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songs: Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, Can't Buy Me Love, Let it Be, Yesterday
performer: White Day

White Day is a long-running group headed by accordionist Valery Semin. I can't find out much more than what's at their website, but these clips are simply amazing. I'm not sure what to call it - Cossack Swing? Certainly a blend of traditional Russian music (and instrumentation, with the balalaika and domra) and jazz, with maybe a bit of bluegrass in there as well.

Beyond the wonderful arrangements and musicianship, they are fun to watch; Semin is in a constant state of ecstasy while he plays, and shares loving expressions with his bandmates when they solo. The balalaika player always gets this "who me?" look on his face when Semin looks at him. The woman wearing her percussion is wild too. You almost don't notice the subdued bass player, except that he's apparently also a 4-star Brigadier Bellhop.

In this first clip (skip to 0:30 to avoid intro stuff), they do Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, and Can't Buy Me Love:



Next they do Let it Be and Yesterday:



And here's the first set again, in another live performance (with a different balalaika player); the baffled/delighted looks in the audience are priceless:

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song: Can't Buy Me Love
language: Korean
performer: The Korean Kittens

The Korean Kittens were a girl-group modeled after the Kim Sisters; their success was more limited but one member, Yoon Bok-hee, went on have to a long singing career. Here they sing Can't Buy Me Love on the BBC's Tonight show: verses in English, chorus in Korean.

shan kuan liu yun

songs: Can't Buy Me Love, I Saw Her Standing There
language: Chinese
performer: Singapore Shan Kuan Liu Yun

Yet another Singaporean Chinese singer covering the Beatles, and yet another performer I can't find any info on. In this case I'd say it's no great loss. According to the uploader and commenters, he's singing in Cantonese and the backup band is called The Antarctics.