<P> "Be-Bop - A-Lula" has been covered by numerous and varied artists . The Everly Brothers released a version only two years after Vincent's, on their 1958 self - titled debut album, and they included it as part of the setlist at their Royal Albert Hall reunion concert in 1983 . English rocker Cliff Richard covered the song for his own debut album, Cliff, in 1959 . Vincent's rockabilly colleague Jerry Lee Lewis recorded it for the 1971 album Monsters, and Carl Perkins offered his own take in 1996 on the album The Man & The Legend . </P> <P> The Beatles played the song regularly during their early years, and a raucous live version (complete with guest vocals) can be heard on Live! at the Star - Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 . John Lennon later recorded the song for his 1975 album Rock' n' Roll, and it was used as the B - side for the Apple single release of "Ya Ya" in Germany later that year . Paul McCartney performed an acoustic version on the 1991 live album Unplugged (The Official Bootleg). </P> <P> The song has also been recorded by: </P> <Ul> <Li> The 77s </Li> <Li> Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs </Li> <Li> Boney M . </Li> <Li> Burton Cummings </Li> <Li> David Cassidy </Li> <Li> Demented Are Go </Li> <Li> Foghat </Li> <Li> Gene Summers </Li> <Li> Orion </Li> <Li> Queen </Li> <Li> Raul Seixas </Li> <Li> Stray Cats </Li> <Li> Suicide </Li> </Ul>

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