Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father is a 1988 multi-artist compilation of 1980s artists recording new versions of the songs on The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album was produced by the New Musical Express to raise money for Childline, the charity founded by the now-defunct BBC TV consumer programme That's Life!. It was also intended to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the original release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on 1 June 1967.
The title is a pun on the song Lloyd George Knew My Father.
A single released to help promote the album, a double-A side of "With A Little Help From My Friends" by Wet Wet Wet and "She's Leaving Home", by Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey, reached number one in the UK Singles Chart.
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