The Letter

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist and composer:Wayne Carson Thompson
publisher:Bike Music
Budde Songs Inc.
Chelsea Music Publishing
Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd.
Concord Bicycle Assets
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
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 first set: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker6:27
1970-03-28The Letter (live, 1970-03-28 second set: The Fillmore East, New York, US)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:28
1970-03The Letter (live, 1970-03; Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:18
1970-07-06The Lettercover and instrumentalChet Baker3:39
1970-07-07The LettercoverThe Rascals4:07
1970The Letter (live, 1970)cover and liveJoe Cocker4:47
1971The LettercoverBachman–Turner Overdrive4:36
1974-05-19The Letter (live) (live, 1974-05-19: The Overton Park, Memphis, TN, USA)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 Lettercover and liveEva Cassidy4:18
1996-01-03The Letter (live, 1996-01-03: Blues Alley, Washington DC)cover and liveEva Cassidy5:02
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
2015-09-11The Lettercover and liveTedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell4:16
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 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 LettercoverAl Green2:29
The LettercoverHaley Reinhart2:23
The LettercoverAndrea Balducci3:32
The LettercoverBand From TV4:51
The Lettercover and instrumentalGlenn Roth2:49
The LettercoverPeter Volland?:??
The LetterTedeschi Trucks Band?:??
The LetterTedeschi Trucks Band?:??
The LetterTedeschi Trucks Band5:05
The LetterTedeschi Trucks Band4:20
The LetterTedeschi Trucks Band?:??
The LetterliveTedeschi Trucks Band4:39
The LetterTedeschi Trucks Band?:??
The LetterTedeschi Trucks Band?:??
The LettercoverBear Necessities?:??
The LettercoverMorse Portnoy George4:16
The Lettercover and instrumentalThe Ventures2:14
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 LetterJoe Cocker4:11
The LettercoverBig Star4:03
The LettercoverDon Williams2:28
The LettercoverThe Countdown Singers1:58
The LettercoverNew Jordal Swingers3:14
The Lettercover and liveBig Star3:59
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:20
The LettercoverTim Timebomb2:11
The LettercoverFrank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen3:49
The LettercoverSusan Wong2:58
The LettercoverDavid Essex3:00
The Letter (live)coverJoe Cocker4:21
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:22
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:19
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:17
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:18
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:17
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:19
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
The LettercoverJoe Cocker4:12
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