"Bad to Me," Billy J. Kramer (1964)

Further proof that the Beatles' tide lifted all boats

Peak: #9 on the Hot 100
Streams: 6.3 million

With all due respect to Billy J. Kramer, the story of “Bad to Me” is really the story of the Beatles. The song was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership. It was given to Kramer in part because he was managed by Brian Epstein, who also managed the Beatles, and in part because Kr…