Nonetheless, Bésame Mucho remains one of the most popular songs of The Twentieth Century and a Latin music standard.
Yes indeed.
The Beatles very probably were inspired by the Coasters' version which I like because it has a nice groove.
Unfortunately the Fabs, as with most of their Coasters' material, decided to do a jokey version with those ridiculous "cha-cha-booms".
Wer'e coming up to the sixtieth anniversay of the Decca audition where the Beatles performed this song.
By chance, I just read this:
"Paul did Besame Mucho at Brian's insistence. He muttered that it was a silly ballad." - Tony Bramwell, Magical Mystery Tours.