Recorded in 1969
Written by Busby Meyers • Unreleased
Last updated on March 19, 2025
Timeline This song was recorded in 1969
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 2
Jan 03, 1969
From Wikipedia:
“What’s the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)” is a song written by Busby Meyers, performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in July 1942, and released on the Decca label (catalog no. 8645). The “B” side of the record was “The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall”.
The record peaked at No. 1 on Billboard‘s race record chart and remained on the chart for 14 weeks. It was Jordan’s first No. 1 record.
In a November 1942 review in The Billboard, M. H. Orodenker wrote: “The trumpet, with plenty of ‘hicks’ to his hot horn licks, establishes the mood right from the edge.” […]
On January 3, 1969, the second day of the “Get Back” sessions, The Beatles played a brief version of “What’s the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again).“
A/B Road Complete Get Back Sessions - Jan 3rd 1969 - 1 & 2
Bootleg • Released in 2004
0:09 • Rehearsal • Jan.03 - D2-36 - What's The Use Of Getting Sober 3.88
Performed by : Paul McCartney • Ringo Starr • John Lennon • George Harrison
SessionRecording : Jan 03, 1969 • Studio : Twickenham Film Studios, London, UK
"What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)" was covered during The Beatles' "Get Back" sessions in January 1969. Here is the complete list of covers recorded by Paul McCartney, either alone or with other Beatles, during these sessions:
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