Cover Songs

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Here's one the oldtimers like Woodpeckr will remember, it's "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein and performed by Jack Denny & His Orchestra in 1932.

 

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Linda Scott had a huge hit with a cover of the song in 1961, it was also on the Mulholland Drive soundtrack. She was just out of high school and it sold over a million copies.

 

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Several artists had a hit with "Among My Souvenirs" in the twenties with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra topping the charts in 1927.

In 1959, Connie Francis had a major hit with her cover of the song, introducing it to a whole new generation.

 

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"I Fought The Law" was recorded by the Crickets a few months after Buddy Holly's death in 1959.

 

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Here's the Bobby Fuller Four's cover which was a hit in 1966, he also died tragically at a young age.

 

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A couple of years before Warren Zevon scored big with his "Werewolves of London", his friend Jackson Browne was playing it in concert.
Two great songwriters.

 

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