Here's some mostly older ones.
Check 'em out:
Tina Turner doing John Waite's "Missing You."
The Pointer Sisters doing Bruce Springsteen's "Fire."
Aretha Franklin doing Lulu's "(Oh Me, Oh My) I'm A Fool For You Baby."
Elvis doing Ketty Lester's "Love Letters Straight From Your Heart."
Janis Joplin doing Kris Kristofferson's "Bobby McGee."
Faith Hill doing Janis Joplin's "Piece Of My Heart."
The Allman Brothers doing Willie Dixon and Muddy Water's "Hoochie Koochie Man."
Alison Krause doing The Foundations' "Baby, Now That I've Found You."
B. B. King doing Luther Allison's "The Thrill Is Gone."
Levon Helm or The Talking Heads or Annie Lennox doing Al Green's "Take Me To The River."
Aaron Neville doing Randy Newman's "Louisiana, 1927."
Heart doing Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is."
Linda Ronstadt doing Roy Orbison's "Blue Bayou"
or her covering Betty Everett's "You're No Good"
or Martha & The Vandella's "Heat Wave"
or Smokey Robinson & The Miracles' "Oooh Baby, Baby" and "The Tracks Of My Tears"
or Little Feat's "Willin'"
or The Eagles' "Desperado"
or Warren Zevon's "Poor Pitiful Me"
or Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
or Doris Troy's "Just One Look"
or Chuck Berry's "Back In The USA"
or Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" and "That'll Be The Day" and "It's So Easy"
or The Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved?"
Linda Ronstadt was the Queen of Covers.
She did so many, so well, that she usually equalled and often surpassed the original versions in excellence and popularity.
I could go on, but The Masters is coming on.
Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.
Before the world wide web, village idiots usually stayed in their own village.
[This message has been edited by FAST FRED (edited 4/13/2010 1:44a).]
