| Of course, the Beatles
played music by their favorite rockers too. Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven"
and "Rock and Roll Music" appear on early discs. Similarly, Little Richard's
"Long, Tall Sally" and "Hey, Hey, Hey" (linked with "Kansas City"), and
Buddy Holly's "Words of Love" are in their catalogue. We have already
seen how they featured other American rockers in their repertoire, including
the Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout" and Buddy Holly's "That'll
Be the Day." The evidence of these influences lies in their preferences
for vocal harmonies, particularly duet harmonies of the kind heard in
the recordings of the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly. |
| Song |
Original Recording |
Beatles |
| "Twist and Shout" (Medley & Russell) |
Isley
Brothers, June 1962 |
Lennon, March 1963 |
| "Long Tall Sally" (Penniman) |
Little Richard, January 1957 |
McCartney, March 1964 |
| "Rock and Roll Music" (Berry) |
Chuck Berry, May 1957 |
Lennon, October 1964 |
| "Bad Boy" (Williams) |
Larry Williams, 1959 |
Lennon, May 1965 |
| "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Williams) |
Larry Williams, 1958 |
Lennon, May 1965 |
| "Kansas City" (Lieber, Stoller) |
Larry Williams, |
|
| "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" (Penniman) |
|
|
| "Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" |
Little Richard, 1959 |
McCartney, 1964 |
| "That'll Be the Day" (Allison-Holly-Petty) |
Buddy Holly & the Crickets, 1957 |
Lennon,
1958 |
| "Words of Love" (Holly) |
Buddy Holly, June 1957 |
Lennon & McCartney, 1964 |
| "Roll Over Beethoven" (Berry) |
Chuck Berry, 1956 |
Harrison, October 1963 |
"I'm Talking about You" (Berry)
"I Saw Her Standing There" (Lennon
& McCartney) |
Chuck Berry, 1961 |
Lennon, 1962
McCartney,
1963 |
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