The Letter

~ Song

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lyricist and composer:Wayne Carson Thompson
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 (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/3270 [info]
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)
later parody versions:Romantic Letter
later translated versions:Kirje
La carta
La carta
Une lettre

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1967-08-25The Letter (rehearsal / live in Hawaii / 1967‐08‐25)cover and liveThe Beach Boys3:03
1967-09-11The LettercoverThe Beach Boys?:??
1967-09-11 – 1967-09-29The LettercoverThe Beach Boys1:54
1967-09-11 – 1967-09-29The Letter (alternate take)coverThe Beach Boys1:56
1967-09-30The Letter (live, 1967-09-30: The Left Foot, Freehold, NJ, USA)cover and liveThe Castiles2:31
1967The LetterThe Box Tops1:55
1967The LettercoverThe Beach Boys1:57
1967The Letter (Hawaii 1967, rehearsal)coverThe Beach Boys1:55
1970-03-27The Letter (live, 1970-03-27 first set: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker5:01
1970-03-27The Letter (live, 1970-03-27 second set: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker5:01
1970-03-27 – 1970-03-28The Letter (live, 1970-03: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:46
1970-03-28The Letter (live, 1970-03-28 first set: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker6:27
1970-03-28The Letter (live, 1970-03-28 second set: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:28
1970-03The Letter (live, 1970-03; Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:18
1970-07-06The Lettercover and instrumentalChet Baker3:39
1970-07-07The LettercoverThe Rascals4:07
1970The Letter (live, 1970)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:47
1971The LettercoverBachman–Turner Overdrive4:36
1974-05-19The Letter (live) (live, 1974-05-19: The Overton Park, Memphis, TN, USA)cover and liveBig Star3:12
1975-05-09 – 1975-05-11The LettercoverMartin Kolbe4:40
1981-05-02The Letter (live, 1981-05-02: Rainbow Music Hall, Denver, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:12
1989-10-05The Letter (live, 1989-10-05: Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA, USA)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:41
1992-02-28The Letter (live, 1992-02-28: Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:21
1996-01-03The Lettercover and liveEva Cassidy4:18
1996-01-03The Letter (live, 1996-01-03: Blues Alley, Washington DC)cover and liveEva Cassidy5:02
1997-09-03The Letter (live, 1997-09-03: Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:54
1999-06-25The Lettercover, instrumental and livePascal Comelade2:41
2013-04The Letter (live, 2013-04: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany)cover and liveJoe Cocker5:49
2015-09-11The Lettercover and liveTedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell4:16
2017-04-01The Lettercover and liveHuman Beings?:??
2020-09-18The Letter (live, 2020-09-18: New Life Fellowship, Cross Plains, TN, USA)cover and liveThe Neal Morse Band4:32
Dancing in the MixmedleyThe Retro Mastermixers15:56
Proud Mary / The LettercoverCiudadano López & Mr. Black6:04
Swastikas on Paradecover and medleyThe Residents17:45
The lettercoverJoe Cocker4:51
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:08
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:22
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:30
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The Letter (live)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:46
The Letter (live)coverJoe Cocker4:21
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:40
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:17
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:14
The LettercoverVanilla Fudge5:55
The LettercoverThe Slackers2:36
The Lettercover and liveJoe Cocker4:33
The Letter (live)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:28
The LettercoverDel Shannon2:13
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:20
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:14
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:19
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:17
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:22
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:04
The LettercoverDionne Warwick3:11
The LettercoverArjen Anthony Lucassen2:08
The LettercoverMelanie2:53
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:25
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverFrank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen3:49
The LettercoverSvenne & Lotta?:??
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:10
The LettercoverGG King2:23
The LettercoverDon Williams2:28
The LettercoverDavid Essex3:00
The Lettercover and liveJoe Cocker4:00
The Letter (live: USA)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:32
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:12
The LettercoverBojoura3:33
The LettercoverBojoura3:33
The LettercoverThe 17th Avenue All-Stars2:43
The Lettercover and instrumentalThe Ventures?:??
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:19
The Lettercover and liveBig Star3:59
The LettercoverBig Star4:03
The LettercoverDynamo 53:37
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverBear Necessities?:??
The Letter (live, 1990: MA, USA)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:20
The LettercoverPeter Volland?:??
The LettercoverSusan Wong2:58
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:18
The LettercoverPianosaurus1:55
The Lettercover and instrumentalGlenn Roth2:49
The LettercoverNew Jordal Swingers3:14
The LettercoverTim Timebomb2:11
The LettercoverLemar3:30
The LettercoverAl Green2:29
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:17
The LettercoverDionne Warwick3:42
The LettercoverNeal Morse4:17
The LettercoverBand From TV4:51
The LettercoverBojoura3:34
The LettercoverAndrea Balducci3:32
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverTufts University Beelzebubs3:26
The Lettercover and instrumentalThe Ventures2:13
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