Other recorded versions

The song was very popular in Liverpool's Merseybeat

Beat music

Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a pop and rock music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, R&B and soul...

 scene. Both the original and the version by fellow Merseybeaters The Big Three

The Big Three (musical group)

The Big Three were a Merseybeat group from Liverpool. They are best known for their 1963 recording of "Some Other Guy".-Career:The Big Three evolved from a group called Cass & The Cassanovas, formed in May 1959 by Brian Casser as a trio comprising Casser , Adrian Barber The Big Three were a...

 ("Some Other Guy" b/w "Let True Love Begin", Decca F11614, March 63, UK#37) are part of John Lennon's jukebox

John Lennon's jukebox

In 1989, John Lennon's jukebox surfaced in an auction of Beatles memorabilia at Christie's, and was sold for £2,500 to Bristol-based music promoter John Midwinter. Lennon had apparently bought the jukebox – specifically a Swiss KB Discomatic – in 1965, and filled it with forty singles...

. The song was covered by the pre-British Invasion group Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, and also by Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

 during a Whole Lotta Love

Whole Lotta Love

"Whole Lotta Love" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is featured as the opening track on the band's second album, Led Zeppelin II, and was released in the United States and Japan as a single. The US release became their first hit single, it was certified Gold on 13 April 1970, when it...

 medley in a live concert on September 4, 1970 at the LA Forum in Inglewood, CA, being found on the famous bootleg Live On Blueberry Hill

Live on Blueberry Hill

Live on Blueberry Hill is a bootleg recording of the English rock group Led Zeppelin's performance at the Los Angeles Forum on September 4, 1970, which took place during their Summer 1970 North American Tour....

. Both sides of the single were covered by The Searchers

The Searchers (band)

The Searchers are an English beat group, who emerged as part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Fourmost, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry & The Pacemakers....

 ("Some Other Guy" is included on the album Sugar and Spice

Sugar and Spice (album)

Sugar and Spice is a 1963 album by English rock band, The Searchers. This album features the band's second single released, "Sugar and Spice", the title track.-Tracklisting:...

, "Tricky Dicky" is included on Meet the Searchers

Meet The Searchers

Meet the Searchers is a 1963 album by English rock band, The Searchers. The album featured their first single released in June 1963, a version of The Drifters' "Sweets for My Sweet", as well as their version of The Clovers "Love Potion No. 9", released as a single the following year...

).

This song was also performed/covered by the fictional band The Stray Cats in the 1974 rock film Stardust starring David Essex

David Essex

David Essex OBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK , and sixteen Top 40 albums...

.

The song was also covered by the Detroit band the Hentchmen featuring Jack White

Jack White (musician)

Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...

 of the White Stripes

The White Stripes

The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...

 on lead guitar. The song was released as a 45 on the Detroit label, Italy Records, in 1997. A copy of this record was in John Peel

John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...

's treasured record box after his death.

John Lennon pays homage to this song by lifting the two chord intro for the intro to his 'Instant Karma' single.