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List of songs covered by the Beatles

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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

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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" Billy Dee Williams
"Twist and Shout" The Top Notes
"Till There Was You" With the Beatles Sue Raney
"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! Buck Owens
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" Larry Williams
"Maggie Mae" 1970 Let It Be The Vipers Skiffle Group (traditional)
"Hippy Hippy Shake" 1977 Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 Chan Romero
"Sweet Little Sixteen" Chuck Berry
"Lend Me Your Comb" Carl Perkins
"Your Feet's Too Big" The Ink Spots
"Bésame Mucho" Jimmy Dorsey
"Reminiscing" Buddy Holly
"Nothin' Shakin'" Eddie Fontaine
"To Know Her Is to Love Her" The Teddy Bears
"Little Queenie" Chuck Berry
"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" Marlene Dietrich
"Red Sails in the Sunset" Lew Stone
"I'm Talking About You" Chuck Berry
"Shimmy Like Kate" Original Memphis Five
"I Remember You" Jimmy Dorsey
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" Roy Hamilton
"Where Have You Been (All My Life)" Arthur Alexander
"Sheila" Tommy Roe
"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
"Crying, Waiting, Hoping" Buddy Holly
"The Honeymoon Song" Marino Marini
"Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry
"Memphis, Tennessee" Chuck Berry
"Lucille" Little Richard
"Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" Johnny Burnette and His Rock 'n' Roll Trio
"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" Lou Gold
"Searchin'" The Coasters
"Three Cool Cats" The Coasters
"The Sheik of Araby" Vincent Lopez
"Shout" The Isley Brothers
"Leave My Kitten Alone" Little Willie John
"Rip It Up/Shake, Rattle and Roll/Blue Suede Shoes" 1996 Anthology 3 Little Richard/Big Joe Turner/Carl Perkins
"Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" Buddy Holly
"Beautiful Dreamer" 2013 On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 Tony Orlando (based on the Stephen Foster song)
"Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club" Mildred J. Hill, Patty Hill (traditional)
"Saint Louis Blues" 2018 The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Edition W. C. Handy
"(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" Elvis Presley
"Blue Moon" Glen Gray
"The Walk" 2021 Let It Be: Special Edition Jimmy McCracklin
"Without a Song" Paul Whiteman
"God Save the Queen" 2022 Get Back – The Rooftop Performance (traditional)

Solo

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John Lennon

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Song Year Album Original artist Ref.
"Blue Suede Shoes" 1969 Live Peace in Toronto 1969 Carl Perkins
"Money (That's What I Want)" Barrett Strong
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" Larry Williams
"Well (Baby Please Don't Go)" 1972 Some Time in New York City The Olympics
"Ya Ya" 1974 Walls and Bridges Lee Dorsey
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" 1975 Rock 'n' Roll Gene Vincent
"Stand by Me" Ben E. King
"Rip It Up"/"Ready Teddy" Little Richard
"You Can't Catch Me" Chuck Berry
"Ain't That a Shame" Fats Domino
"Do You Wanna Dance?" Bobby Freeman
"Sweet Little Sixteen" Chuck Berry
"Slippin' and Slidin'" Little Richard
"Peggy Sue" Buddy Holly
"Bring It On Home to Me"/"Send Me Some Lovin'" Sam Cooke/Lloyd Price
"Bony Moronie" Larry Williams
"Just Because" Lloyd Price
"Hound Dog" 1986 Live in New York City Big Mama Thornton
"Angel Baby" Menlove Ave. Rosie and the Originals
"Since My Baby Left Me" Arthur Crudup
"To Know Her Is to Love Her" The Teddy Bears
"Maggie Mae" 1998 John Lennon Anthology The Vipers Skiffle Group (traditional)
"Long Lost John" Alan Lomax (traditional)
"A Kiss Is Just A Kiss" Dooley Wilson
"Ain't She Sweet" Milton Ager/Jack Yellen
"Be My Baby" The Ronettes
"Only You" The Platters
"Honey Don't" 2010 John Lennon Signature Box Carl Perkins
"Johnny B. Goode" 2021 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band: The Ultimate Collection Chuck Berry
"Glad All Over" Carl Perkins
"Goodnight Irene" Lead Belly
"You'll Never Walk Alone" Christine Johnson
"It'll Be Me" Jerry Lee Lewis
"Matchbox" Carl Perkins
"Mystery Train" Elvis Presley
"(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" Elvis Presley

Paul McCartney

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Song Year Album Original artist Ref.
"Love Is Strange" 1971 Wild Life Mickey & Sylvia
"Crossroads Theme" 1975 Venus and Mars Tony Hatch
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reggae" 1979 Wonderful Christmastime single Gene Autry
"Lucille" 1981 Concerts for the People of Kampuchea Little Richard
"Long Tall Sally" 1987 Recorded Highlights Of The Prince's Trust 10th Anniversary Birthday Party Little Richard
"Kansas City" 1988 CHOBA B CCCP Little Willie Littlefield
"Twenty Flight Rock" Eddie Cochran
"Lawdy, Miss Clawdy" Lloyd Price
"Bring It On Home to Me" Sam Cooke
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" Duke Ellington
"I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" Bobby Mitchell
"That's All Right (Mama)" Arthur Crudup
"Summertime" Abbie Mitchell
"Ain't That a Shame" Fats Domino
"Crackin' Up" Bo Diddley
"Just Because" Nelstone's Hawaiians
"Midnight Special" Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys
"It's Now or Never" 1990 The Last Temptation of Elvis Elvis Presley
"Matchbox" Tripping the Live Fantastic Carl Perkins
"Sally" Gracie Fields
"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" Ernie Andrews
"All My Trials" Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! Bob Gibson
"I'm in Love Again" 1991 CHOBA B CCCP (International Release) Fats Domino
"Be-Bop-a-Lula" Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) Gene Vincent
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" Bill Monroe
"San Francisco Bay Blues" Jesse Fuller
"Hi-Heel Sneakers" Tommy Tucker
"Good Rockin' Tonight" Roy Brown
"Singing The Blues" Marty Robbins
"A Room With A View" 1998 Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, and Adrienne Brune
"Blue Jean Bop" 1999 Run Devil Run Gene Vincent
"She Said Yeah" Larry Williams
"All Shook Up" David Hill
"No Other Baby" Dickie Bishop and The Sidekicks
"Lonesome Town" Ricky Nelson
"Movie Magg" Carl Perkins
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" Chuck Berry
"Coquette" Guy Lombardo
"I Got Stung" Elvis Presley
"Honey Hush" Big Joe Turner
"Shake a Hand" Faye Adams
"Party" Elvis Presley
"Fabulous" Charlie Gracie
"Maybe Baby" 2000 Maybe Baby (Original Soundtrack) The Crickets
"I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra" 2001 Brand New Boots and Panties The Blockheads
"All Things Must Pass" 2003 Concert for George George Harrison
"I Want to Walk You Home" 2007 Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino Fats Domino
"It's So Easy" 2011 Rave On Buddy Holly The Crickets
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" 2012 Kisses on the Bottom Fats Waller
"Home (When Shadows Fall)" Harold Van Emburgh
"It's Only a Paper Moon" Claire Carleton
"More I Cannot Wish You" Pat Rooney, Sr.
"The Glory of Love" Willie Bryant
"We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" The Ink Spots
"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" Johnny Mercer
"Always" Irving Kaufman
"My Very Good Friend the Milkman" Fats Waller
"Bye Bye Blackbird" Sam Lanin
"Get Yourself Another Fool" Charles Brown
"The Inch Worm" Danny Kaye
"My One and Only Love" Frank Sinatra
"The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" Nat King Cole
"Baby Face" 2014 Venus and Mars (Deluxe Edition) Jan Garber
"Tragedy" 2018 Red Rose Speedway (Deluxe Edition) Thomas Wayne

George Harrison

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Song Year Album Original artist Ref.
"If Not For You" 1970 All Things Must Pass Bob Dylan
"Bye Bye Love" 1974 Dark Horse The Everly Brothers
"True Love" 1976 Thirty Three & 1/3 Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly
"Baltimore Oriole" 1981 Somewhere in England Hoagy Carmichael
"Hong Kong Blues" Hoagy Carmichael
"I Really Love You" 1982 Gone Troppo The Stereos
"Got My Mind Set on You" 1987 Cloud Nine James Ray
"Nobody's Child" 1990 Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal Hank Snow
"Runaway" She's My Baby (single) Del Shannon
"Roll Over Beethoven" 1992 Live in Japan Chuck Berry
"Absolutely Sweet Marie" 1993 The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Bob Dylan
"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" 2002 Brainwashed Cab Calloway
"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" 2006 Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session Carl Perkins
"Mama, You've Been on My Mind" 2012 Early Takes: Volume 1 Bob Dylan
"Let It Be Me" The Everly Brothers
"Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)" 2021 All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary) Gene Austin

Ringo Starr

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Song Year Album Original artist Ref.
"Sentimental Journey" 1970 Sentimental Journey Les Brown
"Night and Day" Fred Astaire
"Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)" Erskine Hawkins
"Bye Bye Blackbird" Sam Lanin
"I'm a Fool to Care" Ted Daffan
"Stardust" Hoagy Carmichael
"Blue, Turning Grey Over You" Louis Armstrong
"Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing" The Four Aces
"Dream" The Pied Pipers
"You Always Hurt the One You Love" The Mills Brothers
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" Gene Autry
"Let the Rest of the World Go By" Morton Downey
"Loser's Lounge" Beaucoups of Blues Cal Smith
"Have You Seen My Baby" 1973 Ringo Randy Newman
"You're Sixteen" Johnny Burnette
"Husbands and Wives" 1974 Goodnight Vienna Roger Miller
"Occapella" Lee Dorsey
"Only You" The Platters
"Hey! Baby" 1976 Ringo's Rotogravure Bruce Channel
"Drowning in the Sea of Love" 1977 Ringo the 4th Joe Simon
"Can She Do It Like She Dances" King Floyd
"Sneaking Sally Through the Alley" Lee Dorsey
"Bad Boy" 1978 Bad Boy Lil Armstrong
"Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)" Benny Spellman
"Heart on My Sleeve" Gallagher and Lyle
"Where Did Our Love Go" The Supremes
"Hard Times" Peter Skellern
"Tonight" Small Faces
"Monkey See – Monkey Do" Michael Franks
"You Belong to Me" 1981 Stop and Smell the Roses Joni James
"Sure to Fall" Carl Perkins
"She's About a Mover" 1983 Old Wave Sir Douglas Quintet
"I Keep Forgettin'" Chuck Jackson
"When You Wish Upon a Star" 1988 Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films Cliff Edwards
"Honey Don't" 1989 Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band Carl Perkins
"Act Naturally" Buck Owens
"Golden Blunders" 1992 Time Takes Time The Posies
"Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley
"Boys" 1993 Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux The Shirelles
"Brandy" 1994 Stop and Smell the Roses Reissue The O'Jays
"Lay Down Your Arms" 1995 For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson Harry Nilsson
"Drift Away" 1998 Vertical Man Mike Berry
"Winter Wonderland" 1999 I Wanna Be Santa Claus Richard Himber
"The Little Drummer Boy" Trapp Family
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Gene Autry
"Blue Christmas" Doye O'Dell
"White Christmas" Bing Crosby
"Think It Over" 2012 Ringo 2012 The Crickets
"Rock Island Line" Lead Belly
"Hey, Would You Hold it Down?" 2018 King of the Road - A Tribute to Roger Miller Roger Miller
"Grow Old with Me" 2019 What's My Name John Lennon
"Money (That's What I Want)" Barrett Strong
"Rock Around the Clock" 2021 Change the World Sonny Dae and His Knights
"See You Later, Alligator" Songs from Quarantine: Vol. 2 Bobby Charles

See also

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References

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