You beat me to it. That’s a great cover and the first one I thought of.
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I remember being blown away by Alma Cogan’s version of Eight Days a Week. Just totally unexpected but it works. All the more interesting given the back story.
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None really but if I had to choose one, Doug Parkinson Dear Prudence
I like Manfred Mann’s cover of Springsteen’s “Spirits in the Night” better than the original.
Both good picks.
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Quite like Phil Collins’ version of “Tomorrow Never Knows”, but better than The Beatles original? Not so sure.
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Blast from the past - he was sensational
RIP
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What about the 11:07 version of a day in the life
This is quite interesting at least
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For a bit of fun here’s another one
The lyrics have been altered slightly I guess…
Let’s not forget that some of their biggest hits were their own covers of songs originally recorded by other artists. Here is a small sample:
Songs covered by The Beatles
- A Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert
- Act Naturally - Buck Owens
- Anna (Go to Him) - Arthur Alexander
- Baby It’s You - The Shirelles
- Carol - Chuck Berry
- Hippy Hippy Shake - Chan Romero
- Honey Don’t - Carl Perkins
- How Do You Do It? - Gerry & the Pacemakers
- I Just Don’t Understand - Ann-Margret
- Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
- Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
- Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
- Money (That’s What I Want) - Barrett Strong
- My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean - Traditional
- Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
- Rock And Roll Music - Chuck Berry
- Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
- Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner
- Soldier of Love - Arthur Alexander
- Sweet Georgia Brown - Brother Bones & His Shadows
- That’ll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
- Twist And Shout - The Isley Brothers
- You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles
- Young Blood - The Coasters
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Rock legend tells us that Jimi Hendrix played his account of the whole of ‘Sergeant Pepper’ in concert in London the day after it had been released. My memory is fading, but I think that Lennon or McCartney were in the audience.
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I believe it was just the title track. From PM interviews I’ve heard.
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Hendrix opens side two of the In the West album with a loose rocking version of Sgt Pepper.
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Just played through my copy of GB’s “Tenderly” album, and had forgotten his cover of ‘Here, There and Everywhere’. Very different to the Fab’s original and it won’t be to everyone’s taste, but I rather enjoy this interpretation.
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Have you heard Sheila Chandra’s cover of Tomorrow Never Knows?
Or indeed Bobbie Gentry’s? (She also did a Spanish AND a Japanese version).
I imagine "Ouch!,"by the Rutles is not allowed…
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I see a few picks for Dear Prudence, the cover by Tok Tok Tok is outstanding IMO. They do a whole album of Beatles songs, but this one stands out.
Dear Prudence