The Letter

~ Song

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lyricist and composer:Wayne Carson Thompson
publisher:Bike Music
Budde Songs Inc.
Chelsea Music Publishing
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
1967-09-11The 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 LettercoverThe Beach Boys1:57
1967The LetterThe Box Tops1:55
1967The Letter (Hawaii 1967, rehearsal)coverThe Beach Boys1:55
1970-03-27The Letter (live, 1970-03-27 second set: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker5:01
1970-03-27The Letter (live, 1970-03-27 first 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 second set: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:28
1970-03-28The Letter (live, 1970-03-28 first set: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker6:27
1970-07-06The Lettercover and instrumentalChet Baker3:39
1970-07-07The LettercoverThe Rascals4:07
1971The LettercoverBachman–Turner Overdrive4:36
1974The Letter (live)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 Letter (live, 1996-01-03: Blues Alley, Washington DC)cover and liveEva Cassidy5:02
1996-01-03The Lettercover and liveEva Cassidy4:18
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
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 letterJoe Cocker4:51
The Lettercover and liveJoe Cocker feat. Leon Russell and The Shelter People4:13
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverDynamo 53:37
The LettercoverMelanie2:53
The LettercoverDel Shannon2:13
The LettercoverArjen Anthony Lucassen2:08
The LettercoverThe Slackers2:36
The LettercoverSvenne & Lotta?:??
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:20
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:14
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:17
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:22
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:04
The LettercoverShaun Cassidy2:59
The LettercoverTufts University Beelzebubs3:26
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:25
The Lettercover and instrumentalThe Ventures2:13
The LettercoverHaley Reinhart2:23
The LettercoverAndrea Balducci3:32
The LettercoverBand From TV4:51
The Lettercover and instrumentalGlenn Roth2:49
The LettercoverPeter Volland?:??
The LettercoverBear Necessities?:??
The LettercoverMorse Portnoy George4:16
The Lettercover and instrumentalThe Ventures2:14
The LettercoverAl Green2:29
The Letter (live)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:46
The Lettercover and instrumentalThe Ventures?:??
The LetterThe 17th Avenue All-Stars2:43
The LetterNeal Morse4:17
The Letter (live: USA)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:32
The LettercoverLemar3:30
The Letter (live)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:28
The Lettercover and liveJoe Cocker4:00
The LettercoverBojoura3:34
The Lettercover and liveJoe Cocker4:20
The LettercoverDionne Warwick3:42
The LetterMongo Santamaría3:31
The LettercoverThe Countdown Singers1:58
The LettercoverNew Jordal Swingers3:14
The LetterBig Star4:03
The LetterliveBig Star3:59
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:20
The LettercoverTim Timebomb2:11
The LettercoverFrank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen3:49
The LettercoverDon Williams2:28
The LetterThe Box Tops?:??
The LettercoverSusan Wong2:58
The LettercoverDavid Essex3:00
The LetterThe Box Tops1:57
The Letter (live)coverJoe Cocker4:21
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:22
The Letter (live, 1970-03; Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA)coverJoe Cocker4:18
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:19
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:17
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:18
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:17
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:19
The Letter (live, 1970)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:47
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:10
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:14
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:40
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:30
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:08
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:11
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