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1 song, Several Artists
That 1 hit wonder thread made me think of a few songs that were hits for more than just the original artist. I know that theres alot more but these are a couple that I thought of.
First Cut Is The Deepest, Hits for Rod Stewart, Sheryl Crowe and Cat Stevens, written by Cat Stevens
Wild World, Hits for Cat Stevens and Mr Big, written by Cat Stevens
Signs, Hits for Tesla and Five Man Electrical Band, written by Les Emerson, of the Five Man Electrical Band
Shameless, Hits for Garth Brooks and Billy Joel, written by Billy Joel
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| August 12, 2008, 15:12 |
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One song that comes to my mind is "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain." The list goes on and on..I think it was done originally by Roy Acuff. Just to name a few artists, Sheryl Crow, Elvis, Hank Locklin, I think the best version is by Willie Nelson and then Eva Cassidy.
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| August 12, 2008, 16:10 |
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Pink Floyd - Waters and Gilmore did thier own seeperate versions of so many standard Floyd songs.
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| August 12, 2008, 17:11 |
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Knockin' on Heaven's door....Dylan, Gun's n' Roses, Eric Clapton....and i think a few others.
Bob Marley's I shot the Sherriff, redone by Eric Clapton.
Van Halen's You Really Got Me was a bigger hit than the original (by the Kinks)!
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| August 12, 2008, 17:16 |
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Holy crap, you guys are good!
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| August 12, 2008, 18:45 |
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jail house rock...Elvis, redone live by Motley Crue...
can't help falling in love...Elvis, remade by UB40...
ub40, who remade Neil Diamond's Red, Red Wine...and Sonny & Cher's I Got You Babe... 
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| August 12, 2008, 19:06 |
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I forgot about the old Martha Reeves and the Vandellas song, Dancin In The Streets that David Bowie and Mick Jagger re-did
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| August 12, 2008, 19:41 |
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I forgot about the old Martha Reeves and the Vandellas song, Dancin In The Streets that David Bowie and Mick Jagger re-did
yeah, Van Halen did that one too....
80's hair bands seemed to cover a lot of songs to...
Warrant did Queen's We Will Rock You.
Poison did Your Momma Don't Dance, originally done by Loggins & Messina
Hell, the last musical release from Poison was a cover album...it's good...
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| August 12, 2008, 19:46 |
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Ya, that thing with complilation album releases of current bands covering classic rock was big time there for awhile.
A bunch did a Jimi Hendrix didn't they? I know there were several more...
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| August 12, 2008, 20:30 |
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there's been quite a few tribute albums (different bands covering one artist) i can think of a couple...Led Zepplin, and Kiss come to mind...
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| August 12, 2008, 21:06 |
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Aerosmith covered the Beatles's Come Together...
Alanis Morrisette did the Black Eyed Peas My Humps...
Jeff Healey did Steeler's Wheel's Stuck in The Middle...
Voo-Doo Child (Slight Return) done originally by Jimi Hendrix...was covered by NUMEROUS artists including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ben Harper, Zakk Wylde's Pride & Glory (featuring Slash), Rob Thomas (featuring pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph), Eric Johnson, AND Buddy Guy....
Dinosaur Jr. did Show me the Way originally done by Peter Frampton...
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| August 12, 2008, 22:39 |
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QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ August 12, 2008, 22:39)Aerosmith covered the Beatles's Come Together...
Alanis Morrisette did the Black Eyed Peas My Humps...
Jeff Healey did Steeler's Wheel's Stuck in The Middle...
Voo-Doo Child (Slight Return) done originally by Jimi Hendrix...was covered by NUMEROUS artists including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ben Harper, Zakk Wylde's Pride & Glory (featuring Slash), Rob Thomas (featuring pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph), Eric Johnson, AND Buddy Guy....
Dinosaur Jr. did Show me the Way originally done by Peter Frampton...
Peter Frampton, who in turn covered the Rolling Stones Jumpin' Jack Flash...
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| August 12, 2008, 22:58 |
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this is such a great thread...  
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| August 12, 2008, 22:59 |
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band hit it big by covering Bruce Springsteen's Blinded By the Light, and Spirits in the Night....(also penned by Springsteen)
Van Halen also recorded Oh, Pretty Woman , originally by Roy Orbison. and Happy Trails...the Roy Rogers/Dale Evans hit... 
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| August 14, 2008, 00:08 |
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"Georgia on my mind" - Ray Charles, Micheal Bolton...
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| August 14, 2008, 08:03 |
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Hey L&H, cant forget Van Halen doing "Ya Really Got Me" by the Kinks
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| August 14, 2008, 08:27 |
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Ummm....how many of us have heard a very young person excitedly tell us we just have to hear this really cool "new" song....and then have to tell them that's not a new song, that song was first released in our era?
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| August 14, 2008, 08:32 |
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QUOTE (Chazzy @ August 14, 2008, 08:32)Ummm....how many of us have heard a very young person excitedly tell us we just have to hear this really cool "new" song....and then have to tell them that's not a new song, that song was first released in our era?
Excellent point Chazzy! Thats happened to me twice recently. I mentioned in a thread a couple months ago that I played at a new bar and when I looked into the crowd, I realized that all the songs in my sets were older than any of the patrons in the bar. Talk about feeling old!
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| August 14, 2008, 08:38 |
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Cat's in the Cradle Harry Chapin, redone by Ugly Kid Joe.
i remember when it came out...i heard it, and was singing along, my 16 year old nephew asked me how i learned the words so fast... 
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| August 14, 2008, 08:55 |
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QUOTE (freensleazy @ August 14, 2008, 08:27)Hey L&H, cant forget Van Halen doing "Ya Really Got Me" by the Kinks
Ooops! I missed that you did mention that one on the first page.
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| August 14, 2008, 09:44 |
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How about Madonna's massacre of American Pie?
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| August 14, 2008, 09:45 |
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Oh gawd, I had forgotten all about that American Pie/Madonna fiasco!
I didn't care at all for the Sheryl Crowe re-do of "Sweet child of Mine" either.
"Sea of Love" beautiful song, loved the (Robert Plant) Honeydrippers version and I can't remember who did the American Top ten early version, and I believe it was also a top ten in the UK.
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| August 14, 2008, 11:10 |
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Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin/ Rolf Harris.
Yellow Submarine - Beatles/ Pinky and Perky.
Mandy - Barry Manilow/Westlife.
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| August 14, 2008, 11:17 |
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"Mercury Blues"-Steve Miller & Alan Jackson
also, Commander Cody's hit "Hot Rod Lincoln" was a cover of a minor hit back in the late 50's, but I cant remember who the original artist was.
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| August 14, 2008, 15:28 |
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QUOTE (Chazzy @ August 14, 2008, 11:10)Oh gawd, I had forgotten all about that American Pie/Madonna fiasco!
I didn't care at all for the Sheryl Crowe re-do of "Sweet child of Mine" either.
"Sea of Love" beautiful song, loved the (Robert Plant) Honeydrippers version and I can't remember who did the American Top ten early version, and I believe it was also a top ten in the UK.
originally done by Phil Phillips
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| August 14, 2008, 18:36 |
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QUOTE (freensleazy @ August 14, 2008, 09:45)How about Madonna's massacre of American Pie?
speaking of massacre? remember when Rosanne Barr butchered the Star Spangled Banner?
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| August 14, 2008, 18:37 |
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Sweet Dreams (are made of these) Marylin Manson covering the Eurythmics...
hurt....Nine Inch Nails...covered by Johnny cash
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| August 14, 2008, 18:39 |
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Wait a minute, L&H, Springsteen wrote 'Blinded by the LIght" and "Spirits in the Night", but didnt Manfred Mann record them first, before Springsteen? Or did I kill too many brain cells back in the 70's and 80's?
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| August 14, 2008, 19:23 |
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And before I fergit, the Beatles covered Buck Owens' "Act Naturally"
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| August 14, 2008, 19:25 |
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QUOTE (lonelyandhorny @ August 14, 2008, 18:37) QUOTE (freensleazy @ August 14, 2008, 09:45)How about Madonna's massacre of American Pie? speaking of massacre? remember when Rosanne Barr butchered the Star Spangled Banner?
Oh yeah...but I figure it this way....I don't blame Roseanne, I blame the moron that hired her for that gig, if you want someone to sing the National Anthem, you hire a singer, if you hire a comedian that can't sing a note. your bad....
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| August 14, 2008, 19:37 |
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Hooked on a Feeling - BJ Thomas and Blue Swede
(ooga chaka ooga ooga ooga chaka!)
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| August 14, 2008, 21:37 |
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QUOTE (69oak69 @ August 14, 2008, 19:23)Wait a minute, L&H, Springsteen wrote 'Blinded by the Light" and "Spirits in the Night", but didn't Manfred Mann record them first, before Springsteen? Or did I kill too many brain cells back in the 70's and 80's?
you are probably right....guess i wasn't thinkin' of it that way...
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| August 14, 2008, 22:40 |
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Billy Idol...covered the Doors' L.A.Woman & Tommy James' Mony Mony!!!
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| August 15, 2008, 01:35 |
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Did some research on Hot Rod Lincoln : First recorded by a Rockabilly guy named Charlie Ryan, who wrote it in 1955. Ryan recorded 2 versions with different bands on 2 labels. Johnny Bond covered it in 1960 and had a hit. Commander Cody covered it in 1972, and it has been covered since by Asleep at the Wheel. More than you wanted to know?
Here's another: Louie, Louie was recorded by both the Kingsmen and Paul Revere & the Raiders around the same time.
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| August 15, 2008, 12:46 |
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Just looking at the thread about Freensleazy's song list, is the Bon Jovi song "Lost Highway" a cover of the Hank Williams song? I'm not all that familiar with Bon Jovi's work.
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| August 15, 2008, 12:55 |
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QUOTE (69oak69 @ August 15, 2008, 12:55)Just looking at the thread about Freensleazy's song list, is the Bon Jovi song "Lost Highway" a cover of the Hank Williams song? I'm not all that familiar with Bon Jovi's work.
No, thats an original that Jon and Ritchie wrote. Its the title track of their most recent album and in my opinion, one of their best.
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| August 15, 2008, 13:41 |
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I think it was the band "cake" that did Gloria Gaynor's
"I Will Survive"
I liked Cake's version...although the original is a classic showpiece of the disco era
oh not even sure of the Gaynor thing...I've got too many other things to google right now!
Vanillia Fudge did "You Just Keep Me Hangin' On" originally the Supremes maybe?
And how many artist have done "House of The Rising Sun"?
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| August 15, 2008, 15:30 |
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Ever notice how nobody ever covers ZZ Top tunes?
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| August 15, 2008, 16:39 |
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NOt until you mentioned it 69oak!
I loved the Limp Bizcut cover of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes"
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| August 15, 2008, 20:15 |
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QUOTE (69oak69 @ August 15, 2008, 12:46)Did some research on Hot Rod Lincoln : First recorded by a Rockabilly guy named Charlie Ryan, who wrote it in 1955. Ryan recorded 2 versions with different bands on 2 labels. Johnny Bond covered it in 1960 and had a hit. Commander Cody covered it in 1972, and it has been covered since by Asleep at the Wheel. More than you wanted to know?
Here's another: Louie, Louie was recorded by both the Kingsmen and Paul Revere & the Raiders around the same time.
the late Jim Varney...best known as Ernest P. Worrell...did a cover of Hot Rod Lincoln for the move version of th Beverley Hillbillies...
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| August 16, 2008, 00:11 |
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QUOTE (69oak69 @ August 15, 2008, 16:39)Ever notice how nobody ever covers ZZ Top tunes?
yeah, but ZZ top did have hit with Isaac Hayes' I thank You.... 
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| August 16, 2008, 00:16 |
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You guys are really awesome remembering all of these!
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| August 16, 2008, 00:26 |
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Speaking of ZZ Top...they did cover the Elvis tune "Viva Las Vegas"
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| August 16, 2008, 18:30 |
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I cant believe this thread has gone as far as it has. You guys are friggin incredible! Especially you L and H!
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| August 16, 2008, 22:43 |
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Just for the hell of it....I googled "The most recorded song in history" and got this...
According to the Guinness Book of Records, "Yesterday" has the most cover versions of any song ever written. The song remains popular today with more than 3,000 recorded cover versions
Ummmm....I remember of course, The Beatles...and didn't Hee Haw doode Roy Clark record it too?
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| August 16, 2008, 22:50 |
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Lisa Loeb and Dweezil Zappa did a version of REO Spwwedwagon's keep on lovin' you...
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| August 17, 2008, 00:51 |
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hey, check this one out...
how about the Association and the Partridge Family...both did Cherish.
i don't know who did it first though...
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| August 17, 2008, 00:53 |
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Limp Bizkit's version of George Michaels' Faith sucked...just my personal opinion...
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| August 17, 2008, 00:54 |
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QUOTE (freensleazy @ August 16, 2008, 22:43)I cant believe this thread has gone as far as it has. You guys are friggin incredible! Especially you L and H!
what can i say...I LOVE MUSIC...  
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| August 17, 2008, 00:55 |
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Tom Jones did Prince's Kiss...
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| August 17, 2008, 03:31 |
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