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2026-05-15 06:33 UTC
@bennomatic There are a ton of songs who's original versions have been eclipsed [and usually gentrified] by their covers:
"Go Now" by Bessie Banks
"Piece Of My Heart" by Erma Franklin (Aretha's sister)
"Me And Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson (for Roger Miller)
"Black Betty" by Leadbelly
"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" by Jerry Lee Lewis
"Louie, Louie" by Richard Berry
"Let's Work Together" by Wilbert Harrison
"Let's Get Together" by the Kingston Trio
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by the Arrows
"Land of 1,000 Dances" by Cannibal and the Headhunters
"I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves
"Black Magic Woman" by Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era)
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Robert Hazard
"Always Something There To Remind Me" by Sandy Shaw (and Dionne Warwick)
"Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones
"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" by the Four Lads
"That's Alright, Mama" by Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
"Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton
[We could do Elvis songs all day...]
"Killing Me Softly (With His Song)" by Lori Lieberman (before Roberta Flack; about Don McLean, not Bob Marley)
"Can't Get Enough Of You Baby" by ? and the Mysterians
"Cum On Feel The Noize" by Slade
... off the top of my head.
(But I'm with you 💯 on SRV's "Little Wing")
PS: Guns 'N Roses's cover of "Live And Let Die" *SHOULD* become the canonical version; Sir Paul is great and all, but Macca's just not gritty enough for that one...)
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