Cover Songs

[simon482]

 

[simon482]

the whole johnny cash cover album. the song "hurt" most of all.

 

[simon482]

i actually had to post it instead of reference it. this song sung by johnny cash actually got me emotional. nope i didn't cry but i had goose bumps by the end of it. it is just incredible and beautiful and everything a song is supposed to be.

 

[Brill]

"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" written by Mel Tillis was originally a top ten country hit for Johnny Darrell in 1967.
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition made a smart decision to cover this song, they recorded it in just one take and had a giant hit in 1969.

There isn't a Youtube for the original song, but here's an mp3 you can play. To download, right-click and click "Save link as...".

http://top40db.net/mp3s/Mp3Share/Johnny Darrell - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town. mp3

Here is Kenny's cover.

 

[Brill]

The Donays were an R&B group from Detroit who recorded "Devil In His Heart" in 1962 but it wasn't a hit. The Beatles heard the song and covered it on their second album in 1963 as "Devil In Her Heart".

 

[Brill]

Here's the Beatles cover version.

 

[Brill]

The Dixie Cups had a hit with "Iko Iko" in 1965, it was a cover of "Jock-A-Mo (Iko Iko)" by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford from 1953.

 

[Brill]

Here is the cover version by the Dixie Cups.

 

[zarbe]

even at such an old age, cash still had his voice
RIP

 

[Brill]

"You've Made Me So Very Happy" was a minor record for Brenda Holloway in 1967, two years later it was a major hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears reaching #2 on the Billboard chart.

 

[Brill]

Blood, Sweat & Tears - with Canada's David Clayton-Thomas on vocals.
Their self titled second album had 3 huge hits and won the Grammy award for Best Album, beating out the Beatles "Abbey Road".

 

[Brill]

In 1958, Johnny O'Keefe was Australia's first rock star with his hit "Wild One". It was later covered by several artists, I like Teenage Head's version from their Frantic City album in 1980.

 

[Brill]

 

[trod]

Class of 99 - Another Brick in the Wall ( pt. 2 )

One of Layne Staley's last recordings he did....this song is from the soundtrack of the movie 'The Faculty'. Awful movie but love this cover.

 

[Brill]

Dallas Frazier wrote several rock and roll and country hits like "Alley Oop", "Mohair Sam", "There Goes My Everything" and "Elvira".
Here's his original version of "Elvira" which he recorded in 1966. The Oak Ridge Boys had a huge hit with their cover of the song.

 

[GotGusto]

Russian Rapper covers Rick Ross

 

[GotGusto]

Rick Ross

 

[GotGusto]

I listen to this song regularily. Does it make me gay? It makes me feel gay and pretty. Cyndi Lauper covered it.

 

[GotGusto]

Cyndi Lauper's better known cover version

 

[Brill]

"Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter" was originally performed by the actor Tom Courtenay in a British telefilm in 1963.
In 1965, Herman's Hermits had a huge hit with a cover of the song and it reached #1 on the Billboard chart.