Sometime last year I got a brilliant idea to use popular hits by the Beatles in a new BOTB theme series. That time has finally arrived. I’m going to begin by saying I’m not a Beatles expert. The only thing I can say is like most of you, I’m familiar with the Fab Four’s music. I’m kicking off my series with the Beatles’ 1962 UK debut song, Love Me Do.
Love Me Do is a collaboration of then newbie songwriters, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. In fact, the lyrics were penned several years earlier when Paul and John were still teenagers and not yet known as the Beatles much less recorded the song. The song is about Paul’s girl friend. Interestingly, at least to me, is I learned the song was recorded three different times with three different drummers. I never knew of these potential Beatles’ band members until now. The song peaked #17 in their home country and two years later it released in the US where it hit #1.
My first cover artist choice I found listed on SecondHandSongs (SHS). I generally scroll from oldest to newest where I bounce around randomly usually because of the sound of the artist’s name and I instantly knew I had to share a Brazilian base band known as Blues Beatles!
Although I spotted, my next pick on SHS, it was while at YouTube their cover caught my ear. They refer to themselves as the Hungarian Beatles. Here’s The BlackBirds!
In the first battle of my Beatles Greatest Hits series, which cover band do you think does it better, Blues Beatles or The BlackBirds?
Don’t forget to check out more Battle of the Bands currently underway. The participants are listed in my side bar under the BOTB banner. I’ll report back next week who wins in this round so I’m sure you won’t want to miss that!
The Beatles have a large catalog of hit songs. It’s not going to be easy to narrow the list since there are so many good ones. The only thing I have planned for this series is to not make it a monthly recurring battle as before, perhaps run one every other month to keep things more interesting and exciting. I hope you’ll stay tune for future battles in my Beatles Greatest Hits BOTB series! This CAAC signing off, have a bandtastic day! X💋X💋, Cathy
Polls close noon (ET) on Mar 7th!
