Keep Your Hands off My Baby
| "Keep Your Hands off My Baby" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Little Eva | ||||
| B-side | "Where Do I Go?" | |||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:29 | |||
| Label | Dimension Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | |||
| Producer(s) | Gerry Goffin | |||
| Little Eva singles chronology | ||||
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| "Keep Your Hands off My Baby" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Beatles | |
| from the album Live at the BBC | |
| Released | 30 November 1994 |
| Recorded | 22 January 1963 |
| Genre | Merseybeat, pop |
| Length | 2:31 |
| Label | Apple Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Gerry Goffin, Carole King |
| Producer(s) | George Martin (Executive producer) |
| "Keep Your Hands off My Baby" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Kirsty MacColl | ||||
| B-side | "I Don't Need You" | |||
| Released | February 1981 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | |||
| Producer(s) | Barry Farmer | |||
| Kirsty MacColl singles chronology | ||||
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"Keep Your Hands off My Baby" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.[1]
Little Eva recording[]
The most notable recording was done by Little Eva, who had a No. 12 hit with the song on the Billboard charts in 1962.
Chart history[]
| Chart (1962) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.K. Singles Chart[2] | 30 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles[4] | 6 |
Other recordings[]
Other artists who have recorded versions of the song include:
- The Beatles recorded the song for the BBC radio show Saturday Club on 22 January 1963, which was first broadcast four days later. They also performed it in the following month on their first British tour. It was released on their album, Live at the BBC, in 1994.[5]
- Kirsty MacColl,[6]
- Helen Shapiro,[7]
- Lindisfarne
- Skeeter Davis
- the Trashmen
- Ol' 55
- Wayne Fontana.[8]
References[]
- ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn’s Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 505.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 355.
- ^ The Beatles Bible: Keep Your Hands Off My Baby Retrieved on 15 September 2008.
- ^ "freeworld – Kirsty MacColl: singles". Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ "At Abbey Road 1961–1967 – Helen Shapiro". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "CaroleKing.com". Retrieved 24 March 2008.
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