List of songs covered by the Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the group is often considered the most influential band of the rock era.[1] While active between 1960 and 1970, the group recorded hundreds of songs, with their "main catalogue" consisting of 213 songs, which include 188 originals and 25 covers. Since their break-up, a further 41 covers the Beatles recorded as a group have been released.
The Beatles
Solo
John Lennon
- "Ya Ya" (Lee Dorsey) – Walls and Bridges, 1974; Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (Gene Vincent) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Rip It Up"/"Ready Teddy" (Little Richard) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "You Can't Catch Me" (Chuck Berry) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Ain't That a Shame" (Fats Domino) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Sweet Little Sixteen" (Chuck Berry) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Little Richard) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Peggy Sue" (Buddy Holly) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Bring It On Home to Me"/"Send Me Some Lovin'" (Sam Cooke/Lloyd Price) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Bony Moronie" (Larry Williams) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Just Because" (Lloyd Price) – Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
- "Hound Dog" (Big Mama Thornton) – Live in New York City, 1986
- "Angel Baby" (Rosie Hamlin) – Rock 'n' Roll, 2004 reissue
- "To Know Her Is to Love Her" (Phil Spector) – Rock 'n' Roll, 2004 reissue
- "Since My Baby Left Me" (Arthur Crudup) – Rock 'n' Roll, 2004 reissue
- "Just Because (Reprise)" – Rock 'n' Roll, 2004 reissue
- "Mucho Mungo" (Harry Nilsson) – The Lost Sleepy Blind Lemon Lennon Album, 1990
- "Be My Baby" (Phil Spector) – Lost Weekend, 1973–1974
- "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" – Live Peace in Toronto 1969 - Plastic Ono Band, 1969
Paul McCartney
- "Ain't No Sunshine" – (Bill Withers)
- "All Shook Up" – (Elvis Presley)
- "Be Bop a Lula" – (Gene Vincent)
- "Blue Jean Bop" – (Gene Vincent)
- "Blue Moon of Kentucky" – (Bill Monroe)
- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" – (Chuck Berry)
- "Go Now" – (The Moody Blues)
- "Good Rocking Tonight" – (Roy Brown)
- "Hi–Heel Sneakers" – (Tommy Tucker)
- "Lonesome Town" – (Ricky Nelson)
- "Love is Strange" – (Mickey and Sylvia)
- "Richard Cory" – (Simon & Garfunkel)
- "San Francisco Bay Blues" – (Jesse Fuller)
- "Singing The Blues" – (Marty Robbins)
- "Twenty Flight Rock" – (Eddie Cochran)
For Paul McCartney's 1988 Снова в СССР album (released worldwide in 1991), formed only of rock, blues and jazz classics and including some of those mentioned above:
- "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" – (Lloyd Price)
- "I'm in Love Again" – (Fats Domino)
- "Bring It On Home to Me" – (Sam Cooke)
- "Lucille" – (Little Richard)
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" – (Duke Ellington)
- "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" – (Fats Domino)
- "That's All Right" (under the title of "That's All Right, Mama") – (Elvis Presley)
- "Summertime" – (George Gershwin)
- "Ain't That a Shame" – (Fats Domino)
- "Crackin' Up" – (Bo Diddley)
- "Just Because" – (Nelstone's Hawaiians, The Shelton Brothers, Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee)
- "Midnight Special" – traditional
George Harrison
- "Got My Mind Set on You" (James Ray)
- "If Not for You" (Bob Dylan)
- "Absolutely Sweet Marie" (Bob Dylan)
- "True Love" (Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly)
- "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)
- "Baltimore Oriole" (Hoagy Carmichael)
- "Hong Kong Blues" (Hoagy Carmichael)
- "I Really Love You" (Leroy Swearingen)
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler)
- "Mama, You've Been on My Mind" (Bob Dylan)
- "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis)
Ringo Starr
Starr's 1970 solo debut album, Sentimental Journey, consists entirely of standards:
- "Sentimental Journey"
- "Night and Day"
- "Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)"
- "Bye Bye Blackbird"
- "I'm a Fool to Care" - (Les Paul and Mary Ford)
- "Stardust"
- "Blue, Turning Grey Over You" - (Louis Armstrong)
- "Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing"
- "Dream"
- "You Always Hurt the One You Love"
- "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"
- "Let the Rest of the World Go By"
Later covers by Ringo:
- "You're Sixteen" (1973), Ringo, Bob Sherman/Dick Sherman
- "Husbands and Wives" (1974), Goodnight Vienna, Roger Miller
- "Only You (And You Alone)" (1974), Goodnight Vienna, Buck Ram/Ande Rand
- "No No Song" (1974), Goodnight Vienna, Hoyt Axton/David Jackson
- "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" (1976), Ringo's Rotogravure, Carl Groszman
- "Hey! Baby" (1976), Ringo's Rotogravure, Margaret Cobb/Bruce Channel
- "Drowning in the Sea of Love" (1977), Ringo the 4th, Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff - (Joe Simon)
- "Sneaking Sally Through the Alley" (1977), Ringo the 4th, Allen Toussaint
- "Bad Boy" (1978), Bad Boy, Lil Armstrong/Avon Long
- "Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)" (1978), Bad Boy, Toussaint
- "Heart on My Sleeve" (1978), Bad Boy, Gallagher and Lyle
- "Where Did Our Love Go" (1978), Bad Boy, Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland
- "Monkey See – Monkey Do" (1978), Bad Boy, Michael Franks
- "You Belong to Me", Stop and Smell the Roses, Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart/Chilton Price
- "Sure to Fall" (1981), Stop and Smell the Roses, Carl Perkins/Quinton Claunch/William Cantrell
- "She's About a Mover" (1983), Old Wave, Doug Sahm
- "I Keep Forgettin'" (1983), Old Wave, Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
- "Golden Blunders" (1992), Time Takes Time, Jonathan Auer/Kenneth Stringfellow
- "Don't Be Cruel" (1992), Time Takes Time, Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley
- "Love Me Do" (1998), Vertical Man, Lennon–McCartney
- "Drift Away" (1998), Vertical Man, Mentor Williams
- "Winter Wonderland" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Felix Bernard/Richard B. Smith
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Harry Simeone/Henry Onorati/Katherine K. Davis
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Johnny Marks
- "Blue Christmas" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Bill Hayes/Jay Johnson
- "White Christmas" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Irving Berlin
- "Think It Over" (2012), Ringo 2012, Buddy Holly/Norman Petty
- "Rock Island Line" (2012), Ringo 2012
- "Grow Old with Me" (2019), What's My Name, John Lennon
References
- Unterberger, Richie. "The Beatles – Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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