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The 'original' Let it Be (Original Post) Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2014 OP
Aretha ROCKS! Or...or...or BLUES! Aristus Sep 2014 #1
meh, its the integrity of one's Soul that matters. Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2014 #2
SOUL!! Aristus Sep 2014 #3
She also covered "Eleanor Rigby", release on same album as "Let it Be". NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #4
hell, yes Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2014 #5
Even before Franklin, there was Joe Cocker sakabatou Sep 2014 #6
 

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4. She also covered "Eleanor Rigby", release on same album as "Let it Be".
Fri Sep 19, 2014, 10:50 PM
Sep 2014

But they wrote both songs, of course, John and Paul.



1970: The first recording of the song to be released (even before the Beatles' version) was a cover by Aretha Franklin, in January 1970, on the album This Girl's in Love with You, along with her cover of "Eleanor Rigby".[33]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be_%28song%29


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