Beatlesque

Over the last couple months, I've been developing a playlist. It's devoted to Beatlesque music. That is to say, music that is heavily influenced by the Beatles. More specifically, the goal has been to track down songs that are almost mistakable for Beatles originals. There are a couple limitations. Beatle solo-career stuff is obviously disqualified (though I've often thought you could slip McCartney's "Little Willow" onto the White Album without anyone noticing). Also off limits are intentional parodies of Beatles music. Otherwise, there'd be no point to this project since I already have the Rutles soundtrack and Archaeology album.

Here's the playlist so far:
Because - The Dave Clark Five
Promise You'll Tell Her - The Swinging Blue Jeans
Had To Run Around - Emitt Rhodes
Please Read Me - The Bee Gee's
In My Own Time - The Bee Gee's
Victoria - The Kinks
Strawberryfire - Apples in Stereo
Sub-Rosa Subway - Klaatu
Porpoise Song - The Monkeys
Laura - Billy Joel
Lullabye - Emitt Rhodes
You Take the Dark Out of the Night - Emitt Rhodes
Low C - Supergrass

I've ordered them roughly according to where the song could fit into Beatles chronology.

To take things a step further, I'm planning on writing posts about the tracks I've discovered so far and what qualities exactly makes them Beatlesque. I'll also continue to search and find new examples of artists imitating the Beatles so well that Ringo wishes he'd have written it.