Really Good Cover Versions of Songs

Jsun76 · Post by **Jsun76** » Thursday Jun 09, 2011

Grand Funk-Inside Looking Out(The Animals)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x6chChxzV0

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thursday Jun 09, 2011

Here is a really good cover song.

Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDbON8udTPo

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Thursday Jun 09, 2011

Jsun76 wrote:Grand Funk-Inside Looking Out(The Animals)

That IS GFR (not the animals)
That;s mark farner on leads!

Jsun76 · Post by **Jsun76** » Thursday Jun 09, 2011

faster pussycat wrote:
Jsun76 wrote:Grand Funk-Inside Looking Out(The Animals)

That IS GFR (not the animals)
That;s mark farner on leads!

I know who Mark Farner is...Grand Funk covered The Animals version of the song.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Looking_Out

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Friday Jun 10, 2011

Everybody knows The Allman Brothers Band signature song, One Way Out. As with many hits, it was a cover song.

"One Way Out" is a blues song first recorded and released in the early-mid 1960s by Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James, an R&B hit under a different name for G.L. Crockett in the mid-1960s, and then popularized to rock audiences in the early 1970s and onward by The Allman Brothers Band.

As with many blues songs, the history of "One Way Out" falls into murk. It seems to have been originally recorded by Elmore James at Beltone Studios in New York City in late 1960 or early 1961, as part of James' legendary Fire/Fury/Enjoy recording sessions. It features a full band arrangement with a four-piece horn section, but a completely different melody from later versions. James appears not to have released it at that time.

Instead, Sonny Boy Williamson II reworked and recorded it for Chess Records in Chicago in September 1961, releasing it shortly thereafter. He would then return and re-record a different working of it in September 1963, again for Chess in Chicago, this time with Buddy Guy on guitar and Lafayette Leake on piano. The two efforts were substantially different, with one dominated by harmonica playing while the other has the vamp and arrangement that would become familiar with the Allman Brothers' rendition.

Subsequently, Elmore James finally released his initial recording of "One Way Out" in 1965, using it as the B-side of his single "My Bleeding Heart" for Sphere Sound Records. But by now, the song was associated with Sonny Boy not him.

All three versions are different from one another.

Sonny Boy Williamson II -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmqgn5aU ... re=related

Elmore James - One Way Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te_ojuZbFwU

The Allman Brothers Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIY8CoMI ... re=related

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Monday Jun 13, 2011

Here is an interesting bluegrass cover version of Shine by Dolly Parton with Nickel Creek.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czirN42RKFY

xero380 · Post by **xero380** » Monday Jun 13, 2011

Saving Jake - Wagon Wheel (Originally by Old Crow Medicine Show)

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Tuesday Jun 14, 2011

Who remembers the Krokus cover of Ballroom Blitz?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEnE5DHrJkE

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Tuesday Jun 14, 2011

Manfred Mann Band and Manfred Mann's Earth Band has several big hits with cover songs.

Manfred Mann Earth Band covered Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light", "For You", and Spirit In The Night

Manfred Mann Band covered Do Wah Diddy Diddy (originally recorded by The Exciters) and Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn) (originally recorded by Bob Dylan).

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tuesday Jun 14, 2011

J.J. Cale has had a lot of songs covered and recorded.

His songs have been performed by a number of other musicians including "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton, "Bringing It Back" by Kansas, "Call Me the Breeze" and "I Got the Same Old Blues" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Travelin' Light" and "Ride Me High" by Widespread Panic.

A lot of those songs are quite well known, not many folks know J.J. Cale I would bet. I think he did a tour with Eric Clapton recently.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Tuesday Jun 14, 2011

backlash bass wrote:Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel The Noize

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2J_UZ8lQU

Quiet Riot had another hit with another Slade cover of Mama Weer All Crazee Now

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Tuesday Jun 14, 2011

Linda Ronstadt is the Queen of Covers. She covered lots of songs with the L.A. Session Mafia back in the 70's and had big hits with them including "Girls Talk," "I Can't Let Go," "Just One Look," "Livin' In The USA," "Heat Wave," "You're No Good," "Blue Bayou," "That'll Be The Day," "It's So Easy," "When Will I Be Loved," "Tumbling Dice," "Ooh Baby Baby," and many more.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Jun 15, 2011

Three Dog Night had lots of great hits with cover songs including these:

Try A Little Tenderness
Easy To Be Hard
Heaven Is In Your Mind
Feelin' Alright
Let Me Serenade You
It's For You
One
Eli's Coming
Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
Liar
Your Song
Black And White
Shambala
Pieces Of April
The Show Must Go On
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)
Sure As I'm Sitting Here
I Can Hear You Callin'
Joy To The World
Never Been To Spain
Lady Samantha
An Old Fashioned Love Song
Out in the Country
The Family Of Man
'Til the World Ends
You Can Leave Your Hat On

CHICKSINGA · Post by **CHICKSINGA** » Thursday Jun 16, 2011

Grand Funk - Gimme Shelter
Daugherty - Poker Face

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thursday Jun 16, 2011

George Harrison's cover of Got My Mind Set On You (#1 in January 1988) was a bigger hit than the original done by James Ray (#22 in 1962)

George Harrison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_niy2ZM5Jo

James Ray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuqGm6FwZgY

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Friday Jun 17, 2011

SRV - Voodoo Child Slight Return

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GSpbuFSr2o

- kayla.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Friday Jun 17, 2011

Here is a case where a cover version of a song has become so synonymous with a particular singer that most people think he did it originally.

Mustang Sally by Wilson Pickett was actually the 4th or 5th recording of the song.

"Mustang Sally" was written and first recorded by Bonnie "Sir Mack" Rice and reached #15 on the U.S. R&B charts in 1965. The Chambers Brothers covered it in 1965 too. The Young Rascals had a hit with it in early 1966 as a double-sided hit along with their cover of "Good Lovin'". Wilson Pickett's version climbed to #6 R&B and #23 Pop on the charts in 1966. The Kingsmen also did it in 1966.

Here is the original version by Sir Mack Rice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPBOXOtBUE0

The following is a list of notable artists who have recorded cover versions of the song:

The Chambers Brothers (1965)
Wilson Pickett (1966)
The Kingsmen (1966)
The (Young) Rascals (1966)
Ken Boothe (1968)
The Mar-Keys (1969)
Silver Apples (1969; released 1998)
Muddy Waters (1974; released 1990)
Maurice Williams (1975)
Willie Mitchell (1977)
Magic Slim (1980)
Rufus Thomas (1980)
The Commitments (1991)
Buddy Guy (1991)
Sam & Dave (1995)
Fiona Day (1999)
Albert Collins (2000)
Los Lobos (2000), for the film Miss Congeniality
Solomon Burke (2004)
Bruce Springsteen (Live)
Chris Farrow Cenntanni's Restaurant (2008)

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Monday Jun 20, 2011

I found out recently that "Bette Davis Eyes" was written in 1974 by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon and Jackie recorded it that year. Kim Carnes did a different take on the song in 1981 and had #1 hit with it.

Jackie DeShannon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-R6-xUEEp4

Kim Carnes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpGRzuC_ ... re=related

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Tuesday Jun 21, 2011

Styx did a good cover of I Am The Walrus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-TQWFqWqsc

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thursday Jun 23, 2011

Train Kept A-Rollin' has been covered and done well by many acts. Aerosmith did a really good cover of this song using The Yardbirds take on the tune. The Johnny Burnette Trio did a rockabilly version that is good too.

The original version by Tiny Bradshaw from 1951 is really good with a jump blues feel. Take a listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci4EQDD4CqA

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thursday Jun 23, 2011

Weezer - You might think. From Cars 2. It isn't that bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyT1_jEx6eY

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Friday Jun 24, 2011

I never knew Kansas did a cover of Born To Be Wild.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7-YSwXd0Kc

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Saturday Jun 25, 2011

Good Lovin' was first recorded in early 1965 by Limmie Snell under the name "Lemme B. Good". About a month later, the song was redone -- with considerably rewritten lyrics -- by The Olympics. In 1966 The Young Rascals had a #1 hit with their cover version.

Check out this live version by The Olympics with a 19 year old Billy Preston on keyboards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUY1LvNX3Io

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Tuesday Jul 05, 2011

Weezer - You Might Think (From Disney/Pixar's CARS 2) - This just came out and it is a really good cover almost just like the original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyT1_jEx6eY

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thursday Jul 14, 2011

Original version of Do Wah Diddy Diddy by The Exciters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ep-JvUqyU

"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich and originally recorded in 1963 by the American vocal group The Exciters.

In 1964, it was covered by British R&B, Beat and pop band Manfred Mann.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iJk9vWz ... re=related