List of songs covered by the Beatles

This article is a list of cover versions recorded and released by the Beatles as a band or solo artists.

The Beatles

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

Solo

John Lennon

• "Ya Ya" (Lee Dorsey) - Walls and Bridges, 1974
• "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (Gene Vincent) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Rip It Up"/"Ready Teddy" (Little Richard) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "You Can't Catch Me" (Chuck Berry) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Ain't That a Shame" (Fats Domino) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Sweet Little Sixteen" (Chuck Berry) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Little Richard) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Peggy Sue" (Buddy Holly) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Bring It On Home to Me"/"Send Me Some Lovin'" (Sam Cooke/Lloyd Price) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Bony Moronie" (Larry Williams) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Just Because" (Lloyd Price) - Rock 'n' Roll, 1975
• "Hound Dog" (Big Mama Thornton) - Live in New York City, 1986
• "Angel Baby" (Rosie Hamlin) - Rock 'n' Roll, 2004 reissue
• "To Know Her Is to Love Her" (Phil Spector) - Rock 'n' Roll, 2004 reissue
• "Since My Baby Left Me" (Arthur Crudup) - Rock 'n' Roll, 2004 reissue
• "Just Because (Reprise)" - Rock 'n' Roll, 2004 reissue
• "Mucho Mungo" (Harry Nilsson) - The Lost Sleepy Blind Lemon Lennon Album, 1990
• "Be My Baby" (Phil Spector) - Lost Weekend, 1973-1974

Paul McCartney

• "Ain't No Sunshine" - (Bill Withers)
• "All Shook Up" - (Elvis Presley)
• "Be Bop a Lula" - (Gene Vincent)
• "Blue Jean Bop" - (Gene Vincent)
• "Blue Moon of Kentucky" - (Bill Monroe)
• "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" - (Chuck Berry)
• "Good Rocking Tonight" - (Roy Brown)
• "Hi-Heel Sneakers" - (Tommy Tucker)
• "Lonesome Town" - (Ricky Nelson)
• "San Francisco Bay Blues" - (Jesse Fuller)
• "Singing The Blues" - (Marty Robbins)
• "Twenty Flight Rock" - (Eddie Cochran)

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:

• "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" - (Lloyd Price)
• "I'm in Love Again" - (Fats Domino)
• "Bring It On Home to Me" - (Sam Cooke)
• "Lucille" - (Little Richard)
• "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - (Duke Ellington)
• "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" - (Fats Domino)
• "That's All Right" (under the title of "That's All Right, Mama") - (Elvis Presley)
• "Summertime" - (George Gershwin)
• "Ain't That a Shame" - (Fats Domino)
• "Crackin' Up" - (Bo Diddley)
• "Just Because" - (Nelstone's Hawaiians, The Shelton Brothers, Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee)
• "Midnight Special" - traditional

George Harrison

• "Got My Mind Set on You" - (James Ray)
• "If Not for You" - (Bob Dylan)
• "Absolutely Sweet Marie" - (Bob Dylan)
• "Anna Julia" - (Los Hermanos)
• "True Love" - (Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly)
• "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)
• "Hong Kong Blues" (Hoagy Carmichael)
• "I Really Love You" (Leroy Swearingen)
• "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" - (Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler)

Ringo Starr

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

• "Sentimental Journey"
• "Night and Day"
• "Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)"
• "Bye Bye Blackbird"
• "I'm a Fool to Care" - (Les Paul and Mary Ford)
• "Stardust"
• "Blue, Turning Grey Over You" - (Louis Armstrong)
• "Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing"
• "Dream"
• "You Always Hurt the One You Love"
• "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"
• "Let the Rest of the World Go By"

Later covers by Ringo:

• "You're Sixteen" (1973), Ringo, Bob Sherman/Dick Sherman
• "Husbands and Wives" (1974), Goodnight Vienna, Roger Miller
• "Only You (And You Alone)" (1974), Goodnight Vienna, Buck Ram/Ande Rand
• "No No Song" (1974), Goodnight Vienna, Hoyt Axton/David Jackson
• "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" (1976), Ringo's Rotogravure, Carl Groszman
• "Hey! Baby" (1976), Ringo's Rotogravure, Margaret Cobb/Bruce Channel
• "Drowning in the Sea of Love" (1977), Ringo the 4th, Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff - (Joe Simon)
• "Sneaking Sally Through the Alley" (1977), Ringo the 4th, Allen Toussaint
• "Bad Boy" (1978), Bad Boy, Lil Armstrong/Avon Long
• "Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)" (1978), Bad Boy, Toussaint
• "Heart on My Sleeve" (1978), Bad Boy, Gallagher and Lyle
• "Where Did Our Love Go" (1978), Bad Boy, Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland
• "Monkey See – Monkey Do" (1978), Bad Boy, Michael Franks
• "You Belong to Me", Stop and Smell the Roses, Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart/Chilton Price
• "Sure to Fall" (1981), Stop and Smell the Roses, Carl Perkins/Quinton Claunch/William Cantrell
• "She's About a Mover" (1983), Old Wave, Doug Sahm
• "I Keep Forgettin'" (1983), Old Wave, Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
• "Golden Blunders" (1992), Time Takes Time, Jonathan Auer/Kenneth Stringfellow
• "Don't Be Cruel" (1992), Time Takes Time, Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley
• "Love Me Do" (1998), Vertical Man, Lennon–McCartney
• "Drift Away" (1998), Vertical Man, Mentor Williams
• "Winter Wonderland" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Felix Bernard/Richard B. Smith
• "The Little Drummer Boy" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Harry Simeone/Henry Onorati/Katherine K. Davis
• "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Johnny Marks
• "Blue Christmas" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Bill Hayes/Jay Johnson
• "White Christmas" (1999), I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Irving Berlin
• "Think It Over" (2012), Ringo 2012, Buddy Holly/Norman Petty
• "Rock Island Line" (2012), Ringo 2012

External links

• The Roots of the Beatles