Artist: Beatles
Author: John Lennon/Paul McCartney
Label: Parlophone
Year: 1967
Ringo's song on Sgt. Pepper's. Working title: Bad Finger Boogie.
Covers:
Young Idea [hit UK]
Los Mustang [as La Ayuda De La Amistad]
Joe Cocker [n°1 UK; with Jimmy Page on guitar]
Steve Cropper [album title track]
Wet Wet Wet [n°1 UK]
Sam & Mark [two British Idol finalists; n°1 UK]
One of the few exceptions where a cover version of a Beatles song sounded more definitive than the original (Paul McCartney agrees). Joe Cocker's was a highlite on the Woodstock festival, both the '69 and the '94 edition. It also provided the theme song for tv-series The Wonder Years.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)