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Jackie Edwards · 2011Jackie Edwards recorded this reggae cover for the 2011 Tribute to the Beatles EP, with Edward O'Sullivan Lee credited as producer. The released version centers Edwards on lead vocals and presents John Lennon's song in a Jamaican roots style. The track showed Edwards applying his ballad-led style to a Beatles classic in the modern reissue era. It appeared on a small-label digital release rather than as a chart single, so its importance was stylistic and archival rather than commercial. The recording helped keep Jackie Edwards' catalog active on streaming platforms and later compilations, including Jackpot Records Presents Jackie Edwards. It remains a notable example of his Beatles interpretations and of Edward O'Sullivan Lee's long association with Edwards' recordings.
