lotsahits Posted August 8, 2004 Report Posted August 8, 2004 Name the only songwriter who's had songs recorded by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan!
bazooka Posted August 8, 2004 Report Posted August 8, 2004 Smokey Robinson? I'll need to cheat and check the facts on this. ---------------- This looks tricky. Although Bob Dylan once called Smokey Robinson "America's greatest living poet", I can't find any Dylan recording of a song written by Robinson. The Beatles covered You Really Got A Hold On Me and the Stones did Going To A Go-Go , but still see nothing (except praise) from Dylan.
bluesboy Posted August 8, 2004 Report Posted August 8, 2004 How about Chuck Berry? ____ We were reelin' and a-rockin' and rollin' till the break of dawn ~ Chuck Berry
golden_ann Posted August 9, 2004 Report Posted August 9, 2004 Stevie Wonder? Although he's not normally known as a songwriter. I know We Can Work it Out by the Beatles and Blowin'in the Wind by Dylan, but can't but a finger on anything from the Stones...
Jimmy1104 Posted August 9, 2004 Report Posted August 9, 2004 How about Chuck Berry? I believe Chuck Berry is correct so I agree with Bluesboy. The Rolling Stones did alot of Chuck Berry tunes. Ones that I can come up with is Around and Around, Back In The USA, Bye Bye Johnny, Carol, Come On, Down the Road Apiece, Let It Rock, Little Queenie, I'm Talkin' Bout You & You Can't Catch Me. The Beatles did Carol, I'm Talkin' Bout You, Johhny B. Goode & Little Queenie. Bob Dylan did Nadine. Keep in mind these were all covers and I do not believe any of the songs were written for the three acts mentioned.
lotsahits Posted August 11, 2004 Author Report Posted August 11, 2004 Even more noteworthy was that the Beatles had success with Berry's Rock And Roll Music and Roll Over Beethoven. However...where did Dylan do "Nadine"? Which album??
Jimmy1104 Posted August 11, 2004 Report Posted August 11, 2004 Check out this link...here you will find it mentioned that Dylan did Nadine. I do not believe it was on an album but then again neither were some of the Berry songs that the Beatles did. Bob Dylan covers Nadine
lotsahits Posted August 11, 2004 Author Report Posted August 11, 2004 You don't have to go outside the EMI catalog to find evidence of the Beatles doing Berry songs. "Beethoven" and "R&R Music" were readily available on their early albums. And certainly the Stones released plenty of Berry on their legitimate EP's and LP's in 1963/4. But the "Nadine" recording by Dylan is an asterisk to be generous. It's a bootleg of a drunken 1993 performance at a bar with some members of The Band. Guess we have to give it to you on a technicality. To rephrase the question, then....which songwriter had songs recorded by all three acts on major label product? It's not Chuck Berry......
Jimmy1104 Posted August 11, 2004 Report Posted August 11, 2004 Hey hits....I see you live in Basking Ridge. One of my old stomping grounds. Actually my older brother lived there in the early 90's. Nice area. You are right, Nadine can be found on Dylan's Genuine Bootleg Series 2 (Disc 3). It was recorded at the Lone Star Cafe back in 1988.
lotsahits Posted August 11, 2004 Author Report Posted August 11, 2004 Basking Ridge is still pretty nice..but a bit crowded! Anyway...bootlegs don't count. Gotta be a real record. Beatles, Stones, Dylan. Only one writer can lay claim to that prestige! It's a great question.
Jimmy1104 Posted August 11, 2004 Report Posted August 11, 2004 I am off of here shortly so may I ask for a hint as this has been driving me crazy the last day or two.....Was the writer also a performer?
Joel17592 Posted August 11, 2004 Report Posted August 11, 2004 How about Arthur Alexander. The Stones did "You Better Move On", Dylan did "Sally Sue Brown" and the Beatles did "Anna (Go to Him)".
lotsahits Posted August 12, 2004 Author Report Posted August 12, 2004 Nice work, Joel. Arthur Alexander is the correct answer!!! Way to go.
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