Timeline This song was recorded in 1969
Related sessions
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
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The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 3
Jan 06, 1969
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The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 5
Jan 08, 1969
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May 05, 1999
Other songs by Jerry Lee Lewis
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Unreleased song
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Unreleased song
“Fools Like Me” is a song by Jerry Lee Lewis, released as a single in 1958 with “High School Confidential” as the B-side. The song was written by Jack Clement and Murphy “Pee Wee” Maddox.
According to Mark Lewisohn in “The Complete Beatles Chronicle“, The Beatles performed “Fools Like Me” regularly between 1960 and 1962, with John Lennon on lead vocals. However, no known recordings from that period exist.
On January 6, 1969, during the “Get Back” sessions, they performed a loose, impromptu cover of “Fools Like Me.” They revisited the song briefly two days later, on January 8.
Paul McCartney reportedly recorded “Fools Like Me” during the sessions for his 1999 covers album, “Run Devil Run.” However, no recording of this performance has ever surfaced, either officially or on bootlegs.
Bootlegs
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A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 6th, 1969 - 3 & 4
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
3:43 • Rehearsal • Jan.06 - D3-11 - Fools Like Me 6.59
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
Session Recording: Jan 06, 1969 • Studio Twickenham Film Studios, London, UK
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A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 8th, 1969 - 1 & 2
Unofficial album • Released in 2004
2:15 • Rehearsal • Jan.08 - D2-07 - Fools Like Me 8.41
Session Recording: Jan 08, 1969 • Studio Twickenham Film Studios, London, UK
Cover versions played during the "Get Back" sessions
"Fools Like Me" was covered during The Beatles' "Get Back" sessions in January 1969. Here is the complete list of covers recorded by Paul McCartney, either alone or with other Beatles, during these sessions:
- A Shot of Rhythm and Blues
- Act Naturally
- Adagio for Strings
- All Shook Up
- Almost Grown
- Baby Let's Play House
- Baby, Come Back
- Bad Boy
- Be Bop A Lula
- Bear Cat Mama
- Besame Mucho
- Black Dog
- Blowin' In The Wind
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Bo Diddley
- Bring It On Home To Me
- Build Me Up Buttercup
- Bye Bye Love
- C'mon Marianne
- Cannonball
- Cathy's Clown
- Chopsticks
- Cocaine Blues
- Crackin' Up
- Crying, Waiting, Hoping
- Deed I Do
- Devil In Her Heart
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Dizzy Miss Lizzy
- Domino
- Don't Be Cruel
- Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
- F.B.I.
- Five Feet High and Rising
- Fools Like Me
- Forty Days
- Frère Jacques
- Friendship
- Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea
- Going Up the Country
- Gone, Gone, Gone
- Good Rockin' Tonight
- Great Balls of Fire
- Hallelujah, I Love Her So
- Hare Krishna Mantra
- Hava Nagila
- Hello, Dolly!
- Hey Good Lookin'
- Hey Liley, Liley Lo
- Hey Little Girl
- Hi-Heel Sneakers
- High School Confidential
- Hitch Hike
- Honey Hush
- Honky Tonk
- House Of The Rising Sun
- I Got Stung
- I Want You
- I'm A Man
- I'm Ready (aka Rocker)
- I'm Talking About You
- I've Been Good To You
- In The Middle Of An Island
- It Ain't Me Babe
- It's Only Make Believe
- Jenny, Jenny
- Johnny B. Goode
- Kansas City
- Knee Deep In The Blues
- Lady Jane
- Last Train to San Fernando
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- Leaning on a Lamp-post
- Let's Dance
- Let's Twist Again
- Like A Rolling Stone
- Little Demon
- Little Queenie
- Long Tall Sally
- Lost John
- Lotta Lovin’
- Love Is A Swingin' Thing
- Lucille
- MacArthur Park
- Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
- Maybe Baby
- Maybellene
- Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
- Midnight Special (Prisoner's Song)
- Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
- Milk Cow Blues
- Miss Ann
- Money (That's What I Want)
- Move It
- My Baby Left Me
- New Orleans
- Not Fade Away
- On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
- One Way Out
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
- Party
- Peggy Sue Got Married
- Queen Of The Hop
- Right String, Wrong Yo-Yo
- Rip It Up
- Rock and Roll Music
- Rock Island Line
- Rock-a-bye Baby
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- School Days (Ring Ring Goes The Bell)
- Shake, Rattle And Roll
- Shazam!
- She Said Yeah
- Short Fat Fanny
- Shout
- Singing The Blues
- Slippin' And Slidin'
- Soldier of Love
- Speak To Me
- Stand By Me
- Sure to Fall (In Love with You)
- Take These Chains From My Heart
- Take This Hammer
- Tales Of Frankie Rabbit
- Talking Guitar Blues
- Tea For Two Cha Cha
- Tennessee
- That'll Be The Day
- That's All Right Mama
- The Fool
- The Hippy Hippy Shake
- The Peanut Vendor
- The Saints (When the Saints Go Marching In)
- The Third Man Theme
- The Tracks Of My Tears
- The Walk
- Thirty Days
- Three Cool Cats
- Tiger Rag
- Till There Was You
- To Kingdom Come
- Torchy, The Battery Boy
- True Love
- Twenty Flight Rock
- Twist and Shout
- Vacation Time
- Watch Your Step
- What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?
- What'd I Say
- What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)
- When You're Drunk You Think Of Me
- Where Have You Been (All My Life)
- Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- You Win Again
- You're So Good to Me
- You've Got Me Thinking
- Your True Love
