"Bad to Me" is a song John Lennon

John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

 wrote (credited to Lennon–McCartney) for Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas  while on holiday in Spain. Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas released their recording of the song in 1963

1963 in music

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 and it became their first #1 UK hit. Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

 was present during the recording session at Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

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. The single would be released in the USA

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 the following year, and become a top-ten hit there, reaching number 9. It became the first Lennon/McCartney composition to reach the US Top 40 for an artist other than the Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

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Bootlegs exist of Lennon's original demo of the song, which was recorded on 31 May 1963.

Graham Parker

Graham Parker

Graham Parker is a British rock singer and songwriter, who is best known as the lead singer of the popular British band Graham Parker & the Rumour.-Early career :...

 recorded a version of the song for the 2003 album Lost Songs of Lennon & McCartney, new versions of seventeen Lennon/McCartney songs that were originally released by other artists. Lief Garrett also recorded a version of the song for his self titled debut album Leif Garrett

Leif Garrett (album)

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Recordings of "Bad to Me" as The Beatles may have performed it are available on the 1989 album by Bas Muys entitled Secret Songs: Lennon & McCartney and on the 1998 release It's Four You by the Australia

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n tribute band The Beatnix

The Beatnix

The Beatnix is an Australian Beatles tribute band. It is amongst the longest running Beatles tribute shows in the world. - History :The concept for the band was conceived and assembled in March 1980 by founding member Tony Dean as a live performance entity...

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