VA - Wake Me Up, First the Original Next The Cover 50's - 90's (A Butterboy Compilation) (10 x CDs)

ORIGINAL & COVER VERSIONS

All sets Previously posted separately March 2019

VA - Wake Me Up, First the Original Next The Cover 50's - 90's (A Butterboy Compilation) (10 x CDs)

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, and 90's.  As an introduction to the covers I have included the ORIGINAL versions of the songs which can be found on the first disc of each set. The COVERS can be found on the 2nd disc of each set.

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Track lists

CD01 50's Originals

01 Sonny Dae and His Knights - Rock Around the Clock 1954 2:47

02 Sammy Kaye With Tommy Ryan - Blueberry Hill 1940 3:11

03 Louis Jordan - Keep a Knockin' 1941 2:30

04 Gertrude Niesen - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 1933 2:51

05 Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox 1928 3:01

06 Marty Robbins - Singing The Blues 2:30

07 Sonny West - Rave on 1958 2:15

08 Bernard Hardison - Too Much 1955 2:21

09 Little Willie John - Fever 1956 2:34

10 Ray Noble - Harlem Nocturne 1940 3:03

11 Christine Johnson - You'll Never Walk Alone 1945 2:41

12 Louis Jordan - Let the Good Times Roll 1946 2:49

13 Lowell Fulson - Three O'clock Blues 1948 3:12

14 Jimmy Castor Bunch - I Promise to Remember 1956 2:58

15 Rex Griffin - Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby 1938 2:16

16 Big Joe Turner; Pluma Davis' Orchestra - Honey Hush 1953 2:37

17 Tony Bennett - Blue Velvet 1951 3:03

18 Elvis Presley - Party 1957 1:30

19 Ric Cartey - Young Love 1956 2:32

20 Prisonaires - Just Walking in the Rain 1953 2:51

21 Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog 1953 2:48

22 Jimmy Preston - Rock the Joint 1949 2:35

23 Billy Emerson - Red Hot 1955 2:25

24 Jimmy Johnson - Woman Love 1956 2:33

25 Hank Snow - (Now and Then There's) a Fool Such as I 1952 2:26

CD02 50's Covers

26 Bill Hayley and His Comets - Rock Around the Clock 1954 2:10

27 Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill 1956 2:22

28 Little Richard - Keep a Knockin' 1957 2:21

29 Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 1958 2:37

30 Carl Perkins - Matchbox 1957 2:09

31 Guy Mitchell - Singing the Blues 1956 2:28

32 Buddy Holly - Rave on 1958 1:50

33 Elvis Presley - Too Much 1957 2:32

34 Peggy Lee - Fever 1958 3:22

35 Viscounts - Harlem Nocturne 1959 2:23

36 Roy Hamilton - You'll Never Walk Alone 1955 3:16

37 Ray Charles - Let the Good Times Roll 1959 2:53

38 B.B. King - Three O'clock Blues 1954 3:01

39 Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - I Promise to Remember 1956 2:49

40 Carl Perkins - Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby 1958 2:15

41 Johnny Burnette Trio - Honey Hush 1956 2:01

42 Clovers - Blue Velvet 1955 2:38

43 Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party 1958 2:05

44 Sonny James - Young Love 2:38

45 Johnnie Ray - Just Walking in the Rain 1956 2:39

46 Elvis Presley - Hound Dog 1956 2:15

47 Bill Haley & the Saddlemen - Rock the Joint 1952 2:16

48 Billy Riley & the Little Green Men - Red Hot 1957 2:31

49 Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps - Woman Love 1956 2:35

50 Elvis Presley - (Now and Then There S) a Fool Such as I 1959 2:29

CD03 60's Originals

01 Wild Ones - Wild Thing 1965 2:30

02 Erma Franklin - Piece of My Heart 1967 2:38

03 Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q 1957 2:17

04 Mark James - Suspicious Minds 1968 3:03

05 Judy Collins - Both Sides, Now 1968 3:18

06 Willie Bobo - Evil Ways 1967 2:39

07 Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - At Last 1941 2:30

08 Sir Mack Rice - Mustang Sally 1965 3:06

09 Exciters - Do-Wah Diddy 1963 2:26

10 Dick Holler & the Holidays - Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) 1964 1:59

11 Beatles - With a Little Help From My Friends 1967 2:44

12 Jackie Deshannon - Needles and Pins 1963 2:38

13 Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' on 1966 2:45

14 Kingston Trio - Let's Get Together 1964 2:29

15 Kai Winding - Time is on My Side 1963 3:12

16 Jimmy Forrest - Night Train 1952 2:59

17 Bo Diddley - I'm a Man 1955 3:00

18 Pudding - Magic Bus 1967 2:26

19 Billy Joe Royal - Hush 1967 2:29

20 Jean Dushon - For Once in My Life 3:04

16 John D. Loudermilk - Tobacco Road 2:47

22 Dionne Warwick - Walk on By 1964 2:53

23 Four Seasons - Silence is Golden 1964 3:23

24 5 Royales - Dedicated to the One I Love 1957 2:46

25 Jake Holmes - Dazed and Confused 1967 3:48

CD04 60's Covers

26 Troggs - Wild Thing 1966 2:34

27 Big Brother & the Holding Company - Piece of My Heart 1968 4:13

28 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Susie Q 1968 4:34

29 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds 1969 4:29

30 Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now 1969 4:29

31 Santana - Evil Ways 1969 3:52

32 Etta James - At Last 1960 3:02

33 Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally 1966 3:04

34 Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy 1964 2:23

35 Swingin' Medallions - Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) 1964 2:15

36 Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends 1968 4:56

37 Searchers - Needles and Pins 1964 2:13

38 Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' on 1967 2:56

39 Youngbloods - Get Together 1967 4:39

40 Rolling Stones - Time is on My Side 1964 2:50

41 James Brown - Night Train 1961 3:40

42 Yardbirds - I'm a Man 1965 2:36

43 Who - Magic Bus 1968 3:21

44 Deep Purple - Hush 1968 4:24

45 Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life 1968 2:48

46 Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road 1964 2:27

47 Isaac Hayes - Walk on By 1969 12:04

48 Tremeloes - Silence is Golden 1967 3:10

49 Mama's & the Papa's - Dedicated to the One I Love 1967 3:01

50 Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused 1969 6:24

CD05 70's Originals

01 McCoys - Sorrow 1966 2:04

02 Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman 1968 2:51

03 Roger Miller - Me and Bobby McGee 1969 4:04

04 Lori Lieberman - Killing Me Softly With His Song 1972 4:22

05 Temptations - War 1970 3:13

06 Tito-Puente - Oye Como Va 4:29

07 John Henry Kurtz - Drift Away 3:33

08 B.J. Thomas - Hooked on a Feeling 1968 2:44

09 Badfinger - Without You 1970 4:42

10 J.J. Cale - Cocaine 1976 2:53

11 Gladys Knight & the Pips - I Heard it Through the Grapevine 1967 2:55

12 Arthur Alexander - Burning Love 1972 2:39

13 Everly Brothers - Love Hurts 1960 2:23

14 Carole King - You've Got a Friend 1971 5:03

15 Ray Peterson - The Wonder of You 1959 2:35

16 Al Green - Take Me to the River 1974 3:44

17 Randy and the Rainbows - Denise 1963 2:01

18 P.P. Arnold - The First Cut is the Deepest 1967 3:12

19 Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou 1963 2:32

20 Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking 1955 2:45

21 Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie - When the Levee Breaks 1929 3:08

22 Zombies - She's Not There 1964 2:25

23 Art Reynolds Singers - Jesus is Just Alright 1966 1:56

24 Moon Martin - Bad Case of Lovin' You 3:51

25 The Climax Blues Band - Rock and Roll Heaven 1973 3:17

CD06 70's Covers

26 David Bowie - Sorrow 1973 2:53

27 Santana - Black Magic Woman 1970 3:21

28 Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee 1971 4:31

29 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song 1973 4:47

30 Edwin Starr - War 1970 3:21

31 Santana - Oye Como Va 1970 4:21

32 Dobie Gray - Drift Away  (1973) 3:56

33 Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling 1973 2:53

34 Nilsson - Without You 1971 3:20

35 Eric Clapton - Cocaine 1977 3:41

36 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard it Through the Grapevine 1970 11:07

37 Elvis Presley - Burning Love 1972 3:29

38 Nazareth - Love Hurts 1974 3:52

39 James Taylor - You've Got a Friend 1971 4:28

40 Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You 1970 2:35

41 Talking Heads - Take Me to the River 1978 5:02

42 Blondie - Denis 1977 2:18

43 Rod Stewart - The First Cut is the Deepest 1976 4:31

44 Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou 1977 4:00

45 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking 1970 2:50

46 Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks 1971 7:10

47 Santana - She's Not There 1977 4:08

48 Doobie Brothers - Jesus is Just Alright 1972 3:52

49 Robert Palmer - Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) 1979 3:11

50 Righteous Brothers - Rock and Roll Heaven 3:36

CD07 80's Originals

01 Gloria Jones - Tainted Love 1964 2:12

02 Hall & Oates - Everytime You Go Away 1980 5:24

03 Jackie Deshannon - Bette Davis Eyes 1975 2:48

04 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now 1972 3:26

05 Simon & Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter 1966 2:19

06 Shocking Blue - Venus 3:07

07 Neil Diamond - Red Red Wine 1968 2:40

08 Strangeloves - I Want Candy 1965 2:30

09 Iggy Pop - China Girl 1977 5:09

10 Rolling Stones - I'm Free 1965 2:24

11 James Ray - I Got My Mind Set on You 1962 3:25

12 Mindbenders - A Groovy Kind of Love 1965 1:59

13 Merrilee Rush - Angel of the Morning 1968 3:11

14 John Lennon - Jealous Guy 1971 4:15

15 Sam & Dave - I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down 1967 2:43

16 Ewan MacColl - Dirty Old Town 1952 2:46

17 Tim Buckley - Song to the Siren 1970 3:25

18 Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane 1970 4:07

19 Tom Waits - Downtown Train 1985 3:53

20 Andy Williams - Can't Get Used to Losing You 1963 2:20

21 John Hiatt - Thing Called Love 1987 4:10

22 Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile) 1972 2:59

23 Prince - Kiss 1985 3:46

24 Clique - Superman 1969 2:33

25 Umberto Tozzi - Gloria 1979 4:55

CD08 80's Covers

26 Soft Cell - Tainted Love 1981 2:37

27 Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away 1985 4:29

28 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes 1981 3:45

29 Simply Red - If You Don't Know Me By Now 1989 3:26

30 The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter 1986 2:44

31 Bananarama - Venus 1988 3:39

32 Ub40 - Red Red Wine 1984 3:02

33 Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy 1982 2:45

34 David Bowie - China Girl 1983 4:15

35 Junior Reid; the Soup Dragons - I'm Free 1989 3:59

36 Brandon Flowers - Got My Mind Set on You 1987 4:29

37 Phil Collins - Phil Collins a Groovy Kind of Love 1988 3:29

38 Juice Newton - Angel of the Morning 1981 4:16

39 Roxy Music - Jealous Guy 1981 6:11

40 Elvis Costello - I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down 1980 2:08

41 Pogues - Dirty Old Town 1985 3:46

42 This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren 1983 3:30

43 Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane 1988 3:35

44 Rod Stewart - Downtown Train 1989 4:40

45 English Beat - Can't Get Used to Losing You 1980 3:05

46 Bonnie Raitt - Thing Called Love 3:50

47 Dexys Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile) 1982 3:04

48 Tom Jones - Kiss 1988 3:31

49 R.E.M. - Superman 1986 2:54

50 Laura Branigan - Gloria 1982 4:55

CD09 90's Originals

01 Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1973 2:31

02 Lis Sorensen - Torn 1993 4:35

03 Commodores - Easy 1977 4:51

04 Van Morrison - Wild Night 1971 3:33

05 Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way 1975 3:39

06 Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 1971 3:09

07 David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World 1971 3:57

08 Guess Who - American Woman 1969 3:54

09 Cascades - Rhythm of the Rain 1962 2:28

10 Neil Diamond - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon 1967 2:59

11 Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow 1972 3:48

12 Patti Smith Group - Because the Night 1978 3:22

13 Wings - Live and Let Die 1973 3:11

14 World Party - She's the One 1997 4:56

15 Stevie Wonder - They Won't Go When I Go 1974 5:59

16 Eartha Kitt - Lilac Wine 1953 3:46

17 Question Mark and the Mysterians - Can't Get Enough of You Baby 1967 1:57

18 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay 1969 3:18

19 New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle 1986 4:22

20 Roy Orbison - You Got it 1989 3:31

21 Five Man Electrical Band - Signs 1970 4:04

22 Merry Clayton - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) 1963 2:03

23 The Everly Brothers - Crying in the Rain 1962 2:02

24 Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'bout) Peace Love and Understanding 1974 3:32

25 Family - Nothing Compares 2 U 1985 4:33

CD10 90's Covers

26 Guns 'n' Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1991 5:36

27 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 1995 4:06

28 Faith No More - Easy 1992 3:09

29 John Mellencamp - Wild Night 1994 3:28

30 Big Mountain - Baby, I Love Your Way 1994 4:00

31 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 1990 4:29

32 Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World 1994 4:21

33 Lenny Kravitz - American Woman 1999 4:26

34 Dan Fogelberg - Rhythm of the Rain 4:24

35 Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon 1994 3:09

36 Prince - Betcha By Golly Wow! 1996 3:31

37 10,000 Maniacs - Because the Night 1993 5:38

38 Guns 'n' Roses - Live and Let Die 1991 3:04

39 Robbie Williams - She's the One 1999 4:23

40 George Michael - They Won't Go When I Go 1990 5:06

41 Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine 1994 4:32

42 Smashmouth - Can't Get Enough of You Baby 1996 2:31

43 Ministry - Lay Lady Lay 1996 5:07

44 Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle 1994 2:01

45 Bonnie Ratt - You Got It 1995 3:27

46 Tesla - Signs 1990 3:15

47 Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) 1990 2:50

48 A-Ha - Crying in the Rain 1990 4:21

49 Curtis Stigers - (Whats So Funny Bout) Peace Love and Understanding 1992 4:05

50 Sinead O'connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 1990 5:08

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