Monday, May 27, 2019

VA - Cover Me, Great Cover Songs (50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's) PART 1 (12 x CD's)




GREAT COVER SONGS

VA - Cover Me, Great Cover Songs (50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's) PART 1 (12 x CD's)
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, revival, remake or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

Before the onset of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, songs were published and several records of a song might be brought out by singers of the day, each giving it their individual treatment. Cover versions could also be released as an effort to revive the song's popularity among younger generations of listeners after the popularity of the original version has long since declined over the years.

On occasion, a cover can become more popular than the original, such as Elvis Presley's version of Carl Perkins' original "Blue Suede Shoes", Santana's 1970 version of Peter Green's and Fleetwood Mac's 1968 "Black Magic Woman", Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower". The Hendrix recording, released six months after Dylan's original, became a Top 10 single in the UK in 1968 (US number 20) and was ranked 48th in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Another famous example is the Beatles' cover of "Twist and Shout", originally by the Top Notes, and their cover of the song, "Til There Was You", by Meredith Willson, among many others.  (Wikipedia)


Here I present compilations of  Cover Songs from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's & 2000's. This is a seriously expanded version of a similar previous post . These Cover Versions are part of a 12 CD set . Three parts will be posted daily until complete.

PART 1
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VA - Cover Me, Great Cover Songs of the 50's CD1 (A Butterboy Compilation)

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VA - Cover Me, Great Cover Songs of the 50's CD2 (A Butterboy Compilation)
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VA - Cover Me, Great Cover Songs of the 60's CD1 (A Butterboy Compilation)
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Track   -   Artist   -  Title (Original Artist)   -  Length
Tracklist 1 - 50's Part 1 of 2

01    Five Keys - The Glory of Love (Willie Bryant & His Orchestra)    :03:09
02    Bill Haley & the Saddlemen - Rock the Joint (Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians)    :02:17
03    Orioles - Crying in the Chapel (Darrell Glenn)    :03:05
04    Charms - Hearts of Stone (Jewels)    :02:37
05    Bill Hayley and His Comets - Rock Around the Clock (Sonny Dae and His Knights)    :02:10
06    B.B. King - Three O'clock Blues (Lowell Fulson)    :03:01
07    Drifters - Adorable (Colts)    :02:41
08    Clovers - Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett )    :02:39
09    Cardinals - Come Back My Love (Wrens)    :02:28
10    Al Hibbler - Unchained Melody (Todd Duncan)    :02:58
11    Jacks - Why Don't You Write Me (Feathers)    :02:48
12    Roy Hamilton - You'll Never Walk Alone (Christine Johnson)    :03:17
13    Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (Sammy Kaye With Tommy Ryan)    :02:22
14    Joe Turner - Corrine Corrina (Charlie McCoy & Bo Chatman)    :02:56
15    Ray Charles - Drown in My Own Tears (Sonny Thompson With Lula Reed)    :03:24
16    Johnny Burnette Trio - Honey Hush (Joe Turner)    :02:02
17    Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton)    :02:15
18    Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - I Promise to Remember (Jimmy Castor & the Juniors)    :02:50
19    Johnnie Ray - Just Walking in the Rain (Prisonaires)    :02:40
20    Guy Mitchell - Singing the Blues (Marty Robbins)    :02:28
21    Cadets - Stranded in the Jungle (Jayhawks)    :03:15
22    Jaguars - The Way You Look Tonight (Fred Astair)    :02:24
23    Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Woman Love (Jimmy Johnson)    :02:36
24    Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider (Ma Rainey)    :02:36
25    Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (Ann Cole)    :02:51

Tracklist 2 - 50's Part 2 of 2

26    Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (Tampa Red)    :03:05
27    Little Richard - Keep a Knockin' (Louis Jordan)    :02:22
28    Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One (Bobby Day)    :02:25
29    Diamonds - Little Darlin' (Gladiolas)    :02:10
30    Carl Perkins - Matchbox (Blind Lemon Jefferson)    :02:10
31    Billy Riley & the Little Green Men - Red Hot (Billy Emerson)    :02:31
32    Billy Ward & His Dominoes - Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael)    :03:11
33    Elvis Presley - Too Much (Bernard Hardison)    :02:32
34    Patsy Cline - Walking After Midnight (Lynn Howard & Accents)    :02:34
35    Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' on (Big Maybelle)    :02:55
36    Sonny James - Young Love    :02:39
37    Carl Perkins - Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby (Rex Griffin)    :02:15
38    Peggy Lee - Fever (Little Willie John)    :03:22
39    Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party (Elvis Presley)    :02:05
40    Buddy Holly - Rave on (Sonny West)    :01:51
41    Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Gertrude Niesen)    :02:38
42    Shields - You Cheated (Slades)    :02:27
43    Elvis Presley - A Fool Such as I (Hank Snow)    :02:29
44    Shirelles - Dedicated to the One I Love (5 Royales)    :02:19
45    Viscounts - Harlem Nocturne ( Ray Noble)    :02:24
46    Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You (Dick Powell & Ruby Keeler)    :03:22
47    Ritchie Valens - La Bamba (Traditional)    :02:08
48    Ray Charles - Let the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan)    :02:54
49    Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife (Harald Paulsen)    :03:09
50    Jackie Wilson - That's Why (I Love You So) (Al Kent)    :02:08

Tracklist 3 - 60's Part 1 of 2

01    Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael)    :03:40
02    Ventures - Walk Don't Run (Johnny Smith)    :02:06
03    Chubby Checker - The Twist (Hank Ballard and the Midnighters)    :02:36
04    Etta James - At Last (Glenn Miller & His Orchestra)    :03:02
05    Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou (Johnny Duncan)    :02:18
06    Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds)    :02:41
07    Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You (Don Gibson) 1957    :04:17
08    James Brown - Night Train (Jimmy Forrest)    :03:41
09    Beatles - Twist and Shout (Top Notes)    :02:34
10    Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Exciters)    :02:24
11    Swingin' Medallions - Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) (Dick Holler & the Holidays)    :02:15
12    Tommy James & the Shondells - Hanky Panky (Raindrops)    :02:51
13    Johnny Rivers - Memphis (Chuck Berry)    :02:31
14    Searchers - Needles and Pins (Jackie Deshannon)    :02:13
15    Animals - The House of the Rising Sun (Traditional)    :04:29
16    Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road (John D. Loudermilk)    :02:28
17    Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Nina Simone)    :02:27
18    Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought the Law (Crickets)    :02:18
19    Yardbirds - I'm a Man (Bo Diddley)    :02:36
20    Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan)    :02:34
21    Nico - These Days (Jackson Browne)    :03:29
22    Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (Todd Duncan)    :03:38
23    Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone (Paul Revere & the Raiders)    :02:25
24    Nancy Sinatra - Bang, Bang (Cher)    :02:40
25    Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally (Sir Mack Rice)    :03:05

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3 comments:

  1. Solomon Linda's original song from which "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was "adapted" was actually entitled "Mbube".

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    1. Hi Naz Fride,
      Thanks for that tidbit of information.
      Cheers

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  2. thank you 4 all the VA - Cover Me, Great Cover Songs of the 50's like them thank you - Aussie

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