McCartney Times

In 1962, R&B singer James Ray, recorded and released the Rudy Clark-penned song “Got My Mind Set on You,” which followed the artist’s previous hit “If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody,” which had already made the rounds on the Beatles’ live sets. John Lennon also featured the latter Ray single as one of his favorite songs on his 1960s jukebox, a playlist that was later released as an album in 2004.Another link between Ray and the Beatles came when George Harrison covered “I Got My Mind Set on You” on his eleventh solo album Cloud Nine in 1987. Harrison retitled the song, which he first heard nearly 25 years earlier, “Got My Mind Set on You.”

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Source: On This Day: George Harrison Went to No. 1 for the First Time in 15 Years With His Cover of “Got My Mind Set on You” in 1988 – American Songwriter