These 4 Songs Were Written by The Beatles and Recorded by Their Musical Idols

We know that The Beatles had many admirers among other musicians. They were also huge music fans themselves. Once they secured their clout in the industry, some of those folks whom the Fab Four held up as idols started recording their songs.

We found four examples where artists that The Beatles greatly adored took on their material. And they did so with fascinating results.
“Something” by Ray Charles

In terms of the number of times that a Beatles song has been covered, “Something” ranks way up there. (“Yesterday”, of course, stands as the all-time leader in that department.) The famous story here is that when Frank Sinatra covered “Something” in concert, he would often credit it as a Lennon/McCartney song. In actuality, George Harrison wrote the track. He initially envisioned it as something that Ray Charles might sing. Two years after The Beatles’ own version appeared, Charles got around to recording the track on his 1971 album Volcanic Actions Of My Soul. The R&B legend used his clever phrasing to wring every last bit of emotional potency from the song.
“Lady Madonna” by Fats Domino

Fats Domino managed to stay true to the roots of R&B while winning the adulation of early rock and roll fans as well. His husky vocals and rolling piano-based rhythms immediately set him apart from his competition. When you heard a song by Fats, you couldn’t really mistake it for anybody else. When Paul McCartney composed “Lady Madonna”, with its quick-fingered piano style and its smoky atmosphere, he thought of Fats Domino as a kind of touchstone. You can even hear it in the vocals, as McCartney does a little bit of mimicry. Domino must have caught wind of it. He soon did his own easy-rolling version of the track on the 1968 album Fats Is Back.

Source: americansongwriter.com/Jim Beviglia

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