Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby - The Beatles' Version

The Beatles' Version

After 1964, the Carl Perkins song became well known in the version recorded by the Beatles. The Fab Four recorded "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" on October 18, 1964 at EMI Studios, London, with George Harrison on vocals. Harrison's vocals were heavily processed with the STEED effect. It was first released as the final track on Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom later that year, and likewise as the concluding track on the North American album Beatles '65.

The Beatles' recording finishes with a false ending, with the final phrase repeating itself after the song seems to have stopped. A version recorded live at the Star-Club in Hamburg in December 1962 contained four of these musical phrases.

Live performances of the Beatles' "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" were recorded in June 1963 for the BBC radio program Pop Go The Beatles, and in November 1964 for Saturday Club. The latter recording can be heard on Live at the BBC.

The Beatles continued to perform the song after their studio recording was released. The song was performed in Paris, France in 1965. The performance recorded at Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965 was included on Anthology 2.

George Harrison performed the song with Carl Perkins on the Cinemax cable special Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session in 1985. Bruce Springsteen performed the song live in concert in 1998 as a tribute to Carl Perkins on news of his death. Johnny Cash recorded the song on the 2003 album Unearthed backed by Carl Perkins and Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.

Paul McCartney administers the rights to the Carl Perkins song catalogue through MPL Communications.