GREAT COVERS OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS

"Silhouettes on the Shade" * The Rays original version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZduJnDFApc&ab_channel=NANCYFLORESSANTOS

Covered by Herman's Hermits in 65'. I prefer the original soulful version but the Brit teenbop wasn't too bad. The tune was written by Bob Crewe who went on to produce & write for the 4 Seasons & Frank Slay who wrote some tunes for Freddy Cannon.

Nilsson’s cover of Badfinger’s Without You

"Wild Horses" - written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards - Recorded in '69

- First released by The Flying Burrito Brothers in '70

- Released in '71 by The Rolling Stones - was a big hit

- My favorite cover is by Molly Hatchet - 2008

That’s All Right Mama - Paul McCartney (covering the Elvis version with members of his original band) 

https://youtu.be/tDWfOSKccLM

Macca has this remarkable inner Elvis (and Gene Pitney) voice that he can just let go at will. Amazing how he does that! This was, of course, Elvis’ first recording and hit single from 1954. My memory is from a few years later on tv and radio.

The original was by Arthur Crudup, a Delta blues singer who wrote it back in 1946. If you’re like me, and never heard it before, then here it is.

Arthur Crudup original: https://youtu.be/uxHQUvCkV20

There are numerous other covers.

Canned Heat, 1970, Blues version: https://youtu.be/bX5420VVNd8

Marty Robbins, 1954, Country version: https://youtu.be/5kzskaa3NWI

And of course, Elvis! ❤️ https://youtu.be/DCP_g7X31nI

"Ain't She Sweet" * the Silver Beatles [ with John on lead vocal], P Best on drums & Produced by Bert Kamphfort 1961. The 1927  original  was sung by Gene Austin [RCA records]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1FSRMfNtLU&ab_channel=1234crackerboxpalace

"Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter" - written by Trevor Peacock for a play called "The Lads" he was in and sung by Tom Courtenay in the play.

Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits) saw the play and taped the song. The band learned it and would play it often at gigs. The song didn't require royalties.

Tom Courtenay first recorded it in 63.

The cover then would be:

Herman's Hermits needed a song to fill out an album, so they recorded it in '65. (My fav)

"It's All in the Game" * Tommy Edwards  {1958}

 A fav song of mine when I was a kid,  whose most successful version was recorded by Tommy Edwards in 1958. Carl Sigman composed the lyrics in 1951 to a wordless 1911 composition titled "Melody in A Major", written by Charles G Dawes, who was later Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge.  It is the only No. 1 single in the U.S. to have been co-written by a U.S. Vice President or a Nobel Peace Prize laureate (Dawes was both).

The song has become a pop standard with cover versions by dozens of artists, some of which have been minor hit singles.

 But Edwards' song ranked at No. 47 on the 2018 list of "The Hot 100's All-Time Top 600 Songs is the most notable of all. 

Melody in A Major - Tommy Dorsey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGguBa19ngk&ab_channel=the78prof

"Your Mama Don't Dance" - original 1972 Loggins and Messina

1988 Cover by Poison 

I like them both. They fit different moods. Poison did it in their style without ruining the song.

"To Love Somebody" - original by The Bee Gees (67)

Covers I like. (Links open in another page)

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - (68)

Michael Bolton - (92) -- (Goofed up the link, but it is fixed now)

Lightning Seeds - (98)

Buddy Miller (2015) 

"The Thunder Rolls" - written by Garth Brooks and Pat Algar (first recorded by Tanya Tucker 89, first released by Garth Brooks 90) - Garth Brooks video

I really like this cover of "Thunder Rolls"  by  All That Remains (2017)