Ella Fitzgerald scores a hit with a Beatles classic!

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May 23, 1964 – Ella Fitzgerald became the first artist to score a hit with a Beatles cover of “Can’t Buy Me Love.” It was also the first Fab Four cover to chart in the U.K. peaking at #34, but is it among the best?

Let’s hear YOUR CHOICE FOR BEST BEATLES COVER SONG.

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“Gotta be Joe Cocker. With A Little Help.”

Jane Bachner King

“‘Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money’ – George Benson (a two-fer w Benson’s medley from ’69)”

David Mose Pyndus

“Eleanor Rigby – Black Pumas”

Timothy T Rueger

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