If Not for You#George Harrison's version

Bob Dylan wrote "If Not for You" as a love song to his wife Sara.{{sfn|Sounes|2001|p=258}} It was one of several songs he wrote in 1970 that conveyed his contentment with family life{{sfn|Sounes|2001|p=258}}{{sfn|Williamson|2006|p=181}} and celebrated the simple pleasures of nature.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2015|p=348}} Music journalist Thomas Ward describes it as "a song of rustic charms, heavily indebted to the simplest of country music". He says that the lyrics favor "concise, economical descriptions" over "elegant poetry", a quality he finds most evident in the bridge lines "If not for you, my sky would fall / Rain would gather too / If not for you, I'd be nowhere at all / I'd be lost, if not for you."{{cite web|first=Thomas|last=Ward|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/if-not-for-you-mt0000295646|title=Bob Dylan 'If Not for You'|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=December 26, 2020}}

Commenting on the track in the 1980s, Dylan said: "It seemed simple enough, sort of Tex-Mex. I would never explore all the possibilities of instrumentation in the studio, add parts and so forth, change the beat around, so it came off kind of folky."{{cite AV media notes|title=Bob Dylan Biograph CD booklet|title-link=Biograph (album)|type=none|others=Jeff Rosen (compilation producer)|year=1985|chapter=About the Songs|first=Cameron|last=Crowe|page=27|publisher=Columbia Records}}{{sfn|Williamson|2006|pp=236–37}}

Dylan first recorded "If Not for You" in March 1970, late in the sessions for his Self Portrait double LP, although it was never intended for that album.{{sfn|Heylin|2011|pp=313–14}} He then recorded a new version on May 1 with George Harrison{{sfn|Heylin|2011|p=318}} at Columbia Records' Studio B in New York.{{sfn|Hinton|2006|p=88}} Charlie Daniels, who played bass at the session, with Russ Kunkel on drums, described it as "a day I'll never forget", adding: "It wasn't Bob Dylan and George Harrison. It was four guys in the studio making music{{nbsp}}... It was such a nice thing, such a great day, hour after hour."{{sfn|Sounes|2001|pp=257–58}} News of the collaboration between Dylan and Harrison caused considerable excitement in the music press,{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=72}} even though Columbia made a point of announcing that neither artist deemed the results worthy of release.{{sfn|The Editors of Rolling Stone|2002|pp=179–80}}

According to biographer Clinton Heylin, the May 1 session was "the true starting point" for Dylan's New Morning album. The remake of "If Not for You" was under consideration for the album, although Dylan recorded a new version in early June, and Al Kooper, Dylan's co-producer, preferred the March recording.{{sfn|Heylin|2011|p=318}} Overdubs were added to one of these versions at Columbia's studio in Nashville on July 23.{{cite web|first=Olof|last=Björner|title=Still on the Road: 1970 Recording Sessions|url=http://www.bjorner.com/DSN01790%201970.htm|publisher=bjorner.com|access-date=December 27, 2020}}{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2015|pp=352–53}}

Citing Kooper's frustration with Dylan at this time, Heylin says that the singer's indecisiveness led to him re-recording "If Not for You" once more, as well as "Time Passes Slowly", on August 12.{{sfn|Heylin|2011|pp=320–21}} Guitarist Buzz Feiten was among the musicians at the session, which took place at Columbia's Studio E in New York. It was the only song on New Morning to include Dylan playing harmonica.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2015|p=351}} After Kooper and Dylan fell out, Bob Johnston was credited as sole producer.{{sfn|Bream|2015|pp=76–77}}{{refn|group=nb|Dylan had also grown disaffected with Johnston. According to Kooper, Dylan said he had to credit Johnston for contractual reasons.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2015|pp=350–51}}}}

The August 1970 version of "If Not for You" was sequenced as the opening track of New Morning.{{sfn|Hinton|2006|p=84}}{{sfn|Williamson|2006|pp=181, 236}} Columbia released the album on October 21.{{Harvard citation no brackets|Krogsgaard|1991|p=73}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Williamson|2006|p=181}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Margotin|Guesdon|2015|p=351}}. It was viewed as a return to form by many music critics after the poorly received Self Portrait.{{sfn|Heylin|2011|pp=316–17, 321}}{{sfn|Williamson|2006|pp=80–81}} Reviewing for Rolling Stone, Ed Ward described "If Not for You" as "a kind of invocation to the muse, if you will", and said that in contrast to Dylan's 1966 love song "I Want You", "He's celebrating the fact that not only has he found her, but they know each other well, and get strength from each other, depend on each other."{{cite magazine|first=Ed|last=Ward|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/albums/album/99583/review/5944026/new_morning |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103085124/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bobdylan/albums/album/99583/review/5944026/new_morning|title=Bob Dylan New Morning|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 26, 1970|archive-date=January 3, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=August 29, 2012}} Geoffrey Cannon of The Guardian likened the song to "Let It Be Me" from Self Portrait, adding: "except that it's not lush. It's clipped and sceptical{{nbsp}}... his voice is harsher than it has been lately; and he plays a lacerating harmonica."{{cite news|first=Geoffrey|last=Cannon|title=Bob Dylan: New Morning (CBS KC 30290)|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 23, 1970}} Available at [https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/bob-dylan-inew-morningi-cbs-kc-30290 Rock's Backpages] (subscription required).{{refn|group=nb|Cannon concluded: "This number isn't 'It Ain't Me, Babe'. But it isn't romantic, either."}}

"If Not for You" became the album's most popular track.{{sfn|Bream|2015|p=75}} Issued as a single A-side in Europe, the song peaked at number 30 on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart in April 1971.{{cite web|title=Bob Dylan – If Not for You|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Bob+Dylan&titel=If+Not+For+You&cat=s|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=December 29, 2020}} Dylan considered following up the album's success with a series of concerts but chose to delay his return to live performance and continue to focus on his and Sara's family life.{{sfn|Heylin|2011|p=322}} He relented only to appear at Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh benefit shows in August 1971.{{sfn|Romanowski|George-Warren|1995|p=291}}{{sfn|Sounes|2001|pp=266–67}} Dylan rehearsed "If Not for You" with Harrison before the concerts, but did not include the song in his set the following day.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=435}}

Dylan included "If Not for You" on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II,{{cite web|url=http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/if-not-you/|title=If Not for You|publisher=bobdylan.com|access-date=December 25, 2020}} a double album he compiled in late 1971 to placate Columbia in the absence of a new studio album.{{sfn|Heylin|2011|p=333}} The song has subsequently appeared on the Dylan compilations Masterpieces (1978),{{cite web|first=William|last=Ruhlmann|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/masterpieces-mw0000843120 | title=Bob Dylan Masterpieces|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=December 29, 2020}} Biograph (1985),{{sfn|Hinton|2006|p=93}}{{sfn|Williamson|2006|p=197}} The Best of Bob Dylan (1997),{{sfn|Hinton|2006|p=313}} The Essential Bob Dylan (2000),{{cite web|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-essential-bob-dylan-mw0000621182|title=Bob Dylan The Essential Bob Dylan|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 6, 2012}} Dylan (2007), Playlist: The Very Best of Bob Dylan '70s (2009),{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Leggett|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/playlist-the-very-best-of-bob-dylan-70s-mw0000813474|title=Bob Dylan Playlist: The Very Best of Bob Dylan '70s|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 6, 2012}} and The Real{{nbsp}}... (2012).{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/the-real-mr0003778898| title=Bob Dylan The Real{{nbsp}}...|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=October 6, 2012}}

The May 1 version with Harrison, Daniels and Kunkel was released on the 1991 Dylan box set The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased).{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=7}}{{sfn|Williamson|2006|p=204}} A June 2, 1970, outtake of "If Not for You", featuring only vocal, piano and violin, was included on The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971), released in 2013.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2015|p=352}} Music critic Robert Christgau said it was the only track from New Morning that was "any good" on Another Self Portrait, adding: "But that's also an unruinable song. It is pretty straightforward and a wonderful love song and doesn't have any parallels in Dylan's body of work that I can think of."{{sfn|Bream|2015|p=77}} A previously unissued version of the song appeared on the 2015 album

Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City, coinciding with the Country Music Hall of Fame's exhibition of the same name.{{cite web|title='Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City' 2CD Set to Be Released June 16|url=https://legacyrecordings.com/2015/05/11/dylan-cash-and-the-nashville-cats-a-new-music-city-2cd-set-to-be-released-june-16/|publisher=legacyrecordings.com|date=May 11, 2015|access-date=December 18, 2020}}{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Marchese|url=https://theseconddisc.com/2015/05/27/going-to-the-country-dylan-cash-and-the-nashville-cats-chronicles-birth-of-music-city-country-rock/|title=Going to the Country: 'Dylan, Cash and the Nashville Cats' Chronicles Birth of Music City Country-Rock|website=The Second Disc|date=May 27, 2015|access-date=December 18, 2020}} This take was from the Nashville overdubbing session and features Lloyd Green on pedal steel guitar.

Dylan first played "If Not for You" in concert in April 1992, during a show in Sydney.{{cite web|first=Andy|last=Greene|title=Flashback: George Harrison and Bob Dylan Sing 'If Not for You' at Concert for Bangladesh Rehearsals|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/george-harrison-bob-dylan-if-not-for-you-concert-for-bangladesh-1098155/|publisher=rollingstone.com|date=December 3, 2020|access-date=December 24, 2020}}{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2015|p=353}} He has performed the song 89 times in total, with the last performance taking place in November 2004. In 2016, Simon & Schuster's Atheneum imprint published the children's book If Not for You, containing artist David Walker's nature-themed illustrations inspired by the song's lyrics.{{cite news|first=David|last=Menconi|title=Art for a Song: Chapel Hill illustrator draws for Dylan|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/on-the-beat-blog/article88424647.html|newspaper=The News & Observer|date=July 9, 2016|access-date=January 8, 2021}}

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| artist = George Harrison

| album = All Things Must Pass

| released = November 27, 1970

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| genre =

| length = 3:29

| label = Apple

| writer = Bob Dylan

| producer = George Harrison, Phil Spector

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George Harrison included "If Not for You" on his first post-Beatles solo album, All Things Must Pass, released on November 27, 1970.{{sfn|Badman|2001|pp=10, 16}} He first taped a solo performance of the song when previewing potential material for his co-producer, Phil Spector, at EMI Studios in London.{{sfn|Spizer|2005|pp=220, 223}} Recorded in late May, this recital also included Dylan's "I Don't Want to Do It" and the Harrison–Dylan collaboration "Nowhere to Go" (originally "When Everybody Comes to Town"),{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=426}} both of which originated from Harrison's time in Woodstock with Dylan and the Band in late 1968.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=51–52}} The three performances became available in the 1990s on the bootleg compilation Beware of ABKCO!{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=426}}{{cite magazine|first=Peter|last=Doggett|title=George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968–75|magazine=Record Collector|date=April 2001|page=36}}

The basic track for Harrison's formal recording of "If Not for You" was recorded at EMI between late May and early June 1970.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=427}} In author Simon Leng's view, Harrison created a characteristically melody-centric version of the song, which more clearly defines its verse and bridge sections and eschews Dylan's preference for spontaneity in favor of "aural pleasure".{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=88–89}} The arrangement includes multiple acoustic guitars and a slide guitar motif that Harrison had played during the May 1 session with Dylan.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=73, 88}} Leng also highlights the significance of Harrison's introduction to the Dobro, via guitarist David Bromberg, as another legacy of his 1970 visit to New York.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=73–74}} Peter Frampton played one of the acoustic guitar parts on the song.{{sfn|Spizer|2005|p=223}}{{cite web|first=Damian|last=Fanelli|title=Peter Frampton Talks Talk Boxes and Recording 'All Things Must Pass'|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/interview-peter-frampton-talks-talk-boxes-and-recording-george-harrison-all-things-must-pass|publisher=guitarworld.com|date=December 7, 2016|orig-year=2013|access-date=May 7, 2021}}{{refn|group=nb|Drummer Alan White has said that John Lennon was one of the rhythm guitarists,{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=88–89}} along with Ringo Starr on tambourine.{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Tiano|title=Alan White and the Beatles|url=http://nfte.org/interviews/AW247.html|website=Notes from the Edge|date=August 11, 2001|access-date=January 11, 2021}} Neither Leng nor Beatles historian Bruce Spizer list Lennon among the musicians on the completed track, however.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=88–89}}{{sfn|Spizer|2005|p=223}}}} According to the EMI master tape, the instrumentation also includes harmonium, piano and organ.{{cite AV media notes|title=George Harrison The Apple Years 1968–75 (book)|title-link=The Apple Years 1968–75|type=none|others=Dhani Harrison, Olivia Harrison & Jonathan Clyde (compilation producers)|year=2014|chapter=Eight track master tape for All Things Must Pass|last=Howlett|first=Kevin|pages=26–27|publisher=Apple Records}}

Music historians Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon describe "If Not for You" as "one of Dylan's songs with the strongest connection to the Fab Four".{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2015|p=352}} It was sequenced as the second track on side two of Harrison's triple album, before "Behind That Locked Door",{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=634}} which he had written as a tribute to Dylan before the latter's performance at the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=273}} The album opened with "I'd Have You Anytime", a Harrison–Dylan collaboration that documented the two songwriters' meeting in Woodstock.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=52, 82}}{{refn|group=nb|Another All Things Must Pass track, "Apple Scruffs", was performed by Harrison in Dylan's original style of strummed acoustic guitar and harmonica.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=94}}}} According to Beatles biographer Nicholas Schaffner, Dylan therefore had a tangible presence on All Things Must Pass, "in spirit if not in person".{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=142}}

Mikal Gilmore of Rolling Stone describes Harrison's "If Not for You" as "surprisingly beautiful",{{sfn|The Editors of Rolling Stone|2002|p=40}} while Leng deems it a "gleaming pop creation".{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=88}} In his entry for All Things Must Pass in the book 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Tom Moon names it as one of the album's three "key tracks", along with "Beware of Darkness" and "Isn't It a Pity".{{sfn|Moon|2008|pp=345–46}}

File:Harrison & Dylan performing "If Not for You".jpg]]

Dylan and Harrison duetted on "If Not for You" during the soundcheck for the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh shows at Madison Square Garden in New York.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=120}} The rehearsal took place on July 31, the day before the concerts;{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=43}}{{sfn|Spizer|2005|p=241}} for Harrison, it was the first indication that Dylan had committed to performing at the event after days of deliberation.{{sfn|O'Dell|2009|pp=198–99}} Harrison's notes for a possible set list include the song, along with "Watching the River Flow" and "Blowin' in the Wind",{{sfn|Harrison|2011|p=288}} although only the last of these was performed by Dylan at the two benefit concerts that day.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|pp=435, 436–37}} A portion of their rehearsal of "If Not for You" appeared early in the 1972 documentary film The Concert for Bangladesh.{{sfn|Madinger|Easter|2000|p=435}} The full performance was released on the 2005 remastered DVD.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=120}}

Leng describes the rehearsal footage as "remarkable" and, in light of Harrison's disdain for the limelight and Dylan's reluctance to return to it, "an intimate glimpse of the warm friendship between two major cultural figures at a point when both were emotionally vulnerable". Leng adds: "They don't hit every note precisely or even remember every line, but they are evidently relishing each other's company."{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=120}}{{refn|group=nb|The Concert for Bangladesh was Harrison's first live performance as a headlining artist since the Beatles retired from touring in 1966.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=115}} Former Apple employee Chris O'Dell recalls that journalist Al Aronowitz, a mutual friend of Harrison and Dylan, was confident that Dylan would show up for the rehearsal, since "Bob would never let George down." Such was the relief when Dylan arrived soon afterward, according to O'Dell, "It was as if the Lord Himself had floated down from the heavens{{nbsp}}... we watched George walk across the stage to give Bob a hug. That was a moment, I'll tell you."{{sfn|O'Dell|2009|p=199}}}} In his 2005 review for Rolling Stone, David Fricke welcomed the DVD release as a reminder of how Harrison "invented the superstar benefit concert" by enlisting friends such as Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Billy Preston, and he said of the "If Not for You" rehearsal: "they spend the entire song looking at each other, as if they're singing about their own relationship."{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Fricke|title=George Harrison Show Revisited on DVD|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/george-harrison-show-revisited-on-dvd-124112/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 25, 2005|access-date=November 12, 2021}} Jack Whatley of Far Out Magazine similarly views it as a document of "one of the more touching friendships to come out of the sixties", and comments on the "sense of care that Harrison affords his friend{{nbsp}}... A few subtle glances, some shared moments and some body language cues show that their relationship went on far beyond their musical inclinations."{{cite web|first=Jack|last=Whatley|title=Watch George Harrison and Bob Dylan duet 'If Not for You' at rehearsals for the 'Concert for Bangladesh'|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/george-harrison-beatles-bob-dylan-if-not-for-you-duet-concert-for-bangladesh/|website=Far Out Magazine|date=May 17, 2020|access-date=December 28, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227085844/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/george-harrison-beatles-bob-dylan-if-not-for-you-duet-concert-for-bangladesh/|url-status=dead}}

Harrison performed "If Not for You" live, again at Madison Square Garden, in October 1992 during the all-star concert celebrating Dylan's first three decades as a recording artist.{{sfn|Leng|2006|pp=273–74}} Backed by Booker T. & the M.G.'s and other musicians including G. E. Smith on slide guitar,{{sfn|Williamson|2006|p=207}} Harrison performed "startling versions" of "If Not for You" and "Absolutely Sweet Marie", according to Gilmore,{{sfn|The Editors of Rolling Stone|2002|p=48}} although only the latter was included on the 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration live album.{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=488}} The concert was Harrison's last major live performance.

According to Simon Leng (except where noted), the musicians who performed on Harrison's studio version of the song are as follows:{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=88}}

• George Harrison{{snd}} vocals, acoustic guitars, Dobros, harmonica
• Peter Frampton{{snd}} acoustic guitar{{sfn|Spizer|2005|p=223}}
• Gary Wright{{snd}} piano
• Billy Preston{{snd}} organ
• uncredited{{snd}} harmonium
• Klaus Voormann{{snd}} bass
• Alan White{{snd}} drums
• Ringo Starr{{snd}} tambourine

{{Infobox song

| name = If Not for You

| image = If not for you by olivia newton-john australian single side A.png

| caption = Side A of the Australian single

| type = single

| artist = Olivia Newton-John

| album = If Not for You

| B-side = The Biggest Clown

| released = March 1971

| recorded = 1971

| studio =

| genre = Country pop

| length = 2:50

| label = Pye International

| writer = Bob Dylan

| producer = Bruce Welch, John Farrar

| prev_title = Till You Say You'll Be Mine

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Banks of the Ohio

| next_year = 1971

| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|PVRu6Dlwzg0|"If Not for You" by Olivia Newton-John}}}}

}}

In 1971, singer Olivia Newton-John recorded "If Not for You" on the suggestion of her manager after he had heard Harrison's treatment of the song despite her reservation that it was not "her type of song".{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pAGorm_1OoIC&pg=PT57 |title=Olivia: The Biography of Olivia Newton-John|first= Tim |last=Ewbank |date= 2008 |isbn=9780748110254|publisher=Hachette UK }} The producers John Farrar and Bruce Welch arranged the song closer to Harrison's version than to Dylan's,{{sfn|Romanowski|George-Warren|1995|p=709}}{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Viglione|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/if-not-for-you-mw0000739358|title=Olivia Newton-John If Not for You|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 4, 2014}}{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=296}} with the slide guitar used in Harrison's version featuring prominently. She released "If Not for You" as her first international single, after appearances on Cliff Richard's concert tour and the TV show It's Cliff Richard.{{sfn|Romanowski|George-Warren|1995|p=709}} Marking the start of her 1970s country pop period, her recording was one of many examples of middle-of-the-road artists covering tracks from All Things Must Pass.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=296}} Music historian Dave Thompson describes Newton-John's version as "superb" and, citing her readiness to acknowledge Harrison's influence, says that Dylan "never truly got to grips with what remains one of his most affecting love songs".{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Thompson|title=The Music of George Harrison: An album-by-album guide|magazine=Goldmine|date=January 25, 2002|page=17}}

The single enjoyed considerable international success, peaking at number 7 in the UK and number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.{{sfn|Romanowski|George-Warren|1995|p=709}} It also spent three weeks at number 1 on Billboard{{'}}s Easy Listening chart.{{sfn|Whitburn|2002|p=181}} The song was subsequently issued as the title track of Newton-John's debut album, If Not for You.

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Numerous other artists have covered "If Not for You". These include Rod Stewart,{{cite web|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/still-the-same-great-rock-classics-of-our-time-mw0000557398 |title=Rod Stewart Still the Same: Great Rock Classics of Our Time|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} Bryan Ferry,{{cite web|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dylanesque-mw0000777034| title=Bryan Ferry Dylanesque| publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} Richie Havens,{{cite web|first=Bruce|last=Eder|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sings-beatles-amp-dylan-mw0000194097| title= Richie Havens Sings Beatles & Dylan|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} Sarah Vaughan,{{cite web|first=Bruce|last=Eder|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/time-in-my-life-mw0000188754| title=Sarah Vaughan A Time in My Life|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} Glen Campbell,{{cite web|first= Jim|last=Worbois|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/i-knew-jesus-before-he-was-a-star-mw0000886925|title=Glen Campbell I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} Barb Jungr,{{cite web|first=Stanton|last=Swihart|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/every-grain-of-sand-mw0000661771|title=Barb Jungr Every Grain of Sand|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} Katie Buckhaven,{{cite web| url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/katie-buckhaven-mw0000353742 |title=Katie Buckhaven Katie Buckhaven|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} Susan McKeown,{{cite web| url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mighty-rain-mw0000933220 |title=Lindsey Horner/Susan McKeown Mighty Rain|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} Phil Keaggy,{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/acoustic-café-mw0000794090 |title=Phil Keaggy Acoustic Café|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} Ed Kuepper,{{cite web| url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/out-takes-castaways-pirate-women-and-takeaways-mw0000763937| title=Ed Kuepper Out-Takes, Castaways, Pirate Women and Takeaways|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}} and the Flatmates.{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Sendra|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/potpurri-hits-mixes-and-demos-85-89-mw0000347727|title=Flatmates Potpurri (Hits, Mixes and Demos '85–'89)|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=September 22, 2012}}

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• {{Cite book|first=Simon|last=Leng|title=While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison| publisher=Hal Leonard|location=Milwaukee, WI|year=2006 |isbn=1-4234-0609-5}}
• {{cite book|last1=Madinger|first1=Chip|last2=Easter|first2=Mark|title=Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium|publisher=44.1 Productions|location=Chesterfield, MO|year=2000|isbn=0-615-11724-4}}
• {{cite book|last1=Margotin|first1=Philippe|last2=Guesdon|first2=Jean-Michel|year=2015|title=Bob Dylan: All the Songs – The Story Behind Every Track|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iRBCgAAQBAJ|publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1-57912-985-9}}
• {{cite book|first=Tom|last=Moon|author-link=Tom Moon|title=1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die|publisher=Workman Publishing|location=New York, NY|year=2008|isbn=978-0-7611-5385-6}}
• {{cite book|last1=O'Dell|first1=Chris|last2=with Ketcham|first2=Katherine|title=Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved|publisher=Touchstone|location=New York, NY|year=2009|isbn=978-1-4165-9093-4|ref={{SfnRef|O'Dell|2009}}}}
• {{cite book|editor1-first=Patricia|editor1-last=Romanowski|editor2-first=Holly|editor2-last=George-Warren|title=The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|publisher=Fireside/Rolling Stone Press|year=1995|location=New York, NY|isbn=0-684-81044-1}}
• {{cite book|last=Schaffner|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Schaffner|title=The Beatles Forever|publisher=McGraw-Hill|location=New York, NY|year=1978|isbn=0-07-055087-5|url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesforever00scha}}
• {{cite book|first=Howard|last=Sounes|author-link=Howard Sounes|title=Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan|publisher=Doubleday|location=London|year=2001|isbn=0-385-60125-5}}
• {{cite book|last=Spizer|first=Bruce|author-link=Bruce Spizer|title=The Beatles Solo on Apple Records|publisher=498 Productions|location=New Orleans, LA|year=2005|isbn=0-9662649-5-9}}
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• [http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/if-not-you Lyrics] at Bob Dylan's official site
• [http://dylanchords.com/11_newmorning/if_not_for_you Chords] at Dylanchords

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