Beatles songs sung by other artists

My grandmother was into electronic music, and it showed in her record collection. I have this album, Dick Hyman's "The Age of Electronicus" from her and it has several covers, including "Green Onions" and "Give It Up or Turn It Loose". And yes, 'ol Dick - still alive at 99 - did some Beatles tunes:



 
Madison shared The Fool On The Hill. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 also recorded Day Tripper, Here Comes The Sun, Norwegian Wood (which was released as a single and was on Billboard's Bubbling Under chart for only one week, at #107, February 21 1970; it was awful!) – and With A Little Help From My Friends. Leilani "Lani" Hall is the lead singer. She's been married to Herb Alpert since 1974.

 
If I Needed Someone, written by George Harrison, was one of 14 songs on the Beatles' December 1965 Rubber Soul album – except in North America, where four songs (including If I Needed Someone) were cut from the album and two songs were added. If I Needed Someone finally appeared in North America on the June 1966 album Yesterday...And Today. A version by the Hollies reached #20 on the January 13 1966 Official UK Singles chart but did not chart in the United States.

 
Among Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas' 1960s hits are Little Children, Bad To Me, From A Window and I'll Keep You Satisfied. Their first single was a remake of the Beaqtles' Do You Want To Know A Secret. It was #2 for two weeks on the Official UK Singles chart in June 1963 (behind the Beatles' From Me To You, which was number one for seven weeks) but did not chart in the United States.

 
Yes, I somehow typed "Beaqtles" – me and my fat fingers! But you know who I meant.

Here is a version of Do You Want To Know A Secret by the Coverbeats, led by Ian Cussick, a singer-songwriter from Dundee, Scotland. This first appeared on their 2003 CD A Tribute To The Beatles. In 2010, it was one of 160 songs included on the ten-CD set Wish We Were The Beatles: A Tribute To The Beatles' Greatest Hits, released by the German label Documents (#233083). Cussick has spent most of his career in Germany.

 
Frank Sinatra's triple album Trilogy: Past Present Future, released March 26 1980, included a remake of the Beatles' Something arranged by Nelson Riddle. The album peaked at #17 on the July 5 1980 Billboard 200 chart. It was nominated for a Grammy award for album of the year but lost to Christopher Cross's debut album, cleverly titled Christopher Cross.

 
Come Together: A Night For John Lennon's Words & Music, a benefit concert for the Robin Hood Foundation following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, took place October 2 2001 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. It was shown on TNT and The WB and in December 2002 was released on DVD. Among the performers: Moby, Lou Reed, Kevin Spacey, Natalie Merchant, Nelly Furtado, Sean Lennon, Rufus Wainwright, Alanis Morissette, Billy Preston, Dave Matthews and Stone Temple Pilots. Cyndi Lauper sang Strawberry Fields Forever at the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park.

 
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