Top 10 Artists To Record For Apple Records (page 2)

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Folkk Singer Mary Hopkin was one of Apple's highest profile Artists ... other than the Beatles, of course. (YouTube)

Folkk Singer Mary Hopkin was one of Apple’s highest profile Artists … other than the Beatles, of course. (YouTube)

6. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Hot Chocolate[/lastfm]

Well before “You Sexy Thing,” they sang of peace. Actually, they sang Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance” in 1969.


5. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Ronnie Spector[/lastfm]

“Try Some, Buy Some” was a George tune that Ronnie released in 1971, under the production of mad scientist Phil Spector. George borrowed it back in ’73 for Living in the Material World.


4. [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Billy Preston[/lastfm]

Honorary Beatle and organist extraordinaire, Preston released five singles and two albums on Apple after he appeared on “Get Back.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyyetXvX76Q

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  • Dan

    How can you forget James Taylor? James Taylor record his first album “James Taylor” for Apple in 1969. It included the original versions of Carolina in My Mind and Something In the Way She Moves (the re-recording on his 1976 Greatest Hits album have now become AC radio staples) . After he was let go her returned to the United States followed by his producer Peter Asher (Peter of Peter & Gordon). Asher was able to get Taylor a deal with Warner Brothers Records and the rest is history.

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