# The Letter - Someone finally did a Blues Version

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-someone-finally-did-a-blues-version/703791>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 5, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-someone-finally-did-a-blues-version/703791 "2014-11-05T19:20:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-someone-finally-did-a-blues-version/703791/21 "2014-11-07T18:24:07Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> :eek: I had no idea that anyone else had done a blues version of The Letter.

According to Wikipedia:

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> Ranked by Rolling Stone at #363 on the magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, “The Letter” was reported in July 1979 to have been recorded in over 200 different versions

I wish I could remember the band name, but the guitarist in a blues band I was in about 5 years ago proposed a cover of this song as done by some blues band and it was hot. If I can dig it up I’ll post it later.

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-someone-finally-did-a-blues-version/703791/22 "2014-11-07T18:28:36Z")

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Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton…

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-someone-finally-did-a-blues-version/703791/23 "2014-11-07T18:48:59Z")

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I was surprised to learn that Alex Chilton was only 16 when the Box Tops recorded “The Letter.”

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**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-someone-finally-did-a-blues-version/703791/24 "2014-11-07T21:13:47Z")

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Umm, yeah… about that. Not good.

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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-letter-someone-finally-did-a-blues-version/703791/25 "2014-11-08T00:44:22Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> I was surprised to learn that Alex Chilton was only 16 when the Box Tops recorded “The Letter.”

He sounded younger as he aged. I didn’t know they were the same guy.

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