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This is a list of cover versions by music artists who have recorded one or more songs written and originally recorded by English rock band The Beatles.Many albums have been created in dedication to the group, including film soundtracks, such as I Am Sam (2001) and Across the Universe (2007) and commemorative albums such as Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father (1988) and This Bird Has Flown (2005).
"Rain" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 30 May 1966 as the B-side of their "Paperback Writer" single. Both songs were recorded during the sessions for Revolver , although neither appear on that album.
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 ...
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, styled RAIN, is a Beatles tribute and later a theatrical production. Rain gives audiences the experience of seeing Beatles' songs performed live that were never done so by the band itself. It predates the popular Broadway show Beatlemania by several years. [2] Rain has played Broadway, [3] and toured for years.
The tape was passed on to the surviving Beatles members in 1994 by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and featured the songs "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love," which were both reworked by the surviving ...
By the mid-1960s, the Beatles became interested in tape loops and found sounds. [36] [37] Early examples of the group sampling existing recordings include loops on "Revolution 9" [37] (the repetitive "number nine" is from a Royal Academy of Music examination tape, some chatter is from a conversation between George Martin and Apple office manager Alistair Taylor, and a chord from a recording of ...
It was first heard by McCartney and the two other surviving Beatles at the time, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, in 1994, when Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, gave them two cassettes — one with ...
The Beatles began recording the song on 29 March 1967, the day before they posed for the Sgt. Pepper album cover. They recorded 10 takes of the song, wrapping up sessions at 5:45 in the morning. [10] The backing track consisted of Starr on drums, McCartney playing piano, Harrison playing lead guitar and Lennon beating a cowbell.