The Letter
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Wayne Carson Thompson |
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| publisher: | Bike Music Budde Songs Inc. Chelsea Music Publishing Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd. Concord Bicycle Assets Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher) Lovolar Music Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/3270 [info] |
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| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0008983485 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q2095265 [info] |
| referred to in medleys: | I Love Joan Jett Swastikas on Parade (order: 6) Back to the 60’s (order: 13) |
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| later parody versions: | Romantic Letter |
| later translated versions: | Kirje La carta La carta Une lettre |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1967-08-25 | The Letter (rehearsal / live in Hawaii / 1967‐08‐25) | cover and live | The Beach Boys | 3:03 |
| 1967-08-25 | The Letter (rehearsal take 2 / live in Hawaii / 1967‐08‐25) | cover and live | The Beach Boys | 2:36 |
| 1967-08-26 | The Letter (live in Hawaii / 1967–0826) | cover and live | The Beach Boys | 2:21 |
| 1967-08-26 | The Letter (rehearsal / live in Hawaii / 1967–0826) | live | The Beach Boys | 8:39 |
| 1967-09-11 | The Letter | cover | The Beach Boys | ?:?? |
| 1967-09-11 – 1967-09-29 | The Letter | cover | The Beach Boys | 1:54 |
| 1967-09-11 – 1967-09-29 | The Letter (alternate take) | cover | The Beach Boys | 1:56 |
| 1967-09-30 | The Letter (live, 1967-09-30: The Left Foot, Freehold, NJ, USA) | cover and live | The Castiles | 2:31 |
| 1967 | The Letter | The Box Tops | 1:55 | |
| 1967 | The Letter | cover | The Beach Boys | 1:57 |
| 1967 | The Letter (Hawaii 1967, rehearsal) | cover | The Beach Boys | 1:55 |
| 1970-03-27 | The Letter (live, 1970-03-27 first set: The Fillmore East, New York, US) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 5:01 |
| 1970-03-27 | The Letter (live, 1970-03-27 second set: The Fillmore East, New York, US) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 5:01 |
| 1970-03-27 – 1970-03-28 | The Letter (live, 1970-03: The Fillmore East, New York, US) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:46 |
| 1970-03-28 | The Letter (live, 1970-03-28 second set: The Fillmore East, New York, US) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:28 |
| 1970-03-28 | The Letter (live, 1970-03-28 first set: The Fillmore East, New York, US) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 6:27 |
| 1970-03 | The Letter (live, 1970-03; Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:18 |
| 1970-07-06 | The Letter | cover and instrumental | Chet Baker | 3:39 |
| 1970-07-07 | The Letter | cover | The Rascals | 4:07 |
| 1970 | The Letter (live, 1970) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:47 |
| 1971 | The Letter | cover | Bachman–Turner Overdrive | 4:36 |
| 1974-05-19 | The Letter (live) (live, 1974-05-19: The Overton Park, Memphis, TN, USA) | cover and live | Big Star | 3:12 |
| 1975-05-09 – 1975-05-11 | The Letter | cover | Martin Kolbe | 4:40 |
| 1981-05-02 | The Letter (live, 1981-05-02: Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, US) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:12 |
| 1989-10-05 | The Letter (live, 1989-10-05: Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA, USA) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:41 |
| 1992-02-28 | The Letter (live, 1992-02-28: Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:21 |
| 1996-01-03 | The Letter | cover and live | Eva Cassidy | 4:18 |
| 1996-01-03 | The Letter (live, 1996-01-03: Blues Alley, Washington DC) | cover and live | Eva Cassidy | 5:02 |
| 1997-09-03 | The Letter (live, 1997-09-03: Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:54 |
| 1999-06-25 | The Letter | cover, instrumental and live | Pascal Comelade | 2:41 |
| 2013-04 | The Letter (live, 2013-04: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 5:49 |
| 2015-09-11 | The Letter | cover and live | Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell | 4:16 |
| 2017-04-01 | The Letter | cover and live | Human Beings | ?:?? |
| 2020-09-18 | The Letter (live, 2020-09-18: New Life Fellowship, Cross Plains, TN, USA) | cover and live | The Neal Morse Band | 4:32 |
| Dancing in the Mix | medley | The Retro Mastermixers | 15:56 | |
| Proud Mary / The Letter | cover | Ciudadano López & Mr. Black | 6:04 | |
| Sixties Mix 3 | medley | The Vision Mastermixers | 18:32 | |
| Swastikas on Parade | cover and medley | The Residents | 17:45 | |
| The letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:51 | |
| The Letter | cover | The Countdown Singers | 1:58 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:22 | |
| The Letter (live) | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:21 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:20 | |
| The Letter | cover | Don Williams | 2:28 | |
| The Letter | cover | GG King | 2:23 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:08 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:14 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:30 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:20 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:11 | |
| The Letter | cover | David Essex | 3:00 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:17 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:22 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:11 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:04 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:11 | |
| The Letter | cover | Svenne & Lotta | ?:?? | |
| The Letter | cover | Bojoura | 3:34 | |
| The Letter | cover | The Slackers | 2:36 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:40 | |
| The Letter | cover and live | Big Star | 3:59 | |
| The Letter | cover | Walls of Genius | 1:57 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:11 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:14 | |
| The Letter (part of "The Party Mix: Swinging 60s" DJ-mix) | The Box Tops | 1:54 | ||
| The Letter | cover | Del Shannon | 2:13 | |
| The Letter (live: USA) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:32 | |
| The Letter | cover | Melanie | 2:53 | |
| The Letter | cover | Pianosaurus | 1:55 | |
| The Letter | cover | Dynamo 5 | 3:37 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:10 | |
| The Letter | cover | Bojoura | 3:35 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:19 | |
| The Letter | cover | Susan Wong | 2:58 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:11 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:18 | |
| The Letter | cover and instrumental | Booker T. & the MG’s | 2:43 | |
| The Letter | cover | Tedeschi Trucks Band | ?:?? | |
| The Letter | cover | Tedeschi Trucks Band | ?:?? | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:11 | |
| The Letter | cover | Bear Necessities | ?:?? | |
| The Letter | cover | Neal Morse | 4:17 | |
| The Letter | cover and instrumental | The Ventures | 2:14 | |
| The Letter (live) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:46 | |
| The Letter | cover and instrumental | The Ventures | ?:?? | |
| The Letter | cover | Tedeschi Trucks Band | ?:?? | |
| The Letter | cover | Tedeschi Trucks Band | 5:05 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:17 | |
| The Letter | cover | Lemar | 3:30 | |
| The Letter | cover | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen | 3:49 | |
| The Letter | cover | Tedeschi Trucks Band | 4:20 | |
| The Letter | cover | Arjen Anthony Lucassen | 2:08 | |
| The Letter (live) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:28 | |
| The Letter | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:00 | |
| The Letter | cover | Peter Volland | ?:?? | |
| The Letter (live, 1990: MA, USA) | cover and live | Joe Cocker | 4:20 | |
| The Letter | cover | Dionne Warwick | 3:42 | |
| The Letter | cover | Joe Cocker | 4:11 | |
| The Letter | cover and instrumental | Glenn Roth | 2:49 | |
| The Letter | cover | Band From TV | 4:51 | |
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