Beatles

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Covers

  • Cover of SUMMERTIME in 1960 - in Hamburg with Lu Walters and Ringo Starr from The Hurricanes as singer and drummer, replacing Pete Best; first recording of the real Fab Four; only nine copies pressed and only one survived, probably in Paul's private collection; in '68, during sessions for the white double album, another attempt was made
  • Cover of RAMROD in 1960 - Kirchherr tapes
  • Cover of THUMBIN' A RIDE in 1961 - at the Star Club in Hamburg
  • Cover of AIN'T SHE SWEET in 1961 - in Hamburg for producer Bert Kaempfert, still as backing band of Tony Sheridan (who doesn't participate here), released in '64, hit UK
  • Cover of EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO BE MY BABY in 1962 - in Hamburg and in '64 on Beatles For Sale, crediting Carl Perkins
  • Cover of HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO in 1962 - Live in Hamburg, extra vocals by the Star Club janitor
  • Cover of HEY BABY in 1962 - harmonica intro's on debut single Love Me Do and later I Should Have Known Better
  • Cover of HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE in 1962 - Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
  • Cover of ICH BIN VON KOPF BIS FUSS AUF LIEBE EINGESTELLT in 1962 - Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
  • Cover of I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU in 1962 - Live At The Starclub, Hamburg
  • Cover of LEND ME YOUR COMB in 1962 - live at the Star-Club, Hamburg, shortly after adopting the local art-mob's new hairdo
  • Cover of LONG TALL SALLY in 1962 - in Hamburg; n°1 NL in '64
  • Cover of SEARCHIN' in 1962 - during their declined Decca audition
  • Cover of SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN in 1962 - Decca tape
  • Cover of THREE COOL CATS in 1962 - during their rejected Decca session on new year's day; saved up for Anthology 1
  • Cover of ROUTE 90 in 1962 - idem, Live in Hamburg
  • Cover of AM SONNTAG WILL MEIN SÜSSER MIT MIR SEGELN GEH'N in 1962 - on bootleg Private Tapes Vol 1; they probably picked it up, film and/or hit, while in Hamburg
  • Cover of YOUR FEET'S TOO BIG in 1962 - in Hamburg
  • Cover of WHO'S LOVING YOU in 1962 - in All I've Got To Do from debut album With The Beatles
  • Cover of WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN (ALL MY LIFE) in 1962 - Live At The Star Club In Hamburg
  • Cover of MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE in 1962 - Decca recording
  • Cover of TWIST AND SHOUT in 1962 - in Hamburg and one year later on debut LP Please Please Me; n°2 US; their iconic 'Woooo' yell was inspired by the Isley Brothers' version and was first used in She Loves You
  • Cover of SHEILA in 1962 - live at the Star-Club, Hamburg
  • Cover of TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY in 1962
  • Cover of I REMEMBER YOU in 1962 - Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
  • Cover of TO KNOW HIM IS TO LOVE HIM in 1962 - as To Know Her Is To Love Her; also their very last encore of their very last set at The Cavern and according to the fan who requested the song, no one in the room, not even John Lennon, kept it dry
  • Cover of K.C. LOVING in 1962 - in Hamburg and in the Cavern Club and in '64 in medley with Hey Hey Hey Hey on Beatles For Sale
  • Cover of SHEIK, THE in 1962 - during rejected Decca audition; vocal: George
  • Cover of I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE in 1962 - in Hamburg as Shimmy Shimmy
  • Cover of BESAME MUCHO in 1962 - with Pete Best
  • Cover of RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET in 1962 - Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
  • Cover of I'LL BE ON MY WAY in 1963 - authors; live at the BBC; April 4, '63
  • Cover of I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND CRY in 1963
  • Cover of ANNA (GO TO HIM) in 1963
  • Cover of BOYS in 1963 - in one take; vocal: Ringo, originally: Pete Best; Baby It's You from their same debut album, was also a Shirelles original (see there)
  • Cover of CAROL in 1963 - BBC recording
  • Cover of CHAINS in 1963 - vocal: George Harrison
  • Cover of CLARABELLA in 1963 - BBC recording
  • Cover of DEVIL IN HIS HEART in 1963 - as Devil In Her Heart; vocal: George & John
  • Cover of DON'T EVER CHANGE in 1963 - BBC recording; it's also on their rejected Decca audition tape ('62)
  • Cover of HONEY DON'T in 1963 - BBC session with John on lead (like they did it live) and in '64 on album Beatles For Sale with Ringo singing
  • Cover of I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND in 1963 - live at the BBC
  • Cover of I WANNA BE YOUR MAN in 1963
  • Cover of KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY BABY in 1963 - BBC recording
  • Cover of LONESOME TEARS IN MY EYES in 1963 - BBC session
  • Cover of MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT) in 1963 - publishing royalties on this cover gave Motown a fenomenal cash boost
  • Cover of AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS in 1963 - idem; for the BBC
  • Cover of NOTHIN' SHAKIN' (BUT THE LEAVES ON THE TREES) in 1963 - BBC recording; vocal: George
  • Cover of OOH! MY SOUL in 1963 - live at the BBC
  • Cover of PLEASE MR. POSTMAN in 1963
  • Cover of SHOT OF RHYTHM AND BLUES, A in 1963 - BBC session
  • Cover of SOLDIER OF LOVE (LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS) in 1963 - BBC session
  • Cover of SOME OTHER GUY in 1963 - BBC session; John Lennon had the original on his personal jukebox
  • Cover of TASTE OF HONEY, A in 1963 - on debut album Please Please Me
  • Cover of THAT'S ALL RIGHT in 1963 - BBC recording
  • Cover of TILL I MET YOU in 1963 - and also during their Decca audition in '62; using the Peggy Lee arrangement
  • Cover of YOUNG BLOOD in 1963 - BBC recording; they also sang it on their Decca audition, New Year's day 1962
  • Cover of YOU'VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME in 1963
  • Cover of ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN in 1963 - and in '62 Live in Hamburg
  • Cover of SO HOW COME (NO ONE LOVES ME) in 1963 - Live at the BBC
  • Cover of POP GOES THE WEASEL in 1963 - as Pop Goes The Beatles at the beginning and end of their very own BBC radio program; five tracks from these shows appeared on the Live At The BBC CD set
  • Cover of MISERY in 1963 - on their Please Please Me album
  • Cover of GOTTA FIND MY BABY in 1963 - Live at the BBC; crediting Chuck Berry
  • Cover of SURE TO FALL (IN LOVE WITH YOU) in 1963 - Live at the BBC; also a track on their rejected Decca audition tape in '62
  • Cover of MOONLIGHT BAY in 1963 - in the Morecambe & Wise Show, with Eric Morecambe and on Anthology 1
  • Cover of GOOD MORNING TO ALL in 1963 - as Happy Birthday Saturday Club (BBC)
  • Cover of BABY IT'S YOU in 1963 - one out of two Shirelles songs on their debut album
  • Cover of AN THIMITHIS TO ONIRO MOU in 1963 - as The Honeymoon Song (BBC session)
  • Cover of I CALL YOUR NAME in 1964
  • Cover of LEAVE MY KITTEN ALONE in 1964 - saved up for Anthology 1
  • Cover of MATCHBOX BLUES in 1964 - on Beatles For Sale with Carl Perkins present
  • Cover of SLOW DOWN in 1964 - one of three Larry Williams songs they covered (see: Bad Boy and Dizzy Miss Lizzy)
  • Cover of WATCH YOUR STEP in 1964 - intro I Feel Fine and Day Tripper ('65); Bobby Parker's original was one of the items on John Lennon's juke-box
  • Cover of WORDS OF LOVE in 1964 - vocal: John & George
  • Cover of ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC in 1964 - n°1 NL & Down Under
  • Cover of JINGLE BELLS in 1964 - on a fanclub X-Mas flexi, performed through a comb wrapped with toilet paper, just as in Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds three years later
  • Cover of I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET in 1964 - BBC session; The Quarrymen sang it too
  • Cover of MISTER MOONLIGHT in 1964 - on Beatles For Sale; on Anthology 1 with guitar solo instead of organ
  • Cover of SHOUT in 1964
  • Cover of BAD BOY in 1965
  • Cover of DIZZY MISS LIZZY in 1965 - they also cut Larry's Slow Down and Bad Boy
  • Cover of AULD LANG SYNE in 1965 - on their anual X-Mas flexi for the fanclub
  • Cover of ACT NATURALLY in 1965 - Ringo's song on Help!
  • Cover of BABY, LET'S PLAY HOUSE in 1965 - opening lines from Run For Your Life (Rubber Soul) are borrowed verbatim: "I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man"
  • Cover of BELLS OF RHYMNEY, THE in 1965 - George's rickenbacker riff in If I Needed Someone; inspired by the Byrds' version
  • Cover of WIE HEEFT ER SUIKER IN DE ERWTENSOEP GEDAAN? in 1966 - melody in Yellow Submarine
  • Cover of THREE BLIND MICE in 1967 - in All You Need Is Love; production: George Martin; one year older Lady Madonna holds a lyricline from Three Blind Mice: See how they run
  • Cover of TWO PART INVENTION IN F MAJOR, N°8 in 1967 - at the end of All You Need Is Love
  • Cover of ARE YOU EXPERIENCED in 1967 - intro Baby You're A Rich Man
  • Cover of UMPA UMPA (Stick It Up Your Jumper) in 1967 - chorus at the end of I Am The Walrus, which of course is all theirs; the instrumental cover by Brad Mehldau ('23) underlines their genius
  • Cover of CHANT DE GUERRE DE L'ARMEE DU RHIN in 1967 - intro All You Need Is Love
  • Cover of NOT GUILTY in 1968 - take 102 on Anthology 3
  • Cover of WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS in 1968 - version on double album The Beatles, with Eric Clapton on guitar
  • Cover of STEP INSIDE LOVE in 1968 - 'miraculously' saved accoustic jam during sessiens for I Will, saved-up for Anthology 3 ('96)
  • Cover of BAD PENNY BLUES in 1968 - piano solo in Lady Madonna; n°1 UK
  • Cover of ACROSS THE UNIVERSE in 1969 - on Let It Be
  • Cover of LAWDY MISS CLAWDY in 1969 - in film Let It Be
  • Cover of MAGGIE MAY in 1969 - as Maggie Mae on Let It Be; off key, badly played and with the lyrics wrong
  • Cover of ONE AFTER 909 in 1969 - on Let It Be album, recorded on the roof of the Apple building in January
  • Cover of SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL in 1969 - in film Let It Be
  • Cover of WHAT A SHAME in 1969 - elements in For You Blue
  • Cover of TRUMPET VOLUNTARY IN D MAJOR in 1969 - trumpet solo four minutes in It's All Too Much from the Yellow Submarine soundtrack; John and Paul were Peter Sellers fans
  • Cover of SORROW in 1969 - one stanza at the end of It's All Too Much on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack: With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue; vocal: George
  • Cover of WALK, THE in 1969 - outtake Let It Be sessions
  • Cover of CRADLE SONG, THE in 1969 - lyrics of Golden Slumbers on Abbey Road; Paul McCartney copied lines from Dekkers lullaby: Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles await you when you rise, Sleep my little one, do not cry, And I will sing a lullaby; credits went tot Lennon/McCartney, as usual
  • Cover of SOMETHING in 1969 - n°1 US; George's first Beatles A-side
  • Cover of YOU CAN'T CATCH ME in 1969 - in Come Together
  • Cover of RAMROD in 1969 - studio jam
  • Cover of LET IT BE in 1970 - n°1 UK, US & NL and title track LP; first attempts with this song were made by Paul during sessions for the white album in '68
  • Cover of FREE AS A BIRD in 1995 - Paul, George & Ringo plus John's voice and piano from his demo tape; n°2 UK; with a George Formby sample in the outro? (see: Leaning On A Lamppost)
  • Cover of REAL LIFE in 1996 - Paul, George & Ringo + John's voice as Real Love; slightly different melody and lyrics

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