the song has been recorded by many well-known artists. the beatles' 1964 recording topped singles charts in europe and in australia, and the beach boys had a u.s. top ten hit with the song in 1976. other artists who have covered the song include bill haley & his comets, dickie rock and the miami showband, reo speedwagon, mental as anything, humble pie, manic street preachers, and bryan adams. berry performed it on december 16, 1957, on abc's short-lived variety program "the guy mitchell show".