The Beatles - I Got To Find My Baby (Live on the BBC)

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"Gotta Find My Baby" was composed by blues singer Peter Clayton, who recorded it under the name "Doctor Clayton' in Chicago on November 11th, 1941 for Bluebird Records (released as Bluebird B8901). The song was later recorded by other Rhythm & Blues artists in the 1950s as "I Got To Find My Baby", including Little Walter and Chuck Berry, who is often credited with the song as his own. It has also been covered by The Beatles, their first recording of it on 1st June 1963, at the BBC Paris Studio, London. The group recorded two versions of the song as "I Got to Find My Baby" (and credited to Berry). The song was first broadcast on 11 June of that year and then was introduced to the album Live at the BBC in 1994.

The Beatles had already performed several songs written by Chuck Berry. John Lennon sang lead vocal and played harmonica, as he did on most of their covers of Berry's songs. They returned to perform the song on the Saturday Club programme on 24 June 1963. It was taped at the Playhouse Theatre in London, and was first broadcast five days later.

The song had also been recorded by blues man and harmonica player Little Walter, for Chess Records prior, which was also where Chuck Berry recorded.