There were a lot of albums and 45s put out right at that time that were what we'd call now covers. I used to have some but they are long gone. Remember when Pete Best put out his album and called it "Best of the Beatles"... how many people bought that thinking it was in fact the best of the Beatles instead of Pete Best who got kicked out of the Beatles before they hit big. It was that sort of thing. Get some band that could sound a lot like the Beatles, put it on the market fast, call it "All the Beatles Lovin' for You" or whatever, and sell it for a $1 or so less than the average LP - that happened a lot then. Most of my mother's "hits of the 50s" albums were all that same thing, inexpensive covers of the top tunes by sound alikes.
(the Rev) Vince [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > #4: The other thing that caught me off guard was when I was reading about > famous people's most memorable moments from TV, in TV Guide's 50th > Anniversary Issue, there was Dorthy Hamill talking about seeing the beatles > for the first time on Ed Sullivan. Fine and good, but then she says, "...We > went out and bought a beatles record the next day, but [emphasis mine] WHEN > WE GOT IT HOME WE REALIZED IT WAS THEIR MUSIC BUT IT WASN'T THEM SINGING..." > <clip> > > Did the Beatles *ever* put out an album on which they themselves didn't sing?
