Coasters THREE COOL CATS - The Original 1958 - In STEREO

The original Three Cool Cats 1958 - in STEREO! The Beatles muddled through this, and their version seems to be the most well known. Others have also tried, but I think this is still the best. King Curtis doing the sax solo, Adolph Jacobs & Alan Hanlon on guitars, the cool drummer is Joe Marshall, and Chino Pozo on the congas.***
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[carlmoore19]

I very recently came across this on a Philadelphia radio station (the Street Corner Sunday program?). Quite interesting. I too had heard the Beatles' version. In THIS version here, we hear a saxophone in the instrumental middle.

[mutleybird]

@carlmoore19 The sax player is King Curtis. Top guy in that era from the 50's until his death in 1973 when he was mugged on a hot August day carrying an air conditioner up the stairs to his apartment.

[aholeinmypocket]

The Beatles's version of this song is much better.

[mutleybird]

@aholeinmypocket - Not even close. The beatles just blunder through it just strumming guitars like an inexperienced garage band. Many unknown groups of kids played it that way after the Coasters (before and after the beatles), but the beatles have all that marketing to make sure the public believe they are gods, and whatever else the marketing tells people to believe the beatles are.

[aholeinmypocket]

@mutleybird They were pretty inexperienced at that time. They weren't even famous when they did that cover you know. No offence to The Coasters (I have never heard the before) but I think Beatles's versions is much better. Everyone can have their own oppinion and that's mine.

[mutleybird]

@aholeinmypocket Of course everyone can have their own opinion! And yes, the beatles have been marketed to be much more famous.

[Paulmancieri67]

Beatles version is OK......but people should remember that the Beatles were copying bands that inspired them. the Coasters were one of the bands that they admired. They learned from the Coasters definitive version. Were the Beatles a great band? Of course but their version of Three Cool Cats catches them at a stage before they found their sound when they were still learning. The Coasters version is definitive cuz it catches them at the peak of their creative powers.

[goatslime45]

To all you folks undervaluing The Beatles....I also agree that this is a better version but The Beatles did a damn good job for their age and according to Wikipedia, The Coasters did not even write this song.

[elvispreseli]

King Curtis himself @ 1.29. Re The Beatles. Who did they get to support them @ Shea Stadium? King Curtis and the Kingpins of course! There is a very short clip on youtube.

[pedrogoldfinger]

Heard this version by the Coasters for the first time on the radio in my car today and loved it. I came to love this song before by listening to the 5 6 7 8's (the japanese girls band). Never heard the beatles version before.

[inhousevideo]

The Beatles would be the first to tell you the Costers version is by far the only real listening.

[buddyeagle]

The original the best recording ever, Beatles version sucks.

[Syzygy60]

ur sure?

[Syzygy60]

is that all?

[Syzygy60]

u earn the marketing with sucess,what did the BEATLES ever do to you?...LOL

[Syzygy60]

@mutleybird harsh...I like it