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

Song Year Beatles album Original artist Ref.
"Anna (Go to Him)" 1963 Please Please Me Arthur Alexander
"Chains" The Cookies
"Boys" The Shirelles
"Baby It's You" The Shirelles
"A Taste of Honey" Bobby Scott/Lenny Welch
"Twist and Shout" The Top Notes (as hit The Isley Brothers)
"Till There Was You" With the Beatles Barbara Cook
"Please Mr. Postman" The Marvelettes
"Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry
"You Really Got a Hold on Me" The Miracles
"Devil in Her Heart" The Donays
"Money (That's What I Want)" Barrett Strong
"Long Tall Sally" 1964 Long Tall Sally (EP) Little Richard
"Slow Down" Larry Williams
"Matchbox" Carl Perkins
"Rock and Roll Music" Beatles for Sale Chuck Berry
"Mr. Moonlight" Dr. Feelgood
"Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" Little Willie Littlefield/Little Richard
"Words of Love" Buddy Holly
"Honey Don't" Carl Perkins
"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" Carl Perkins
"Bad Boy" 1965 Beatles VI Larry Williams
"Act Naturally" Help! Johnny Russell
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" Larry Williams
"Maggie Mae" 1970 Let It Be The Vipers Skiffle Group (traditional)
"I Got a Woman" 1994 Live at the BBC Ray Charles
"Too Much Monkey Business" Chuck Berry
"Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" Little Eva
"Young Blood" The Coasters
"A Shot of Rhythm and Blues" Arthur Alexander
"Sure to Fall (In Love with You)" Carl Perkins
"Some Other Guy" Richie Barrett
"That's All Right, Mama" Elvis Presley
"Carol" Chuck Berry
"Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" Arthur Alexander
"Clarabella" The Jodimars
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" Elvis Presley
"Crying, Waiting, Hoping" Buddy Holly
"To Know Her Is to Love Her" The Teddy Bears
"The Honeymoon Song” Marino Marini
"Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry
"Memphis, Tennessee" Chuck Berry
"Lucille" Little Richard
"Sweet Little Sixteen" Chuck Berry
"Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" Johnny Burnette and His Rock 'n' Roll Trio
"Nothin' Shakin'" Eddie Fontaine
"Hippy Hippy Shake" Chan Romero
"Glad All Over" Carl Perkins
"I Just Don’t Understand" Ann-Margret
"So How Come (No One Loves Me)" The Everly Brothers
"I Forgot To Remember To Forget" Elvis Presley
"I Got to Find My Baby" Chuck Berry
"Ooh! My Soul" Little Richard
"Don't Ever Change" The Crickets
"That'll Be the Day" 1995 Anthology 1 The Crickets
"Hallelujah I Love Her So" Ray Charles
"Ain't She Sweet" 1995/1996 Anthology 1/Anthology 3 Milton Ager/Jack Yellen
"Searchin'" 1995 Anthology 1 The Coasters
"Three Cool Cats" The Coasters
"The Sheik of Araby" Harry B. Smith/Francis Wheeler/Ted Snyder
"Bésame Mucho" Consuelo Velázquez
"How Do You Do It" Mitch Murray
"Lend Me Your Comb" Carl Perkins
"Shout" The Isley Brothers
"Leave My Kitten Alone" Little Willie John
"Rip It Up/Shake, Rattle and Roll/Blue Suede Shoes" 1996 Anthology 3 Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco/Charles Calhoun/Carl Perkins
"Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" Ruth Roberts, Bill Katz, Stanley Clayton
"I'm Talking About You" 2013 On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 Chuck Berry
"Beautiful Dreamer" Tony Orlando (based on the Stephen Foster song)

Solo

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

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:

George Harrison

Ringo Starr

Starr's 1970 solo debut album, Sentimental Journey, consists entirely of standards:

Later covers by Ringo:

References

  1. Unterberger, Richie. "The Beatles – Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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