10 Classic Recordings that are Actually Cover Versions - THE 1960s BRITISH INVASION: UNCOVERED
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Episode One of the UNCOVERED series. In this edition, we reveal the origins of 10 great hits from the first wave of British Rock (1963-65).
There are a few more videos in this series, but I stopped doing them after receiving way too many copyright blockages. I do intend to do a part two to this one due to it's recent (surprising) success. But I may have to format it slightly differently. Also, forgive the rushed manner of the delivery. It was my attempt to cram way too much information into less than 15-minutes. Any future videos will be longer if need be.
Now, a couple of dislaimers:
4:04 When talking about the Nashville Teens version of 'Tobacco Road' I state that Jimmy Page played lead guitar on that track. He did not. Just some sloppy Wikipedia cut 'n' pasting on my behalf five years ago. Sorry 'bout that.
10:40 The Rolling Stones. When I say "Before becoming the greatest Rock 'n' Roll band in the world..." I'm making a reference to the fact that the band had themselves introduced onstage as that title. It's not necessarily my opinion. It was attempt at irony and sarcasm that didn't quite work.
Thanks for your interest.
Only thing I'm mad at is RUclips waiting 5 years to recommend this to me.
Thanks for your kind words. Hey, better late than never. I got surprised when this video suddenly blew up in popularity about six months ago. It did nothing in its first four years. Cheers.
@@NewFalconerRecords Wanted to thank you for creating this :)...it was fascinating! I have covered several of these songs as a bassist and singer, and they always bring me joy...thanks again, you're awesome.
Respect from Canada :)
You might also like my Under the Covers series that takes a different approach to the same subject. New Falconer Records are happy for my to share this link, ruclips.net/p/PLWYKeQDkRtAd27MnHlZqk4UekygHVV8eR. Sound quality poor on first two, presentation and depth of content improves with time!
One of the absolute BEST presentations of Record History I've ever seen.
As a lifelong Singer/Songwriter/Producer I have always been interested in the backstories of songs, records and bands. You did a GREAT job! Thank You!
Wow! Thanks for the kind words.
Very informative, thank you.........
Gumbi, you might be interested in "Top 2000" back stories of hits thru the years. Well researched interviews with the music makers.
In particular, Dancing in the Moonlight, I love Rock n Roll, Tinsel Town in the Rain, and Fat Boy Slim are recommended. . . if the algo didn't already find you ;)
@@reuireuiop0 Personally I don't really like to be found out by the algo,but must admit I would not have been here otherwise.
@@jaapvandertuuk9307 I know exactly what you mean and ditto.
This is fascinating, and so much more authoritative and smartly presented than the vast majority of RUclips videos of this kind, which tend to be clickbait-centric first and informative a distant second.
"fascinating" is exactly what I was thinking as I watched this.
Well impressed - my “folk club”s gonna get inflicted with these lol
I agree. This is one of the best "top 10" videos I've seen. This was a great trip to the past as well as great info about the originals. I remember the classic recordings as well as some of the originals. Thanks!
Succinct and highly informative. Loved it.
@@mchaggis622 keeps saying England when he means Britain
This should be on bbc4 too.. this nicely concise no filler style is what television should be doing in today. Wish tv people understood that and watched this.
Hippy Hippy Shake. First record I purchased. 6 shillings and 8 pence. Three for a quid. In those days the groups had to sell a shed load of records to get to number 1. Thanks for putting this together. Keep safe.
3 dollars for a quid too, back then.
@@Bryt25 quite right. I went to USA in 1971, went in February pre decimal. Got one cent to one penny 2 dollars 40 to a pound. Thanks for reply.
me too and the song was so short! not even 2 minutes! then they did good golly miss Molly which was more or less the same song with different words!
First record I bought too
This makes one thing so prominently in your face.
The Beatles just blew the doors off of everyone else,even when doing some of their early cover songs.
This was a great expose.
I doubt there would be many that would argue when the Beatles Twist and Shout came in at number one, it just flew out of your speakers or headphones.
no,but richie valens la bamba did.
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john lennon almost ruined his voice for life doing that song in the studio. he was screaming the lyrics. he damaged his vocal chords, but luckily , they healed.
From the first second on it was obvious that the Beatles had a far superior quality than the rest of the bands. It´s not only Lennon´s solo vocals or the effectiveness of their harmony vocals, it´s also the band, the compact sound, the groove - just everything.
@@anonymusum nah. the beatles were playing bubblegum music in the 1st half of the 60's
@@fransmith8992 Hahahaha ..... good joke.
Enjoyed this immensely. Great choice of songs, and the presentation pays due to the original versions and the covers. Really well researched and narrated as well.
Thank god you included the Top Notes version of Twist and Shout. Most people don't realize that even the Isley's version was a cover.
I'm glad you divided this concept into sections. This "British Invasion" portion is just the tip of the iceberg. I often search RUclips for an old remembered tune and about a third of the time I find an earlier version by an obscure artist when I thought the remembered version was the original. Two that come to mind, "November Snow" and "Always Something There to Remind Me."
Very well researched and presented. The consistency in the format was professional and greatly appreciated. You've thrown a spotlight on many deserving artists and songwriters and gave me a glimmer of what came before.
Thanks for that fascinating background to all those classic British covers.
Brilliant stuff . No waffle and really excellent analysis of the various bands and songs .
It's still one of the great ironies of popular music that white working class British young people were more influenced by black American music than their counterparts in America and ended up introducing the latter to music from their own country .
...and that white working class Americans like me weren't instantly on board applauding this wonderfully brilliant British derivative... I'll never forget!
@@kinkle_Z But there was brilliant music being produced by small Southern independents but the only chance they had was for a major big player to promote it. That is why so much great music fell by the wayside.
Thank you for putting this together. Well done!
The best Narrated I've heard in a long time.
I heard all of these on The Big 11-10, KRLA Pasadena, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Indeed, they are magical musical memories still turning in the windmills of my mind.
I always listened to KLOS
This is what RUclips is for! A really great informative video. Great Upload!!!
I am thankful for this new knowledge completing my piecemeal understanding of the origins of these great tunes. Some I knew were covers, with others I hadn't the foggiest. Well done!
I appreciate the masive amount of research that go into you r productions. Thank you for sharing.
Great, lot of research gone into this, well done buddy
Nice video, I learnt a lot there. It's amazing how many 'young folk of today' always think their idols are original and don't believe you when you try to enlighten them. I remember playing Guns N Roses 'Since I don't Have You' on a radio rock show, (a long time ago), and telling my audience that it was a cover. of a 1959 song by The Skyliners. Ah, I love music.
Great list, mate...nice listening to one of these lists being created by a fellow Aussie 👍
As a person in the US about the right age to hear these originals when they were current, I will say that many of these were not as unfamiliar at the time as the statistics may seem to say. An average 50's teen cared not at all about the name of the tune, the writers, the producers, and seldom the artist, because it was completely about the sound, and on to the next sound. Three weeks on the radio and you heard a tune about all you cared to (at least for a while), without ever buying a record. Records that survived 2 months of play were already getting on your nerves even if you loved them, and you'd turn off the radio as you heard the first note in recognition. I recall Dick Clark (then famous TV DJ) supposedly demonstrating to an amazed older TV talk show host that teenagers, far from being musical illiterates, could give you the name of popular records and the artist with 5 notes or less played. For one tune, only the first note. No teenagers missed any. (Answers were written.) It's not that kids cared to memorize the tune name and artist, kids just have phenomenal memories, and these great records were on the radio a long time (over a month?) Knowing the first notes is very useful for turning off the radio in case you've heard the tune too much, or turning it up if you love it. All the British covers definitely sounded like imitations and the rhythm a little wrong, like imitations are, at the time. It took time to adjust to the sound, and then that's all anyone wanted to hear.
People may not know that (at the time) very little R&B crossed-over to R&R stations. Average teenagers listened only to R&R stations. R&B stations did not play R&R at all (no Chuck Berry, yes James Brown), except they would not take off crossovers if that happened. But since two R&B stations were next to some of the R&R stations, I accidentally tuned to them at times, and later regularly. R&B stations did not only play the same limited playlist over and over, and tunes would be played once in a while indefinitely. I don't remember "Go Now" at all until the Moody Blues covered it. I don't know if "Go Now" ever was a crossover. But I absolutely believe the story that "Go Now" was still being played and began to take off before the Moody Blues version. It is a really unusual tune, and that's the way it happens, if it happens at all. However, at the time, the tune could not have gone far in R&R, even if not covered, because the British Invasion that was going on obliterated anything but the British style. It was very hard on black artists for a while, not being British.
It’s worth noting that The Nashville Teens provided stellar punk backup to one of the greatest live rock albums of all time; Jerry Lee Lewis Live at The Star Club from 1964. Essential to any collection.
Bloody amazing. I heard every single one of these in its popular release.
The groups and performers did a great job covering these wonderful songs.
If they had not, they would never have reached my ears - as I live on the outskirts of civilization in Norway.
Glad that Trist and Shout was included
Trist is spelt with a Y
Finally, we learn and not opinions. Well done, truly informative. Frightening, I know half the originals and I am only in my 30's. My Dad has more vinyl than RCA. :)
Great series. Keep up the good work.
Just One Look. What a great original version by Doris Troy! Even better than the cover. Putting it the rotation.
Another great example is "Piece of My Heart", performed by Janis Joplin in 1968 with Big Brother & the Holding Company. In 1967 the song was first recorded by Aretha Franklin's older sister Erma Franklin. It was a minor hit on the R & B charts, never played on pop stations. You can find her great version, she also re-created it in 1992. Check them out!
and aretha covered Otis Reddings' respect. her biggest song, though not his
That Erma Franklin song is a stone Soul classic. I have the 1967 UK release on London. 'Junkie' Joplin (and Amy 'Wino') totally ruined it
Fabulous! really enjoyed this post, thanks for putting it together
In the fifties and early sixties heaps of UK stars had their success from covering US singles, often charting at the same time as the US version, which was often the most popular. With some songs you had 3 versions in the charts at the same time. Basically, the US had the great song writers and in the U K we had very few untill L & M hit their straps and showed the way.
Yeah, the US still had the best song writers before AND after Lennon and McCartney...the Brill Building alone turned out more hit records than the Four Adorable Moptops. Then there was Hitsville USA over in Detroit doing the same thing on a shoestring while fighting the race restrictions placed on them by radio stations and record pushers. But it was so much easier to get a song by anybody white who had a British accent played that it really was a war...and spouted phenomenon like The You Know Who Group, a bunch of Americans who had a hit by doing their best to sound like they were British....
you basically wrote what I wrote 1 day earlier
@Is it cos I white? Yeah, it's because you're white. Nice to say "with benefits for everyone", but in the US the British Invasion was a justification for expanding and continuing the segregation of music on the radio, which was the prime method of its diaspora. The few black performers who could get played (Miracles, Solomon Burke et al) were pushed aside for Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and Billy J. Cramer and The Dakotas. And this lasted until the 1970's. In New York, unless a black performers' record was at least #3 on the R&B (that's black...) chart, mainline stations would not play it. So much for benefits. Even Stevie Wonder stooped to a Beatles cover because he couldn't get played any other way....
Exceptional production in every aspect. Much enjoyed the watch and listening, every single one of these were a total unknown they were covers. Liked and subscribed, well done mate.
I'm currently working on a Part 2 follow-up to this video. Just hope I don't get blocked with copyright infringements, which is why I quit doing this series -- even though I was enjoying doing them -- and I was more than happy to let the publishers and writers of the original songs to have any money to be earnt -- a couple of my videos got taken down almost immediately, so I lost the will to do them any more. Fingers crossed that the follow-up will stay on RUclips for a while, like this one has. Thanks for watching.
You did an excellent job in the compilation :)
A very excellent job! I hope they will allow you to continue!!
Yeah.. I stopped doing videos because you don't know what will be taken down until it is...
How about a follow-up of British acts covering the songs of US blues artists that had failed to find a white audience (but often claiming the songwriting credits, forcing the likes of Willie Dixon to sue for royalties).
Bill Faulkner you could do British and Irish cover versions also. You currently have The Pogues Fairytale of New York doing its Christmas rounds and the controversy it entails every year with the word "Faggots" in the lyric. It's an old term that has nothing in relation to today's meaning of the word. It has been covered and murdered by a few recently altering the word. Why fix something that is not broken and when people start to criticise a version without doing their homework on what they are criticising they should stay away. I'm sure there are tons of songs out their with similar problems...years ago the quickest way to get to number one without merit was write a song that would not be appropriate for alleged air play and then have the B.B.C ban it...then in the era of Pirate Radio. These stations were over it like a hot Rag. Oh on a end note. Well done great compilation and opened my eyes to classics songs I did not know most were reboots. Hope we see more from you in the future. Your hardest problem is Copyright.
Yes, really nicely put together and great well researched (and pretty accurate) information.
*"Imitation is the greatest form of flattery-"* I knew a long time early Beatles and Stones songs were covers until they had the confidence to write their own. Tbh I'm still stunned a lot of these here were covers.
Dr Donald Blake The majority of tracks on the first three Stones albums released in the USA were covers.
Not many if none of early Beatles hit tracks were covers. Some album fillers were, that was one of the defining reasons they rewrote the history of what bands did, of course influenced by Buddy Holly and others.
Just looking Around Depends on what you mean by "not many." Of the first three Beatles albums released in the USA: Introducing ... the Beatles, 6 of 12 tracks were covers; Meet The Beatles, one of 12; Beatles Second Album, 5 of 12 were covers, and 1 was a nonBeatles original. Other albums released in other markets had differing mixes of covers and originals. But the point is that all recording artists buy and record other people's songs now, and they have been doing so since recording was invested over a hundred years ago.
It's never been a secret. Every record label pretty much ever made has shown the name of the songwriter(s). When it differs from the name of the recording artist, it's a pretty good bet the singer didn't write it - although sometimes writers use different names when they record.
I’m speaking of their single hits. They refused to record someone else’s song. And that was given to the Dave Clark Five I believe. Yes album fillers were some covers and the releases in the states may have been different. Unusually they also wrote songs that became hits for others in the same time period.
Additionally they never included any singles in their album releases. Famously releasing LSD and P Lane as a double A side single during the making of SPLHCB.
So this idea of early cover hits until they had the confidence to write their own is not correct.
I didn't know any of those were covers so it made for an enjoyable watch, thanks
Great work mate. Well written and researched commentary.
Great stuff, sir, you know what you're talking about and you understand music - fab!
Watching this Christmas Eve just chilling and enjoying a really interesting and well thought out video. I don’t think we will ever see music of this quality, depth and variety that we had in the 60’s. It was a generation that created the music not corporations like now.
Loved this. Thanks for putting it together.
What strikes me as most surprising is that I tend to like most original versions better than the better known cover versions, now that I get to hear them for the first time paired together. Interesting experience.
Oddly, what surprised me was how many (not all) of the original productions were unimaginative and underpowered, underselling the great songs.
The B side to do wah diddy by manfred Mann is something else.
The animals were one of the best rnb British bands of the time.
They sure were. Search YT for lead singer Eric Burdon's live cover of "Hold on I'm Coming" on a UK TV Show Hosted by Otis Redding. Ready Steady Go always a "must see" TV show for me back then.
What a performance. The little Geordie Lad with the massive voice is something else. He was an animal.
Excellent, very enjoyable and informative.
Really good clip. Well presented, without the usual over the top nonsense, just very informative.
This video has inspired me to look up people like Jackie DeShannon, Earl-Jean, Bessie Banks and The Exciters.
slimphotog I'm with you. That Earl Jean version was brilliant. So good in fact that Hermans Hermits copied it faithfully rather than try to put their own stamp on it but even then failed to capture that wonderful soul sound.
And a lot of Jackie DeShannon Image searches. My God she's stunning.
Also I do think the video is very well presented and mercifully clear and I formative. Thank you - bonza mate.
Great, I learned more than I expected watching this.
Mostly Jewish songwriters penning songs for black artists which got covered by British bands. Until the Beatles came along, most artists did not write their own songs. And early rock n roll was always a cultural blending of blues, R&B, gospel, folk and C&W (as it was known then)
The Spaniels, an early doo wop group, most of their songs were written by Pookie Hudson, their lead singer. So much for doo wop groups not writing their own songs.
This is really interesting. Particularly about Gerry Goffin's love child.
Yes. And they left that one out of 'Beautiful'
The inspiration for the song was when Gerry began to copulate with Earl Jean for the first time, he said "I'm into something good."
Unfortunately, he was just a lyricist and he had to explain to his wife how he came up with those lyrics to which he needed her to write the music
I laughed heartily when I heard that. Guffaw!
Must have been drunk one night.
I thought he was gay? I suppose still not impossible
Wow brings back memories!! I was in England and really liked many of these groups and esp the Dave Clark Five!!!
Great stuff, great writers, simple words, great stuff. Twist and Shout, was wrote by a band from Detroit, The Top Notes, in 1961.
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That was absolutely fantastic thank you
Well that was brilliant. Thanks for that. Every day's a schoolday !!!
Lots of stuff I didn’t know, great video.
Man, did I ever enjoy this. That's all, THANKS!
Brilliant, really enjoyed that, thanks.
Very interesting. I was rolling my eyes at Twist and Shout, thinking the Isley Brothers' version was the original. But then I learned something new! Good stuff! Honestly I don't remember The Hollies'version of Just One Look. Doris Troy's yes. Linda Ronstadt's definitely.
Really enjoyed this. Sort of like the musical version of Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story."
If you're under 35, look it up.
One person made a comment which mirrored my own view. I like the original version of quite a few the recordings. Even though I like the moody blues, the searchers (actually did see them perform in NSW approx 7 years ago), the animals and all those ‘working class’ lads from the north of England. I have been listening to Etta James, Sam Cook, Nina Simone since I was a wee girl in ‘swinging’ London
Mickey Most producer of the Yardbirds" little games" - album-
The future rests in every note on the album.
'Little Games' doesn't get much love from a lot of critics etc. but you're one of the few people to mention how great it is. So many fantastic tracks. You can hear Zeppelin coming into being right there.
Great LP
If memory serves me correcly, Mickey Most was a failed pop star in his own right ... then went into production. He found his niche there and went on to produce some of the most iconic pop of the time.
Needle and Pin, heard it for the first time by Ramones, didn't know it was a cover. thanks for video info
Sonny Bono from Sonny & Cher wrote the song.
And this reminds me of the name I came up with for a coffee shop, inspired by one of the bands in this video - Moody Brew.
Moody Brew, wasn’t that the group that recorded “ Coffee-colored caddilac “ or it might have been the name of Elvis’ last album. Anyway, love your idea! Check out Mary Lou by the Creative Force ,amazing!
Great video!! Love the little facts stuck in there!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Love Potion #9 would fit in this category well
As well as Sweets For My Sweet.
Interesting video. I knew they were all covers but didn't know all the originals. Thanks.
Note that "I'm Into Something Good" was written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin I did not know that! Man, they wrote some huge pop hits!
also it was not unusual for one new Beatles song to hit number 1, to then be replaced by the previous Beatles No 1.
Great video! I learned a few things, which if I ever return to radio, will come in handy!
You might also enjoy my series that takes a different approach to the same subject. New Falconer Records are happy for my to share this link,
ruclips.net/p/PLWYKeQDkRtAd27MnHlZqk4UekygHVV8eR
Sound quality poor on first two, presentation and depth of content improves with time!
You made an excellent production of this. Informative, interesting, and well produced. Excellent selection, too.
The Beatles had a repertoire of 250 songs after Hamburg days.
Malcolm GLADWELL addresses that fact in his book "The Tipping Point"; one must commit to 10,000 hours to get adept at something meaningful.
@@19gregske55 I've heard this too. Course some people are lucky like Tiger Woods
Nice video. I shall look out for future ones from you.
You are a masterful archivist. Love it …. Liked and subscribed
The exciters ,,, massive on the northern soul circuit,,, blowing up my mind ,,,,,,,ktf
Doris's "Just One Look" is more familiar to me than The Hollies version.
It might have to do with which side of the Atlantic you're on. Doris Troy's version was a top ten record in the US but wasn't a hit in the UK. The Hollies cover hit number 2 in the UK but only made it to 44 in the US.
@@BiggieTrismegistus That happens a lot on the charts. It's really interesting to go back to charts of music that you're really familiar with - high school probably - and compare UK and US charts as to who had the hit with what song
Brilliant. Thanks for posting.
A lot of different people contributing to make some great songs.
Brilliant video. Thank you
Moody Blues were just AWESOME!!
YES, they were. i place them in the "progressive rock" category with pink floyd, yes, emerson lake and palmer and numerous others. no kid stuff here. this was definitely music for mature, thinking, introspective and politically minded adults. this was music that made you think and reflect as well as FEEL.
well played, by master musicians and written by innovative and uniquely expressive composers. progressive rock ruled the lives of me and friends for years. and, QUITE LITERALLY, they don't write or perform music like this anymore. uummm, i wonder why?
ok, i'm done.
'I'm into Something Good' was also recorded by Lee Everett (Lady Lee) Her manager made the mistake of playing the recording to a friend (Business partner?) producer Mickie Most who rushed out a version by his band Herman's Hermits. This meant Lee only had a very small hit with it and she was not happy! I got this story from her some years later.
Nice video. A great era in music! Thanks. I always kinda wondered if The Beatles based Twist And Shout on The Isley Bros or The Top Notes. I believe in the originally released recording of The Top Notes T&S, they never actually said "twist and shout" it was rerecorded later. Just fyi, the week previous to the week The Beatles held the top 5 positions on Billboard (a week they only held the top 4 pos), it was I Want To Hold Your Hand and She Loves You that kept Twist And Shout from the #1 position, and those three held back Please Please Me from ever being a #1 that week.
Great! I did not know twist and shout was a cover. But The Rolling Stones remains the greatest rock n roll band for 60 years while the rest of them are all gone is really a miracle.
As soon as I heard that squeaky pedal in The Searchers song, I knew it would be a Ludwig drum kit. The Speed King (Squeak King) strikes again!
Great fun! Thanks for posting.
When I was a kid my older brother had The Stones , and Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs versions of The Coasters ( Leiber and Stoller ) Poison Ivy ... We had an old style mono ' radiogram ' with a stacker turntable . Some singles were noticeably louder , the Dave Clark 5's Bits and Pieces for instance But Thorpie's version of Poison Ivy just jumps out of the speakers , the guitars were HUUUUGE , the Stones version is really wimpy in comparison . The Coasters original is a great part of their canon , but Thorpie's version ROCKED .
Great video , well worth watching
What did many of the originals have that the covers lacked? SOUL!
I said that to myself as well.
Very interesting rock n’ roll trivia.
Well researched and eloquently presented. Thank you.
The mention of Jackie DeShannon's original version of Needles and Pins made me think of Kim Carnes 1981 huge hit cover of Bette Davis Eyes, which was co-written by Jackie from her 1975 album New Arrangement. Just another song on that album. Wasn't a single. Totally different style.
Yes, it was more jazzy.
So, that is great. I collect it too from years. Because the cover's roots sometime connected by any R&B group or singer. Thanks and GRATULATIONS!!
Great knowledge of rock trivia.
An amazing video! Incredible research and presentation!
Lots of fun! 😊
Excellent production. The Nina Simone and Top Notes info were new to me. Looking forward to seeing more.
Super interesting!
Just One Look sounds to me like it could have been written by Bacharach/David.
Great work, loved it.
Thank you so much for your research. I have enjoyed the originals and have the singles of all of these but sadly only the cardboard cover of EP of Twist and Shout and it never occurred to me to check whether or not they were originals, but I do have an interest, of going through British invasion songs to see which ones I think Jimmy Page played on. I'm pretty sure that's him on unit 4+2 CONCRETE AND CLAY. Looking forward to more fun stuff. I did suspect that Jimmy Page helped Herman's hermits. The art of a DJ to be able to flip 45 rpm 7 inch singles quickly on a single turntable, is something I still work on. I had a girlfriend who was a DJ who was so quick, you would hardly notice there was a gap between the tracks she chose.
Sorry to be a bit staccato, but I'm still coming down from the fun you just gave me with all these originals.
I tried to find out which city you are based in and to me you could be anywhere, but it sounds like you are in Australia, and if you are in Sydney, tell me and we will meet as I have lots of ideas to enhance your public service.
Yesterday I was at RADIO FREE ALICe in the Cross and James had a mint copy of the Monkees film soundtrack "Head" which although it in play it, still it reminded me of my No. 1 Favourite saying when Rip TORN said to thosehappy boys, "the tragedy of your time my young friends is that you may get exactly what you want". I wondered what he meant but now I'm living it, Yahoo it's pretty bloody good having exactly what you want, and Jack Nicholson penned these words, and I think he was dead wrong.
Thanks for your kind words and interesting side-notes. I'm actually Melbourne based.👍
The fact that the Moody Blues' cover of "Go Now" eclipsed the Bessie Banks original is one of the great injustices of the music business.
Hers was rubbish. How an you compare lemonade to champagne.
Great stuff. Thanks.
Really interesting!
Thanks for posting these originals, some of which were poor and deservedly not big hits. I'm glad you focused mostly upon the ones that weren't big hits or which were hits but are not played by oldies channels any more. My favorite British Invasion remake (these are NOT covers) is "Sha La La", a power-pop version of a Shirelles song of much less energy. Sometimes the British bands even had a hit using a B-side.
There's an interesting story about how British bands had hits with three recordings Sam Cooke songs, paying tribute to his legacy soon after his death. Mick Jagger bumped into Peter Noone in the studio, and mentioned that the Animals had just recorded "Bring it on home to me" and the Stones were about to record another Sam Cooke song. So Herman's Hermits recorded "Wonderful world".