.

Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as “Shout” and “Twist and Shout” and the funky hits “That Lady” and “It ...