Covered in Beatles (4/1/2011) is On The Air!

Between 1960 and 1962, the Beatles landed several weeks-to-months-long gigs playing clubs in the Reeperbahn district of Hamburg, West Germany,  where they were obligated to perform for a minimum of 4½ — and by some accounts up to 8-10 — hours per day.

In addition to getting them hooked on beer and uppers, the demands of the Hamburg lifestyle also led the band to improve dramatically as musicians, and vastly expand their onstage repertoire — in particular their grasp of covering the American music (early rock & roll, R&B, rockabilly, soul, girl groups) that influenced them.

On this week's Rock Show, we'll be playing the original versions of songs that influenced the Beatles strongly enough for the band to eventually cover them on their official studio albums.

Is there a particular song which would later be covered by the Beatles that you'd like us to play?  Do you need to take Preludin in order to stay awake throughout an entire episode of Rock Show?  Let your voice be heard!