"Lovely Rita" and "When I'm Sixty Four" were the songs that would have been cut from Sgt. Pepper had the Beatles not been pressured into issuing "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" as a non-album single in advance of the album's release. In the opinion of music critic Richie Unterberger, "Lovely Rita" is "one of the more lighthearted songs on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and consequently one of the more critically overlooked". McCartney live performances and cover versions McCartney first performed "Lovely Rita" in concert on 4 May 2013, when he opened his Out There! world tour at the Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Fats Domino included the song on his 1968 album Fats Is Back. Richie Unterberger dismisses Domino's version as a "none-too-thrilling soul cover". In 1976, Roy Wood of ELO and Wizzard recorded the song for All This and World War II, a film that set new recordings of 30 Lennon–McCartney compositions to newsreel footage from World War II. Joan Osborne sings the song on the 2009 Cheap Trick release Sgt. Pepper Live. The Easy Star All-Stars recorded a version with guest vocalists Bunny Rugs and U-Roy for their 2009 Sgt. Pepper tribute album Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band. Personnel According to Ian MacDonald, the line-up on the Beatles' recording was as follows: The Beatles Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocal, piano, bass guitar, comb and tissue paper John Lennon – backing vocal, vocal percussion, acoustic rhythm guitar, comb and tissue paper George Harrison – backing vocal, acoustic rhythm guitar, comb and tissue paper Ringo Starr – drums, comb and tissue paper Additional musician George Martin – piano (solo) References Sources External links Full lyrics for the song at the Beatles' official website 1967 songs The Beatles songs Songs written by Lennon–McCartney Song recordings produced by George Martin Songs published by Northern Songs Songs about police officers Psychedelic songs Music hall songs