Editing Beatles for Sale (section)

===Cover versions===
Several of the album's cover versions had been staples of [[The Beatles in Hamburg|the Beatles' live shows in Hamburg]] and at [[The Cavern Club]] in Liverpool during the early 1960s.{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=179}} These songs included [[Chuck Berry]]'s "[[Rock and Roll Music (song)|Rock and Roll Music]]", sung by Lennon, Buddy Holly's "[[Words of Love]]", sung by Lennon and McCartney with Harrison, and two by Carl Perkins: "[[Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby]]", sung by Harrison, and "[[Honey Don't]]", sung by Starr.{{refn|group=nb|Although Lennon and Harrison were the lead vocalists when the Beatles performed "Words of Love" over 1961–62, McCartney replaced Harrison for this 1964 studio recording. Similarly, Starr replaced Lennon as the singer of "Honey Don't".{{sfn|Miles|2001|pp=180–81}}}} "[[Mr. Moonlight (song)|Mr. Moonlight]]", which was originally recorded by [[Piano Red|Dr. Feelgood and the Interns]], was Lennon's "beloved obscurity", according to Erlewine,<ref name="Erlewine/AM" /> and the subject of a remake towards the end of the ''Beatles for Sale'' sessions. A cover of [[Little Willie John]]'s "[[Leave My Kitten Alone]]" was taped on 14 August, during the same session as the discarded version of "Mr. Moonlight", but was omitted from the album.{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|p=134}}{{sfn|Unterberger|2006|p=102}}{{refn|group=nb|Sung by Lennon, "Leave My Kitten Alone" was widely [[bootleg recording|bootlegged]]{{sfn|Spencer|2002|p=133}} before receiving an official release on 1995's ''[[Anthology 1]]'' compilation.{{sfn|Babiuk|2002|p=134}}}}

A medley of "[[Kansas City (Leiber and Stoller song)|Kansas City]]" and "[[Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!|Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey]]" was sequenced as the final song on side one of the LP.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=53}} In McCartney's description, his performance on the track required "a great deal of nerve to just jump up and scream like an idiot"; his efforts were egged on by Lennon, who "would go, 'Come on! You can sing it better than that, man! Come on, come on! Really throw it!'" The medley was inspired by [[Little Richard]], who similarly combined [[Leiber and Stoller]]'s "Kansas City" with his own composition, "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!"{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=180}}{{refn|group=nb|On the original ''Beatles for Sale'' sleeve, the song was listed as "Kansas City" ([[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller|Leiber & Stoller]]). After the lawyers for Venice Music complained, the record label was revised to read "Medley: (a) Kansas City (Leiber/Stoller) (P)1964 Macmelodies Ltd./KPM. (b) Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey! (Penniman) Venice Mus. Ltd. (P)1964."}} Riley considers that, although McCartney's presence on ''Beatles for Sale'' appears relatively slight next to Lennon's, his performance of "Kansas City" goes some way to readdressing the balance.{{sfn|Riley|2002|p=119}} Hertsgaard says that the irony evident in Harrison's delivery of "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" "allows the Beatles to close the album with a not-so-veiled comment on the oddities of living inside Beatlemania".{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|p=101}}