Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby – Unraveling the Retro Rock ‘n’ Roll Craze
When The Beatles released ‘Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby’ on their 1964 album ‘Beatles for Sale’, it wasn’t just another track on the disc—it vibrated with the zeitgeist of an era brimming with the youthful rebellion and exuberance that characterized early rock ‘n’ roll. The song itself is a cover, originally penned by Carl Perkins, a pioneer of the rockabilly sound—a fusion of rhythm and blues with country and western.