Friday Night is the Less Well Known Original of the Hit Everyone's Heard of by Someone Else Night...

[threebikesmcginty]

So everyone's knows Rocking All Over The World is by Status Quo, the original, as many will also know, is by John Fogerty...

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Or I Can't Make you Love Me as sung by Bonny Raitt, George Michael and dozens of others which was written by Mike Reid (ex-American football star turned singer/songwriter) and comes from his LP Twilite Town...

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[Deleted member 1258]

Bob Dylan All Along The Watchtower

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The better known version is by Jimmy Hendrix


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[accountantpete]

Boney M had the hit but here's the original by The Creation

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[Deleted member 1258]

A classic Bob Dylan song, that has been covered by a lot of artists, performed by the man himself

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Peter Paul and Mary had a huge hit with the song in the sixties

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[Deleted member 1258]

1933 version of The House of House Of The Rising Sun Tom Clarence Ashly & Gwen Foster

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The Animals Version from 1964

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[accountantpete]

He sold the rights to this for £30!

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[Hacienda71]

Happy Mondays hit He's Gonna Step on You Again

John Kongos

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[Yellow Fang]

Good idea.

Harry Nilson made "Without You" famous.

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But it was originally written and performed by Badfinger.

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There was a TV programme about it. The group was signed up to the The Beatles' label, Apple Corp. Unfortunately the manager recruited by John Lennon to replace Brian Epstein turned out to be a complete shark, who ripped off the royalties to Badfinger's one big hit. The two songwriters later committed suicide.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Boney M had the hit but here's the original by The Creation

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I used to wonder about that song because dirty postcards and brands of tea didn't seem to be the sort of thing people from the Caribbean would write or even think about. I used to wonder why they sang about white historical figures like Rasputin and Ma Baker too. Later I found out they were a manufactured band headed by a German producer and songwriter, but I still wondered why a German would include a lyric about dirty postcards.

 

[User169]

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

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Le Moribond - Brel

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[User169]

Hangin'on the Telephone

Blondie

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The Nerves..

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[Hacienda71]

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is

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[Yellow Fang]

Tracey Ullman's version of My Guy's Mad at Me seemed to become better known than Madness's version. Absolutely 5hite cover if you ask me. "My guy's mad at me" doesn't scan. The song is obviously not a woman complaining about her boyfriend. Who's ever heard of a woman who couldn't get a word in edgeways for an hour?

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[Yellow Fang]

I thought the original version of Twist and Shout was by the Isley Brothers, but Wikipedia says it was first performed by the Top Notes.

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I like Salt n Pepa's version too.

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[YahudaMoon]

Paul Anka 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Big band style
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Butthole Surfers 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' Written By 'Leicth, Donovan
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