“I realize that the sign of a good song is when it has lots of cover versions,” Harrison would say in The Beatles Anthology.

A few Beatles songs didn't make the cut for their famed albums through the year, but these three tracks deserved a chance.

“When the cover was finished, [EMI chairman] Sir Joseph Lockwood had a meeting with Paul,” road manager Neil Aspinall said in The Beatles Anthology. “I was there when he brought the album ...