The Originals- Songs The Beatles Covered: “Anna [Go To Him}- Arthur Alexander. “Anna [Go To Him]” was a cover of an Arthur Alexander song- on The Beatles debut album Please Please Me. Arthur Alexander wrote and performed it the year before in 1962. The Alexander original made it to #68 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and #10 on the R&B chart. In Dave Marsh’s book The Heart Of Rock N’ Soul- he ranks Alexander’s original as one of the top 1001 singles ever. Some trivia to tell your friends- who is the only artist to have songs they wrote covered by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan?- Arthur Alexander.
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Impressive! The original is better than The Beatles. Why haven’t I heard of Arthur Alexander before?
He has been under the radar- I agree his version is the better.
One of my favorite tribute albums is to Arthur. ‘Adios Amigos’, Roger McGuinn covers this one. Check out the album, I think you’ll dig it.
Wasn’t aware of such an album- will check it out!