Title: Which of Lennon/McCartney songs were first recorded by other artists, not by The Beatles? - Quora
Headings: Which of Lennon/McCartney songs were first recorded by other artists, not by The Beatles?
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Etienne Hanratty
Michelle Morrissette
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Etienne Hanratty
, NHS (2001-present)
Answered 2 years ago · Author has 207 answers and 117.8K answer views
Originally Answered: What were the most notable Lennon-McCartney songs recorded by someone else, but not the Beatles? There are plenty of Beatles covers out there, some of which were more successful than the originals, with Joe Cocker’s With A Little Help From My Friend perhaps being the best example. That said, I really can’t think of many Lennon-McCartney songs that were never recorded by the band but went on to become well-known. To my mind, the Badfinger songs don’t count as they were credited to McCartney alone (edit: it’s possible I’ve been lied to by Wikipedia here). Hello Little Girl was a hit for the Fourmost which didn’t appear on any contemporary Beatles album, so could count, but there’s a Beatles version on anthology one. I can only think of two songs which count. Love of The Loved, made moderately famous by Cilla Black, was a Lennon-McCartney tune which has never appeared on an official Beatles
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Michelle Morrissette
, studied Music
Answered 2 years ago · Author has 848 answers and 1.1M answer views
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