The “them” in question is the world’s most influential rock band… The Beatles! In time, that legendary quartet would also give us rock’s best-known songwriting partnership… Lennon & McCartney. But, when they started out, the teenagers were not confident enough to showcase their own original material. So, in smoky clubs and dingy basements, in Liverpool and Hamburg, the rafters echoed to these classic songs, all pounded out by a group of young lads who went on to change the world…
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1. The Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout
2. Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
3. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
4. Big Joe Turner - Red Sails In the Sunset
5. Larry Williams - Bad Boy
6. Billy Riley - Red Hot
7. Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
8. Ray Charles - Hallelujah I Love Her So
9. The Crickets (Ft. Glen Campbell) - Don't Ever Change
10. Lenny Welch - a Taste of Honey
11. James Ray - If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
12. Elvis Presley - I Forgot To Remember To Forget
13. Arthur Alexander - Where Have You Been (All My Life)
14. The Shirelles - Boys
15. Little Richard - Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey
16. Carl Perkins - Matchbox
17. Joe Brown - a Picture of You
18. Chuck Berry - I'm Talking About You
19. Elvis Presley - I Got a Woman
20. The Teddy Bears - To Know Him is To Love Him
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1. Chan Romero - the Hippy Hippy Shake
2. The Olympics - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
3. Larry Williams - Dizzy Miss Lizzy
4. Carl Perkins - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
5. Chuck Berry - Little Queenie
6. Buddy Holly - Reminiscing
7. Tommy Roe - Sheila
8. Ann Margret - I Just Don't Understand
9. Johnny Burnette - Lonesome Tears In My Eyes
10. Frank Ifield - I Remember You
11. Roy Orbison - Dream Baby
12. Bo Diddley - Road Runner
13. Carl Perkins - Lend Me Your Comb
14. Gene Vincent - Be Bop a Lula
15. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - You Really Got a Hold On Me