Do n't Pass me by - wikipedia Do n't Pass me by This article is about the 1968 Beatles song. For the 2013 American film, see Do n't Pass Me By ( film ). `` Do n't Pass Me By '' Song by the Beatles from the album The Beatles Published Startling Music Released 22 November 1968 Recorded 5 June 1968 Genre Country rock Length 3 : 46 ( mono version ) 3 : 51 ( stereo version ) Label Apple Songwriter ( s ) Richard Starkey Producer ( s ) George Martin `` Do n't Pass Me By '' is a song by the Beatles from the double album The Beatles ( also known as the `` White Album '' ). It was the first solo composition by Ringo Starr. The song debuted at No. 1 in Denmark in April 1969. It stayed in the Top 10 for a month. Contents 1 Origin 2 Recording 3 Personnel 4 Cover versions 5 Notes 6 External links Origin Starr first played his song for the other Beatles soon after he joined the group in August 1962. Its earliest public mention seems to have been in a BBC chatter session introducing `` And I Love Her '' on the radio show Top Gear in 1964. In the conversation, Starr was asked if he had written a song and Paul McCartney mocked him soon afterwards, singing the first line of the refrain, `` Do n't pass me by, do n't make me cry, do n't make me blue, baby. '' Recording The song was recorded in four separate sessions in 1968 : 5 and 6 June, and 5 and 12 July. Despite references to it in 1964 as `` Do n't Pass Me By '', it was called `` Ringo 's Tune ( Untitled ) '' on 5 June session tape label and `` This Is Some Friendly '' on 6 June label. By 12 July, the title was restored. During a lead vocal track recorded on 6 June, Starr audibly counted out eight beats, and it can be heard in the released song starting at 2 : 30 of the 1987 CD version. The monaural mix is faster than the stereo mix, and features a different arrangement of violin in the fade - out. George Martin arranged an orchestral interlude as an introduction, but this was rejected. It would eventually be used as an incidental cue for the Beatles ' animated film Yellow Submarine. In 1996, the introduction was released as the track `` A Beginning '' on The Beatles Anthology 3 CD. The line, `` I 'm sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair, You were in a car crash and you lost your hair '', is cited by proponents of the `` Paul is Dead '' urban legend as a clue to McCartney 's fate ; the line `` you lost your hair '' is claimed to be a reference to `` When I 'm Sixty - Four '' ( which was written by McCartney ). However, the expression `` to lose one 's hair '' was a fairly common English idiom, and simply means `` to become anxious or upset '' ( see, for instance, Elizabeth Bowen 's novel The Death of the Heart, 1938 ). Personnel Ringo Starr -- vocals, drums, tack piano, sleigh bells, cowbell, maracas, congas Paul McCartney -- grand piano, bass guitar Jack Fallon -- violin The pianos were both recorded into a Leslie 147 speaker. Personnel per Ian MacDonald and supported by Mark Lewisohn Cover versions The song has been covered by alt - country band the Gourds, by the Southern rock band the Georgia Satellites on their 1988 album, Open All Night, and by the Punkles on their 2004 album, Pistol. The Swedish pop group ABBA made an unofficial parody of this song, but it was not released until their medley `` Undeleted '' in 1994. Phish covered the song live, with most other songs on the `` White Album '' on the album Live Phish Volume 13. Ringo Starr released a re-recording of the song as a bonus track on his 2017 album Give More Love. Notes ^ Jump up to : Lewisohn, Mark ( 1988 ). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York : Harmony Books. pp. 137, 142, 144. ISBN 0 - 517 - 57066 - 1. Jump up ^ `` Top 10 / Tipparaden / 1969 / Uge 14 ( week 14 ) ''. danskehitlister.dk ( in Danish ). 3 April 1969. Retrieved 2015 - 03 - 16. Jump up ^ Lewisohn, Mark ( 2013 ). The Beatles : All These Years, Volume One -- Tune In. New York : Crown Archetype. p. 691. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4000 - 8305 - 3. Jump up ^ Complete BBC Sessions, Vol. 8, track 5, at the 1 : 10 mark ^ Jump up to : MacDonald, Ian ( 2005 ). Revolution in the Head : The Beatles ' Records and the Sixties ( Second Revised ed. ). London : Pimlico ( Rand ). p. 286. ISBN 1 - 84413 - 828 - 3. Jump up ^ Lewisohn, Mark ( 1996 ). Anthology 3 ( booklet ). The Beatles. London : Apple Records. p. 4. 34451. Jump up ^ `` Open All Night - The Georgia Satelittes ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Pistol - The Punkles ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Live Phish, Vol. 13 : 10 / 31 / 94, Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY - Phish ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2017. External links Alan W. Pollack 's Notes on `` Do n't Pass Me By '' Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Beatles ( White Album ) Songs Side one `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' `` Dear Prudence '' `` Glass Onion '' `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' `` Wild Honey Pie '' `` The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill '' `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' `` Happiness Is a Warm Gun '' Side two `` Martha My Dear '' `` I 'm So Tired '' `` Blackbird '' `` Piggies '' `` Rocky Raccoon '' `` Do n't Pass Me By '' `` Why Do n't We Do It in the Road ? '' `` I Will '' `` Julia '' Side three `` Birthday '' `` Yer Blues '' `` Mother Nature 's Son '' `` Everybody 's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey '' `` Sexy Sadie '' `` Helter Skelter '' `` Long, Long, Long '' Side four `` Revolution 1 '' `` Honey Pie '' `` Savoy Truffle '' `` Cry Baby Cry '' `` Revolution 9 '' `` Good Night '' Outtakes `` A Beginning '' `` Child of Nature '' `` Circles '' `` Etcetera '' `` Junk '' `` Not Guilty '' `` Sour Milk Sea '' `` What 's the New Mary Jane '' Non-album single `` Hey Jude '' / `` Revolution '' Related articles The Beatles discography The Beatles in India Mother Nature 's Son The Grey Album Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night Beatles for Sale Help ! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles ( White Album ) Yellow Submarine Abbey Road Let It Be Past Masters The Beatles singles discography UK and US ( all labels ) 1963 `` Please Please Me '' / `` Ask Me Why '' `` From Me to You '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` She Loves You '' / `` I 'll Get You '' 1964 `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' / `` You Ca n't Do That '' `` I Feel Fine '' / `` She 's a Woman '' 1965 `` Ticket to Ride '' / `` Yes It Is '' `` Help ! '' / `` I 'm Down '' `` We Can Work It Out '' / `` Day Tripper '' 1966 `` Paperback Writer '' / `` Rain '' `` Yellow Submarine '' / `` Eleanor Rigby '' 1967 `` Penny Lane '' / `` Strawberry Fields Forever '' `` All You Need Is Love '' / `` Baby, You 're a Rich Man '' `` Hello, Goodbye '' / `` I Am the Walrus '' 1968 `` Lady Madonna '' / `` The Inner Light '' `` Hey Jude '' / `` Revolution '' 1969 `` Get Back '' / `` Do n't Let Me Down '' `` The Ballad of John and Yoko '' / `` Old Brown Shoe '' `` Something '' / `` Come Together '' 1970 `` Let It Be '' / `` You Know My Name ( Look Up the Number ) '' 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` A Day in the Life '' 1982 `` The Beatles Movie Medley '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' 1995 `` Free as a Bird '' / `` Christmas Time ( Is Here Again ) '' `` Real Love '' / `` Baby 's in Black '' UK only ( Parlophone, Apple ) 1962 `` My Bonnie '' / `` The Saints '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` This Boy '' 1964 `` Ai n't She Sweet '' / `` If You Love Me, Baby '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` Things We Said Today '' 1976 `` Yesterday '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Twist and Shout '' US only ( Vee - Jay, Swan, Tollie, Capitol, Apple ) 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` I Saw Her Standing There '' 1964 `` Twist and Shout '' / `` There 's a Place '' `` Do You Want to Know a Secret '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' `` Sie liebt dich '' / `` I 'll Get You '' `` I 'll Cry Instead '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' `` And I Love Her '' / `` If I Fell '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Matchbox '' / `` Slow Down '' 1965 `` Eight Days a Week '' / `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' `` Yesterday '' / `` Act Naturally '' 1966 `` Nowhere Man '' / `` What Goes On '' 1970 `` The Long and Winding Road '' / `` For You Blue '' 1976 `` Got to Get You into My Life '' / `` Helter Skelter '' `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` Julia '' Other countries ( Odeon, Parlophone, Apple ) 1963 `` All My Loving '' / `` This Boy '' ( Canada ) 1964 `` Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich '' ( Germany ) 1966 `` Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown ) '' / `` Nowhere Man '' ( Australia ) 1968 `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' ( Europe, Japan, Australia ) `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` I Will '' ( Philippines ) `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Do n't Pass Me By '' ( Sweden ) 1969 `` You 're Going to Lose That Girl '' / `` Tell Me What You See '' ( Japan ) 1970 `` Oh ! Darling '' / `` Here Comes the Sun '' ( Japan ) 1972 `` All Together Now '' / `` Hey Bulldog '' ( Europe ) 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` Within You Without You '' ( Germany ) The Georgia Satellites Rick Richards Bruce Smith Fred McNeal Todd Johnston Dan Baird Joey Huffman Studio albums Georgia Satellites ( 1986 ) Songs `` Keep Your Hands to Yourself '' `` Battleship Chains '' `` Hippy Hippy Shake '' `` Do n't Pass Me By '' Related articles Love Songs for the Hearing Impaired Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Pass_Me_By&oldid=803548147 '' Categories : 1968 songs The Beatles songs Song recordings produced by George Martin Songs written by Ringo Starr The Georgia Satellites songs Music published by Startling Music Torch songs Number - one singles in Denmark 1968 singles Hidden categories : CS1 Danish - language sources ( da ) Use British English from August 2011 Use dmy dates from March 2016 Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases Articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases from December 2013 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano עברית ქართული 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 3 October 2017, at 05 : 17. 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Question: who played fiddle on don't pass me by
Answer: Jack Fallon