Songs you didnt realise were cover versions

[*Gullsworth*]

Bye bye baby frankie vallie and the four seasons did the original but i really thought it was a bay city rollers song!

Been to the West End lately have you?

 

[Frutos]

I Will Alawys Love You by Whitney Houston was written by and originally on a B side of a Dolly Parton hit D I V O R C E I think it was.

Of course, D-I-V-O-R-C-E by Dolly was itself a cover version, the original being by Tammy Wynette.

 

[GT49er]

Girls Talk by Dave Edmunds (Rockpile) - remake of a dire dirge by Elvis Costello

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkhBuNdMgY&feature=related

 

[GT49er]

Since you've been gone, by Rainbow, cover of a song by girl band Clout (who could actually play a bit, by the way)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYtdW5bD-7Q

 

[GT49er]

..and several early Plant - Page songs were written by Willie Dixon (since belatedly acknowledged!)

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Under The Bridge - All Saints

ha ha

 

[Cian]

Frutos thought that Jeff Buckley wrote "Hallelujah" and is refusing to admit it. Oops.

 

[fork me]

Since you've been gone, by Rainbow, cover of a song by girl band Clout (who could actually play a bit, by the way)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYtdW5bD-7Q

That's the first one in this thread that I didn't know was a cover.

Nice one!

 

[Wozza]

ha ha

Tee hee.

Welcome back big guy.

 

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titsssssssss!

 

[NMH]

What about Swagger Jagger and 'Oh my Darlin' Clementine' I swear it's exactly the same!

Or oasis doing 'Bicycle Made For Two' and calling it "don't look back in anger"

 

[GT49er]

That's the first one in this thread that I didn't know was a cover.

Nice one!

Here's the Clout version -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LltwByPk-hE&feature=related - further research reveals that the Clout version wasn't the original either - it was originally a Russ Ballard (from Argent) song -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YHRTl8YdcI

-hope the links work....................

 

[Gus is god]

 

[Brother Sid]

Yazz The Only Way Is Up

Check out the Otis Clay version of Yazz's - The Only Way Is Up , a far superior version