List of artists The Beatles have covered

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Artists/songs The Beatles have covered.

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Song Beatles album/sessions Original artist
"Roll Over Beethoven" With the Beatles Chuck Berry
"Till There Was You" With the Beatles Barbara Cook
"Twist and Shout" Please Please Me The Top Notes
"My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean" Tony Sheridan recordings/Early live performances Scottish - Trad
"Rock and Roll Music" Beatles For Sale Chuck Berry
"A Shot of Rhythm and Blues" BBC sessions Arthur Alexander
"Act Naturally" Help! Buck Owens
"Anna (Go to Him)" Please Please Me Arthur Alexander
"Clarabella" BBC sessions Mike Pingitore
"Baby It's You" Please Please Me The Shirelles
"To Know Her Is to Love Her" BBC sessions The Teddy Bears
"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" With the Beatles The Miracles
"I Got a Woman" BBC sessions Ray Charles
"Boys" Please Please Me The Shirelles
"Nobody's Child" Tony Sheridan recordings Traditional
"A Taste of Honey" Please Please Me Bobby Scott
"Bad Boy" Beatles VI Larry Williams
"Chains" Please Please Me The Cookies
"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" Beatles For Sale Carl Perkins
"Kansas City" Beatles For Sale Little Richard
"Honey Don't" Early Live Performances/Beatles For Sale Carl Perkins
"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" Early Live Performances James Ray (singer)
"Money (That's What I Want)" With the Beatles Barrett Strong
"Please Mr. Postman" With The Beatles The Marvelettes
"Crying, Waiting, Hoping" BBC sessions Buddy Holly
"Ain't She Sweet" Tony Sheridan recordings/Early Live Performances Milton Ager/Jack Yellen
"Devil in Her Heart" With The Beatles The Donays
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" Beatles VI Larry Williams
"Slow Down" Long Tall Sally (EP) Larry Williams
"Words of Love" Beatles For Sale/Early Live Performances Buddy Holly
"Mr. Moonlight" Beatles For Sale/Early Live Performances Dr. Feelgood and The Interns
"Matchbox" Long Tall Sally (EP) Carl Perkins
"'Deed I Do" Get Back sessions Fred Rose/Walter Hirsch (Popularized by Ray Charles)
"(Baby) Hully Gully" Early Live Performances The Olympics
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Get Back sessions The Rolling Stones
"(Marie's The Name Of) His Latest Flame" Early Live Performances Elvis Presley
"A Fool For You" Early Live Performances Ray Charles
"A House With Love In It" Early Live Performances Vera Lynn
"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" Get Back sessions/Apple rooftop performance Irving Berlin
"A Quick One While He's Away Get Back sessions The Who
"Ach Du Lieber Augustin" Get Back sessions Traditional
"Adagio For Strings" Get Back sessions Samuel Barber
"Ain't That A Shame" Early Live Performances Fats Domino
"All Along The Watchtower" Get Back sessions Bob Dylan
"All Over Again" Early Live Performances Johnny Cash
"All Shook Up" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Elvis Presley
"Almost Grown" Get Back sessions Chuck Berry
"Apache" Early Live Performances The Shadows
"Are You Lonesome Tonight" Early Live Performances Elvis Presley
"Around and Around" Get Back sessions Chuck Berry
"Baa Baa Black Sheep" Get Back sessions Traditional
"Baby Blue" Early Live Performances Gene Vincent
"Baby Come Back" Get Back sessions The Equals
"Baby Let's Play House" Early Live Performances Elvis Presley
"Balls To Your Partner" Get Back session To Be Completed
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Gene Vincent
"Bear Cat" Get Back sessions Rufus Thomas
"Begin The Beguine" Early Live Performances Pat Boone
"Better Luck Next Time" Early Live Performances June Christy
"Black Dog Blues" Get Back sessions Traditional
"Blowin' In The Wind" Live at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's meditation camp/Get Back sessions Bob Dylan
"Blue Moon Of Kentucky" Early Live Performances/1995 Reunion Bill Monroe (Popularized by Elvis Presley)
"Blue Suede Shoes" Get Back sessions Carl Perkins
"Bo Diddley" Get Back sessions Bo Diddley
"Bony Moronie" Early Live Performances Larry Williams
"Boogie Woogie" Get Back sessions Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
"Boppin' The Blues" Early Live Performances Carl Perkins
"Bring It On Home" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Sam Cooke
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" Get Back sessions Chuck Berry
"Build Me Up Buttercup" Get Back sessions The Foundations
"Buzz Buzz A Diddle-It" Early Live Performances Freddy Cannon
"Bye Bye Love" Get Back sessions The Everly Brothers
"C'mon Everybody" Early Live Performances Eddie Cochran
"C'mon Marianne" Get Back sessions The Four Seasons
"Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" Early Live Performances Little Richard
"Cannonball" Get Back sessions Duane Eddy
"Cathy's Clown" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions The Everly Brothers
"Chopsticks" Get Back sessions Euphemia Allen
"Cocaine Blues" Get Back sessions Johnny Cash
"Come Go With Me" Early Live Performances The Del-Vikings
"Coquette" Early Live Perfomances Fats Domino
"Corrine, Corrina" Early Live Performances Traditional (Popularized by Lonnie Donegan)
"Cotton Fields" Live on The Kenny Everett Show, June 6, 1968 Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
"Crackin' Up" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Bo Diddley
"Crazy Feet" Get Back sessions Fred Astaire
"Dance In The Street" Early Live Performances Gene Vincent
"Darktown Strutters Ball" Early Live Performances Joe Brown and The Bruvvers
"Daydream" Get Back sessions Wallace Collection
"Diamonds" Early Live Performances Jet Harris and Tony Meehan
"Digging My Potatoes" Get Back sessions Traditional
"Domino" Get Back sessions Tony Martin
"Don't Be Cruel" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Elvis Presley
"Don't Forbid Me" Early Live Performances Pat Boone
"Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Ray Charles
"Down The Line" Early Live Performances Jerry Lee Lewis
"Dream" Early Live Performances Cliff Richard
"Early In The Morning" Get Back sessions Bobby Darin
"Espana Cani (Spanish Gypsy Dance)" Early Live Performances Pascual Marquina Narro
"Everyday" Early Live Performances Buddy Holly
"F.B.I." Get Back sessions The Shadows
"First Call" Get Back sessions Traditional
"Five Feet High And Rising" Get Back sessions Johnny Cash
"Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart" Get Back sessions Johnny Cash
"Fool Number One" Early Live Performances Ray Charles
"Fools Like Me" Get Back sessions Jerry Lee Lewis
"Freight Train" Early Live Performances Traditional (Popularized by Chas McDevitt Skiffle group featuring Nancy Whiskey)
"Frere Jacques" Get Back sessions Traditional
"Friendship" Get Back sessions Cole Porter
"Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea" Get Back sessions The Four Lads
"Going Up The Country" Get Back sessions Canned Heat
"Gone, Gone, Gone" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Carl Perkins
"Good Golly Miss Molly" Get Back sessions Little Richard
"Good Rockin Tonight" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Roy Brown (Popularized by Elvis Presley)
"Goodnight Sweetheart" Live on The Kenny Everett Show, June 6, 1968 Ray Noble
"Great Balls of Fire" Early Live Performances Jerry Lee Lewis
"Green Onions" Get Back sessions Booker T. and The MGs
"Groovin'" Get Back sessions The Young Rascals
"Guitar Boogie" Early Live Performances Arthur Smith and his Crackerjacks
"Hallelujah, I Love Her So" Early Live Performances/1960 Rehearsals at Paul's House Ray Charles (Popularized by Eddie Cochran)
"Hare Krishna Mantra" Live at Maharishi camp/Get Back sessions Traditional
"Hava Negila" Get Back sessions Traditional
"Heartbreak Hotel" Early Live Performances Elvis Presley
"Heavenly" Early Live Performances Conway Twitty
"Hello Dolly" Sessions for 1964 Christmas Record/Get Back sessions "Hello Dolly" Musical
"Hello Muddah Hello Faddah" Get Back sessions Allan Sherman
"Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" Early Live Performances Lionel Hampton and His Ochestra
"Hey Good Lookin' Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Hank Williams (Popularized by Gene Vincent)
"Hey Let's Twist Early Live Performances Joey Dee and The Starliters
"Hey Liley Liley Lo" Get Back sessions To Be Completed...
"Hey Little Girl (In The High School Sweater)" Get Back sessions To Be Completed...
"Hey! Baby" Early Live Performances Bruce Channel
"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" Early Live Performances/Beatles For Sale Little Richard
"High Heeled Sneakers" Get Back sessions To Be Completed...
"High School Confidential" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Jerry Lee Lewis
"Hit The Road Jack" Early Live Performances Ray Charles
"Hitch Hike" Get Back sessions Marvin Gaye
"Home" Early Live Performances The Mills Brothers
"Honey Hush" Early Live Performances/Get Back sessions Big Joe Turner (Popularized by Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n' Roll Trio)
"Honky Tonk Blues" Early Live Performances Hank Williams
"Hound Dog" Early Live Performances Big Mama Thorton
"House of the Rising Sun" Get Back sessions Traditional (Popularized by The Animals)
"How Do You Tell Someone" Get Back sessions To Be Completed...
"How Do You Think I Feel" Get Back sessions To Be Completed...
"How High The Moon" Early Live Performances Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis (Popularized by Les Paul and Mary Ford)
"I Feel So Bad" Early Live Performances Chuck Willis (Popularized by Elvis Presley)
"I Got Stung" Get Back sessions Elvis Presley
"I Got A Woman" Early Live Performances/Live at the BBC Ray Charles (Popularized by Elvis Presley)
"I Know" Early Live Performances Fats Domino
"I Remember" Early Live Performances Eddie Cochran
"I Remember You" Early Live Performances Written by Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer, popularized by Frank Ifield
"I Shall Be Released" Get Back sessions Bob Dylan
"I Threw It All Away" Get Back sessions Bob Dylan
"I Will Always Be In Love With You" Early Live Performances Fats Domino
"I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" Early Live Performances Written by Clarence Williams and Armand Piron, popularized by The Olympics
"I Wonder If I Care As Much" Early Live Performances The Everly Brothers
"I'll Never Let You Go" Early Live Performances Elvis Presley
"I'm A Tiger" Get Back sessions Lulu
"I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday" Early Live Performances Fats Domino
"I'm Henry The Eighth I Am" Early Live Performances Written by Fred Murray and R. P. Weston, popularized by Joe Brown and The Bruvvers
"I'm In Love Again" Early Live Performances Fats Domino
"I'm Ready" Get Back sessions Fats Domino
"I'm Talking About You" Early Live Performances/Recorded for BBC Radio/Get Back sessions Chuck Berry
"I've Been Good To You" Get Back sessions The Miracles
"I've Got Rings On My Fingers" Get Back sessions Written by Weston, Barnes, and Scott
"If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody Early Live Performances James Ray
"In The Middle Of An Island" Get Back sessions Tony Bennett
"It Ain't Me Babe" Get Back sessions Bob Dylan
"It'll Be Me" Early Live Performances Jerry Lee Lewis
"It's A Long Way To Tipperary" Early Live Performances Traditional
"It's Now Or Never" Early Live Performances Elvis Presley
"It's Only Make Believe" Get Back sessions Conway Twitty
"It's So Easy" Early Live Performances Buddy Holly
"Sheila" Early Live Performances Tommy Roe
"Falling In Love Again" Early Live Performances Frederick Hollander (Popularized by Marlene Deitrich)
"Red Sails In The Sunset" Early Live Performances Jimmy Kennedy and Hugh Williams (Popularized by Big Joe Turner and Emile Ford and The Checkmates)

List

Milton Ager/Jack Yellen

Arthur Alexander

Euphemia Allen

The Animals

  • House of the Rising Sun (Although this is a traditional song, The Beatles were most likely influenced by The Animals' cover)

Fred Astaire

Samuel Barber

Tony Bennett

Irving Berlin

Chuck Berry

Booker T. and The MGs

Pat Boone

Roy Brown

Joe Brown and The Bruvvers

Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n' Roll Trio

  • Honey Hush (Although this song was originally by Big Joe Turner, The Beatles were more likely influenced by Burnette's cover)

Canned Heat

Freddy Cannon

Johnny Cash

Bruce Channel

Ray Charles

June Christy

Eddie Cochran

Barbara Cook

Sam Cooke

The Cookies

Bobby Darin

Joey Dee and The Starliters

Marlene Deitrich

The Del-Vikings

Bo Diddley

Dr. Feelgood and The Interns

Fats Domino

The Donays

Lonnie Donegan

Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

Bob Dylan

Duane Eddy

The Equals

The Everly Brothers

Emile Ford and The Checkmates

  • Red Sails In The Sunset (Although this song was originally written by Hugh Williams and Jimmy Kennedy, The Beatles were likely influenced by either Ford's cover or another cover by Big Joe Turner)

The Foundations

The Four Lads

The Four Seasons

Marvin Gaye

Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis

Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra

Jet Harris

Frederick Hollander

Buddy Holly

Frank Ifield

The Isley Brothers

The Jodimars

Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter

Peggy Lee

Jerry Lee Lewis

Little Willie Littlefield

Vera Lynn

Tony Martin

The Marvelettes

Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group featuring Nancy Whiskey

The Mills Brothers

The Miracles

Bill Monroe

Pascual Marquina Narro

Ray Noble

The Olympics

Buck Owens

Les Paul and Mary Ford

Little Richard

Lulu

Carl Perkins

Elvis Presley

James Ray

Cliff Richard

Tommy Roe

The Rolling Stones

Fred Rose/Walter Hirsh

Bobby Scott

The Shadows

Allan Sherman

The Shirelles

Arthur Smith and his Crackerjacks

Barrett Strong

The Teddy Bears

Rufus Thomas

Big Mama Thorton

The Top Notes

Traditional

Big Joe Turner

Conway Twitty

Gene Vincent

Wallace Collection

The Who

Hank Williams

Hugh Williams and Jimmy Kennedy

Larry Williams

Chuck Willis

The Young Rascals

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