Singles soundtrack cover
But famous songwriter Tom Waits wrote and recorded the song as part of his 1985 Rain Dogs album. Rod Stewart broke away from his rock and glam image when he released his version of “Downtown Train” in 1989. The song eventually went on to make the Billboard charts ( peaking at number 5 on the Adult Contemporary chart) and was given Gold status by the Recording Industry of America. Thirty-two years later, in 2002, the Counting Crows hit it big with the song, which featured vocals by Vanessa Carlton. Singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell released “Big Yellow Taxi” in 1970 and only found success with the song in her native Canada. ‘Big Yellow Taxi’-Counting Crows Featuring Vanessa Carlton The song reached legendary status when Hendrix played it as the last song of the multi-day music festival Woodstock. Hendrix, meanwhile, recorded his version of the song in 1966 in the United Kingdom and in 1967 in the United States. One of Hendrix’s most popular songs was originally recorded in 1965 by a Calfornia garage rock band called The Leaves, though the song’s authorship remains up in the air. His talent transcends his untimely death in September 1970 at the age of 27.
Hendrix was an electric guitar god to music lovers of the 1960s. It sold half a million records at the time, but it wasn’t until a newcomer named Elvis covered it that it became a worldwide sensation.
The King of Rock and Roll gyrated and sang his way into the hearts of teenage girls around the world with his 1956 recording of “Hound Dog.” But the classic song had already made a splash on the music charts three years earlier when blues singer Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton released her version in 1952. However, it didn’t get much play as an acoustic number, so Johnny Cash rearranged and re-recorded it to create a No. His wife, June Carter Cash, and another songwriter, Merle Kilgore, wrote the song for June’s sister Anita Carter. Yet he is neither the original artist nor the songwriter. I felt pretty confident.īut many of us were shocked to find out that some of our favorite tunes from across the decades were actually remakes! How many of these songs did you know were cover tunes? I bet some of them might surprise you, too.Ĭash was a country music icon with “Ring of Fire” his signature song. On this particular night, the category “Cover Songs You Had No Idea Were Covers” came up. Every once in a while, a category comes up during the game that gets the room really talking and excited. Every week, we get together with friends, enjoy a good meal, enjoy some laughs and get super competitive over a game of name that tune and artist. A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I went to our weekly music trivia night at a local restaurant-pub.