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

[Flying_Monkey]

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

I think you are missing the point of the theme a bit!

Anyway, here's mine:

Everyone knows 'Hey Joe' by Jimi Hendrix, right?

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Or perhaps The Byrds:

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[Flying_Monkey]

But Hey Joe was actually covered by many bands before, including Love, in much more frantic garage band style:

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and The Leaves, with maximum fuzz:

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[Flying_Monkey]

And it was actually written by a guy called Billy Roberts, and this is his version, which isn't actually his original but one recorded after Hendrix's and influenced by it, confusingly enough, as there isn't an extant version of his original:

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[threebikesmcginty]

And it was actually written by a guy called Billy Roberts, and this is his version, which isn't actually his original but one recorded after Hendrix's and influenced by it, confusingly enough, as there isn't an extant version of his original:

Interesting stuff - the Billy Roberts recording is a cover of the Hendrix one even though it's his own song!

 

[accountantpete]

Four Tops had a hit with Walk Away Renee

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[threebikesmcginty]

Some interesting ones so far, didn't know the history of Painter Man or Hanging on the Telephone (Blondie didn't wait long!).

In 1980 Shakey had a hit with Marie Marie, it was written by Dave Alvin of The Blasters, probably the greatest rock and roll band in the world.

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[threebikesmcginty]

Elvis Costello always gets a regular play on the radio with Good Year for the Roses, the George Jones (GJ didn't write it) version was his inspiration. It's classy, if you're sophisticated enough to appreciate country music.

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[John the Monkey]

I think Baby Huey's version of "Hard Times" predates Curtis Mayfield's recording (Mayfield produced Baby Huey's version though).

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What a voice. Sadly he developed a heroin addiction, and died at the age of 26, after recording only one studio album.

 

[slowmotion]

1957...blimey!

I still like the Cash version though..

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[accountantpete]

This Flight Tonight as everyone knows is a Nazareth song - wrong!

It was written by someone called Joni Mitchell (probably her from "hello this is Joni" fame)

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[Spinney]

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.

I was watching QI last night, and there was something on there about (pre WW1) the Germans were apparently regarded as having an unfortunate liking for 'salacious' postcards. (Can't remember if it was the new episode on BBC2 or an ancient re-run on Dave).

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Guitar Man by Elvis was written and also recorded by Jerry Reed

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[Flying_Monkey]

This Flight Tonight as everyone knows is a Nazareth song - wrong!

It was written by someone called Joni Mitchell (probably her from "hello this is Joni" fame)

I really hope you are being sarcastic or silly here, given that Joni Mitchell is probably the most famous female singer-songwriter of the late Twentieth century, and probably has several thousand times more fans than Nazareth, and 'This Flight Tonight' comes from an album, Blue, which appears in just about every list of Top 100 albums.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Have to say there are some jolly good tracks on this week's thread.

 

[Brains]

This Flight Tonight as everyone knows is a Nazareth song - wrong!

It was written by someone called Joni Mitchell (probably her from "hello this is Joni" fame)

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Whilst both Joni Mitchell and Nazareth may have both produced 20+ albums over the years,
The score on Grammy Awards 15 nil to Joni.

I never knew Nazareth coverd the song