Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

"Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It has been recorded by many artists, most notably Little Eva, who had a #12 hit with the song on the Billboard charts in 1962. Other artists who have recorded versions of the song include The Beatles, Kirsty MacColl,^[1] Helen Shapiro, Lindisfarne, Skeeter Davis, The Trashmen and Wayne Fontana.^[2]

The Beatles recorded the song for the BBC radio show Saturday Club on 22 January 1963, which was first broadcast four days later. They also performed it in the following month on their first British tour.^[3] It was released on their album, Live at the BBC, in 1994.

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