All for the Beatles

It was released as a single with the alternative title "Stand Up and Holler" under Nilsson's pseudonym Foto-Fi Four and was packaged with a synchronized standard 8 mm film of The Beatles first arriving in the United States in 1964.

The young Harry Nilsson recorded several songs by songwriter John Marascalco at a demo session for Scott Turner in 1962.

The Beatles came first to the USA in February 1964 to promote their upcoming tour by appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show, as well as performing two concerts in Carnegie Hall and at the Washington Coliseum.

Nilsson and Marascalco jumped on the Beatlemania bandwagon and took advantage of the Beatles' tour in August 1964 as a context within which to release their own song.

A standard 8 mm film, sealed in foil and showing clips of The Beatles recording in February 1964, was added to the 7" single, which was released under the alternative title "Stand Up and Holler".

This one-bar rhythm was well known when "All for the Beatles" was recorded following its use in the American debut single "Not Fade Away", a Buddy Holly cover by The Rolling Stones.

"[1] Nilsson sang "in an Americanized approximation of John Lennon,"[1] but the main guitar solo was very similar to that of Keith Richards.

Shipton concludes that the song is the first real example of Nilsson's preference for overdubbing, which he perfected during his career, to take-up with the close harmony of The Beatles.