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Bad to Me" is a song
John LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
wrote (credited to Lennon–McCartney) for Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas while on holiday in Spain. Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas released their recording of the song in
1963-Events:*January 1 – The Beatles start a 5-day tour in Scotland to support the release of their new single, "Love Me Do".*January 4 – At Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy, Dalida receives a Juke Box Global Oscar for the year's most-played artist on juke boxes....
and it became their first #1 UK hit.
Paul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
was present during the recording session at
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. The single would be released in the
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the following year, and become a top-ten hit there, reaching number 9. It became the first Lennon/McCartney composition to reach the US Top 40 for an artist other than
the BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
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Bootlegs exist of Lennon's original demo of the song, which was recorded on 31 May 1963.
Graham ParkerGraham Parker is a British rock singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the popular British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.-Early career :...
recorded a version of the song for the 2003 album
Lost Songs of Lennon & McCartney, new versions of seventeen Lennon/McCartney songs that were originally released by other artists. Lief Garrett also recorded a version of the song for his self titled debut album
Leif GarrettLeif Garrett is the debut studio album by American singer-actor Leif Garrett, released in 1977 by Atlantic. He recorded this album and released it at age 15.-Track listing:- Personnel :*Leif Garrett - vocals*Jay Graydon - guitars...
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Recordings of "Bad to Me" as The Beatles may have performed it are available on the 1989 album by Bas Muys entitled
Secret Songs: Lennon & McCartney and on the 1998 release
It's Four You by the
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n tribute band
The BeatnixThe Beatnix is an Australian Beatles tribute band. It is amongst the longest running Beatles tribute shows in the world. - History :The concept for the band was conceived and assembled in March 1980 by founding member Tony Dean as a live performance entity...
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