There were only a few non-Beatles to sing the lead vocal on a commercially released Beatles song (not counting instances such as Yoko Ono's brief "not when he looked so fierce" line in "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"). One of them was Tony Sheridan. The other, far more obscure ones also sang lead on recordings made in Germany, which were subsequently credited to the Beatles. These were the brothers Horst Fascher and Fred Fascher, who sang "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" and "Be-Bop-a-Lula," respectively, on the album Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, recorded in late December, 1962. Horst Fascher is by far the better known of the pair, at least among Beatlemaniacs. Fascher met the Beatles in late 1960, when he was working as a bouncer at the Kaiserkeller Club in Hamburg, where the group were playing during their first stint in the German city. He, like the Beatles, switched allegiance to the Top Ten Club. Fascher was sent (along with musician Roy Young) to Liverpool in early 1962 to have the Beatles' new manager, Brian Epstein, sign a contract for the group to play at the Star-Club, which Fascher helped manage. Fascher was very friendly with the Beatles during this time, and has been described as an unofficial bodyguard of sorts for the band. In late December, 1962 -- the exact dates, or date, still remain in dispute -- the Beatles were recorded in performance on tape by primitive technology at the Star Club. Several dozen of these performances were issued on various albums over the years, starting with the 1977 release Live! At the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany. On that album, there were a couple of songs -- "Hallelujah I Love Her So" and "Be-Bop-a-Lula" -- on which the vocalist was obviously not one of the Beatles. This was a source of great confusion, as no reference whatsoever was made to this occurrence in the original sleeve notes (by Chris White). Was this Ringo Starr? Pete Best? John Lennon putting on a funny voice? Later issues of the material identified the singer on these songs as "Horst Obber," further muddying the issue. "Ober" in German refers to a waiter, and no doubt someone said something to the effect that "Horst the waiter" sang, which was duly phonetically spelled out in English as someone named "Horst Obber." In fact the singer on "Hallelujah I Love Her So" is Horst Fascher; the singer on "Be-Bop-a-Lula" is his brother, Fred Fascher, who was a waiter at the club. Both vocals are stilted and awkward, as would naturally be the case for someone singing in a second language. In Beatles Undercover, a guide to the Beatles' contributions to recordings by other artists, Fascher comments: "When I had two or three beers, I was a little more confident and I would get up and sing sometimes! I would only sing the songs I knew the words to because my English was not so good at the time." ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide