GREAT COVERS OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS

Rock Me Amadeus - Edguy (Falco cover)

https://youtu.be/Kwpy1IQTdHY

Falco video

https://youtu.be/cVikZ8Oe_XA

I like them both, and the videos are really cute.

"I Can Hear Music" * The Beach Boys  {1968}  cover of the Ronnettes {1966} 

Written by Phil Spector & E Greenwich/JBarry, the Ronnettes took it to #100, while Carl Wilson lead vocals took the BeachBoys version to the top 25. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtmWWkJYY8w&ab_channel=jarichards99utube

Welcome To The Machine - Arjen Anthony Lucassen

(Pink Floyd cover)

https://youtu.be/j61HfEGNP5Q

I think that a lot of Pink Floyd songs are practically made to order for the progressive metal artists. AAL gives this one a punch of his own style but doesn’t destroy the original in the process. 

Three Dog Nights cover of Nilsson’s One

Daryl Hall & John Oates 1983 cover of  Mike Oldfield's "Family Man"  Pretty good cover, but when I heard the original sung by Pepsi Demacque, definitely more 'steamier'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tMkcAc6Ug&ab_channel=MrThuumeya

"White Room" - original by Cream (68)

cover --- Apocalyptica - guest vocalist Jacoby Shaddix (from Papa Roach) (2021) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDuMpS02BWY 

Of course "Cream's" is still the definitive version, but this is impressive. Of course, I like Apocalyptica's music.

A beautiful song ...

"I Who Have Nothing" 
based on an Italian song "Uno dei Tanti" (in English "One of Many") - written by Carlo Donida and Mogol  -- recorded by Joe Sentieri (61)

Ben E. King -  (63) (First to bring to record in US) Ben heard it in Italy and his producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller translated the lyrics.

There are many covers of King's version, these are my favorites out of the ones I have heard. You may have others.

Terry Knight and the Pack - (66) - (They would become Grand Funk Railroad)

Joe Cocker - (04)

Cliff Richard - (08) - (released many years after recording it) 

There's a song I like that has several covers; A Man Without Love. I'm not sure Who Barry Mason is, or when he wrote this song, but 3 favorite versions of this are by Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, and Florian Haidt (German).

Florian Haidt; Das Tu Ich So Gerne Für Dich  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWEfuNg5yNg

Engelbert Humperdinck; A Man Without Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2ujotDMluo

Tom Jones; A Man Without Love (not really sure if this is Tom or Engelbert) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1SYKKa3qds

Barry Mason; Lonely Is A Man Without Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mAjRC_ixq4

Not sure what the original is, but here's 2 versions of:

Modern Talking; You're My Heart, You're My Soul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kHl4FoK1Ys

Mary Roos; Ich Bin Stark Nur Mit Dir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_OtaXBdbo8

Not sure what the original is, but here's 2 versions of:

Barbara Dickson; January, February https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gt98OkL11c

Mary Roos; Wenn Ich Dich Nicht Halten Kann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBnL5cJMnI