![]() He recently recalled, “To this day, I’ve never heard better rock guitar playing on an R&B record. It was also covered by Computer DK, The Charles River Valley Boys, Joe Goldmark, Yellow Matter Custard and other artists. When he heard the record, Eric Clapton was knocked out. The Beatles originally released Babys in Black written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and The Beatles released it on the album Beatles for Sale in 1964. Sticking with US R&B acts, Wilson Pickett’s 1969 cover of ‘Hey Jude’ was an exercise in the seemingly impossible – how do you improve on perfection? Pickett enlisted an unknown young gunslinger named Duane Allman to play guitar on the track, which, on top of a brassy arrangement and Pickett’s screaming vocals, was the sweetest icing on a very rich cake. ![]() In the end, we plumped for the former, but both are well worthy. Ray Charles tackled more than Beatles cover in his time, and it was a tough call to pick between his version of ‘Yesterday’ or ‘Eleanor Rigby’. The Beatles loved American R&B, and much of their pre-fame setlist comprised music by Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Arthur Alexander and countless other black American artists having their songs covered by such artists was always a thrill back in the 60s. ![]()
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