SOME OTHER GUY

Created on 04/09/2003
Latest update on 04/02/2021

Artist: Richie Barrett
Author: Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller/Richie Barrett
Label: Atlantic
Year: 1962

Not a hit in the US, but made the rounds on the British Beat Scene. Reissued on Kent cd At The Club. Inspired by Ray Charles' What'd I Say.

Covers:

1963:

Big 3

1963:

Beatles [BBC session; John Lennon had the original on his personal jukebox]

1963:

Searchers [who also covered the B-side (Tricky Dicky)]

1963:

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates

1963:

Lionceaux [as Un autre gars]

1964:

Freddie & The Dreamers

1966:

Tom Jones

1970:

Marmalade

1974:

Dave Edmunds [in film Stardust with David Essex and Adam Faith]

1984:

Milkshakes

2008:

Smithereens

2021:

Little Steven & The Disciples Of Soul

Contact


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