recorded "Act Naturally" to replace it. It was the last cover they recorded until the Get Back/Let It Be sessions in 1969. Releases Because Capitol Records' version of the Help! album in the United States included only the songs that appeared in the film Help!, plus incidental music from the film, the label held back "Yesterday" and "Act Naturally" and issued them as a non-LP single. As the B-side of the U.S. single, "Act Naturally" peaked at number 47 in October 1965. The two songs made their first US album appearance on Yesterday and Today, released in the U.S. on June 20, 1966. When the single was reissued on Apple Records in 1971, "Act Naturally" had the "full apple" side and "Yesterday" ended up on the "sliced apple" side. That is because "Act Naturally" was the intended A-side and has always been listed as such in Capitol's files. Performances The Beatles performed the song during an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show which was taped on August 14, 1965, and broadcast on September 12, 1965. It was also performed at the Beatles' famous Shea Stadium concert on August 15, 1965, and played at some concerts throughout The Beatles' 1965 US tour (alternating with Starr's other song, "I Wanna Be Your Man"). The song is closely identified with Starr and he has performed it on every tour iteration, and virtually every show, of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, beginning in 1989. Personnel According to author John C. Winn: Ringo Starr lead vocal, drums, sticks Paul McCartney harmony vocal, bass George Harrison double-tracked lead guitar, acoustic guitar Buck Owens and Ringo Starr duet version Twenty-four years after the Beatles released their famous cover version of "Act Naturally", Owens and Ringo Starr teamed up for a duet remake. The session was produced by Jerry Crutchfield and Jim Shaw. A music video was filmed for the song depicting the duo playing bumbling versions of themselves acting as cowboys on a western movie set. The video was directed by George Bloom, and produced by Ken Brown. Released on Capitol Records (B-44409), on July 29, 1989, the duet peaked at number 27 and spent 11 weeks on the Billboard country chart in the summer of 1989. It was Owens' last top 40 single on the chart. The B-side was Owens playing Harlan Howard's "The Key's in the Mailbox". The song also marked Starr's only showing