Excellent Covers

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[LoveNDino]

Both Sides Now (those done in the 60s), 9/8/2017

 

Frank Sinatra

 

Pete Seeger (with a 4th verse added)

 

The Osmond Brothers

 

Joni Mitchell (songwriter)

 

Judy Collin (original)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Xm30heHms

[LoveNDino]

Waterfalls, 9 /9/2017

 

Stooshe

 

Six60

 

Alex Vargas

 

Bette Midler

 

TLC (original)

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Nobody Does It Better, 9/11/17

 

Sophie Ellis-Bextor (her accent makes it better)

 

Julie Andrews (as a gift to her late husband, Blake Andrews)

 

Radiohead

 

Jennifer Holliday

 

Carly Simon (original)

[LoveNDino]

Like A Rolling Stone

 

Green Day

 

Judy Collins

 

Cher

 

Jimi Hendrix

 

Bob Dylan(original)

[samhexum]

The original classic:

The excellent cover:

[samhexum]

Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You:

 

how I LOATHE her destruction of that song. One NY radio station talked about the Whitney Houston car alarm...

I-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI... will always love (LOATHE) you, I-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI-eI...

[samhexum]

Of course, anybody who covers a Beatles song is a good bet to improve it:

 

Urethra Franklin:

 

 

Elton John:

 

 

The Carpenters (twice):

 

 

The Chipmunks:

 

(this entire album was a classic!)

Edited September 14, 2017 by samhexum

[samhexum]

Speaking of classic covers by The Carpenters:

 

The original was by a group named Klaatu

 

(Richard Carpenter saw Bette Midler singing this on

The Tonight Show & thought it would be perfect for Karen.)

(BTW, WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN started out as a bank commercial, before Richard saw it & asked the authors to adapt it into a full-length version..)

(Elton was able to improve The Beatles AND The Who!)

 

THE ORIGINAL:

 

 

Olivia's sister, Juice Newton-John, did the cover:

 

Edited September 15, 2017 by samhexum

[samhexum]

I didn't go through this whole thread, but did anybody mention THIS great cover? This is the entire 17:32 side of the album:

 

or THIS one?

How about THESE:?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjhSc1P5ONQ

Edited September 14, 2017 by samhexum

[+ WilliamM]

 

 

 

Some performances do not fit because they are so unusual:

[+ WilliamM]

 

 

 

 

Another "unusual" performance"

 

A Wonderful Guy from "South Pacific"

Edited September 15, 2017 by WilliamM

[LoveNDino]

Cover You Don’t Own Me, 9/15/17

 

1st Wives Club (Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton)

 

Grace ft G-Eazy

 

Matt Terry

 

Dusty Springfield

 

Lesley Gore (original)

[+ WilliamM]

 

 

The original "A Wonderful Guy" from South Pacific: Rodgers and Hammerstein

 

Amazing how well the 1949 Broadway recording works for the same star in London in 1951.

Edited September 15, 2017 by WilliamM

[samhexum]

Why didn't you post the DEFINITIVE version of that song?

 

 

Valerie Bertinelli's & Mackenzie Phillips' mom's version:

 

Edited September 15, 2017 by samhexum

[samhexum]

 

 

The original "A Wonderful Guy" from South Pacific: Rodgers and Hammerstein

 

Amazing how well the 1949 Broadway recording works for the same star in London in 1951.

 

Why didn't you post the DEFINITIVE version of that song?

 

 

Valerie Bertinelli's & Mackenzie Phillips' mom's version:

 

[+ WilliamM]

Why didn't you post the DEFINITIVE version of that song?

 

For obvious reasons.

 

Spedfic: Oscar Hammerstein and Mary Martin were close friends. Her songs in his musicals were written to match her personality and the characters she played. I liked the first try. But, Bonnie Franklin has no clue.

Edited September 16, 2017 by WilliamM

[samhexum]

I have this 45:

 

It was co-written by Ms. Midler, Bruce Roberts, & the ex-Mrs. Burt Bacharach, who had her own version:

Wonder Woman gets into the act:

Even Norma Rae gave it a try:

 

Let's try it with a Swedish accent:

I once saw Bonnie Franklin sing it on a talk show, but can't find a video of it.

[samhexum]

The Aussies cover it:

 

They also cover Madonna:

[+ WilliamM]

 

Harry Belafonte's live Carnegie Hall album is forgotten, but a very significant concert nevertheless in the late 1950s. One of the first pop sigers to be recorded at Carnegie Hall

[+ WilliamM]

 

Harry Belafonte's live Carnegie Hall album is forgotten, but a very significant concert nevertheless in the late 1950s. One of the first pop sigers to be recorded at Carnegie Hall

[+ WilliamM]

 

 

Also forgotten Edith Piaf, from the film "Exodus."

[+ WilliamM]

 

The first live recording by a pop singer at the Hall.

[+ quoththeraven]

Luna of f(x) and Trax performing "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence. Luna was once told she couldn't sing rock. Whoever said that couldn't be more wrong if they tried.

The original

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Easy (Like Sunday Morning)