were there any cover versions of it ?
Yes,  R&B singer Wilson Pickett released a cover recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Hey Jude
In 1968, R&B singer Wilson Pickett released a cover recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, 
when did the song hey jude by the beatles come out 26 August 1968 any awards won by it ? Yes, Ivor Novello Award , also nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1969 any commercial performances ? In Apple Boutique and "Magical Mystery Tour"
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Hey Jude [SEP] Cover versions and McCartney live performances
In 1968, R&B singer Wilson Pickett released a cover recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, with a guitar part played by a young Duane Allman, who recommended the song to Pickett. Eric Clapton commented, "I remember hearing [it] and calling either Ahmet Ertegun or Tom Dowd and saying, 'Who's that guitar player?' ... To this day, I've never heard better rock guitar playing on an R&B record. It's the best." Session musician Jimmy Johnson, who played on the recording, said that Allman's solo "created Southern rock". "Hey Jude" was one of the few Beatles songs that Elvis Presley covered, when he rehearsed the track at his 1969 Memphis sessions with producer Chips Moman, a recording that appeared on the 1972 album "Elvis Now".