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1936 Song by Rex Griffin, popularized by Carl Perkins and the Beatles

"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" is a rockabilly song credited to Carl Perkins.

Based on a 1936 song written by singer/songwriter Rex Griffin, it achieved widespread popularity when it was released in 1957 by Perkins and covered by the Beatles in 1964.

Composition and controversy

"Everybody's Tryin' to Be My Baby" was written and recorded in 1936 by Decca artist Rex Griffin.

On March 2, 1936 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, it was among ten self-penned tracks recorded that day by the recently-signed artist, accompanied only by his guitar.^[1] It was released on Decca 5294 in November 1936^[2] to little notice.

Although the song was never published, it was covered by Johnny Barfield^[3] and Roy Newman in 1939, and Griffin copyrighted it on January 22, 1944.^[4]

In March 1956, Carl Lee Perkins, who had released "Blue