Top Ten Best Songs On Beatles Live at the BBC
This song is very good for teenagers.
It's got the best overall fidelity of their recordings of the song. I think it would have been a good fit on one of the first two albums.
Originally by 50s rocker Eddie Fontaine. I think this song is kinda underrated.
A gender-flipped cover of a song by The Teddy Bears, which was originally written by a young Phil Spector. It's a lovely-sounding ballad.
The Fabs used to play this song a lot in their early days. A group called The Swinging Blue Jeans took notice and recorded their own version; it became the Blue Jeans' biggest hit.
Originally by Little Eva- it was her follow-up to "The Locomotion". I read in the Anthology a quote from George basically saying that it was one of those songs that they learned and only performed a handful of times because they got bored with it.
A Little Richard cover. The song was (of course) sung by Paul McCartney, who did all of their Little Richard covers.
Originally by Ray Charles; to me, however, it sounds more like they're imitating the Elvis Presley version.
Originally the first Elvis Presley single. I still prefer Elvis' version, but I think the Beatles version is pretty nice. George did a good job of covering the guitar solo.
Originally by Carl Perkins. I dig the harmonies on this cover.
This version is different than the Beatles for Sale version in that John sings the lead vocals rather than Ringo.