TheVinylBird t1_jaacov1 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:17 AM

Yes and no...The Beatles wrote most of the songs that made them big in the first place. They then used their position and influence to move the needle which ever way they felt like going. So regardless of whether the songs would have been as popular with someone else...the fact that The Beatles did it meant everyone else was going to do it too.

ztmwvo t1_jaaj3bi wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:04 AM

Fun fact, the Beatles recorded one of Buck Owens’s song on one of their earlier albums. Buck Owens co-starred with Roy Clark on the country-themed variety show called Hee-Haw!