There are, according to reliable sources, over 700 versions of The Beatles' 'Eleanor Rigby'. William Dart plays eleven of them: Brazilian maestro Caetano Veloso gives a classy take, prog-rockers Vanilla Fudge go all weird on us, and Aretha funks it out. He ends with two from Aotearoa by Matthew Bannister and Wayne Roland Brown.
Wayne Roland Brown Photo: Jim McGuire
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Statue of Eleanor Rigby by Tommy Steele in Stanley Street, Liverpool. Photo: CC BY-SA 4.0, ex Wikipedia
ARTIST: The Beatles
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: 1
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: Parlophone
ARTIST: The Swingle Singers
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: Ferris Wheels
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: SwingleCD
ARTIST: Caetano Veloso
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: Qualquer Coisa
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: Epic
ARTIST: Cathy Berberian
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: Beatles Arias
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: Telescopic
ARTIST: The Standells
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: Dirty Water - The Hot Ones
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: EVA
ARTIST: Vanilla Fudge
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: Vanilla Fudge
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: Atco
ARTIST: Johnny Mathis
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: Johnny Mathis Sings
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: Columbia Legacy
ARTIST: Tony Bennett
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: Columbia Legacy
ARTIST: Aretha Franklin
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: Atlantic
ARTIST: Mathew Bannister
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: Evolver
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: Bannister
ARTIST: Wayne Roland Brown
TITLE: Eleanor Rigby
ALBUM: Wayne Roland Brown
COMPOSER: Lennon, McCartney
LABEL: Strange
