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Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> And Van the Man covered Jim Reeves "Have I told

> you lately that I love you" - not sure which I

> prefer.

>

> And Donny Osmond had a bigger hit with Twelfth of

> Never than Jimmy Young.

>

>

rod covered "have i told you lately" as well.

Keef Wrote:

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> Handbags & Gladrags. The Stereophonics version was

> big, everyone says Rod Stewart's version was

> better (to me they sound much the same), what most

> people forget is that the first person to record

> it was Chris Farlowe.


Chris Farlowe also had a big hit with Out of Time, originally written and recorded by the Rolling Stones

Asset Wrote:

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> In re: Jimi Hendrix - 'All Along The Watchtower' a

> hit for Jimi not a hit for the writer - Bob Dylan.


He also covered


Hey Joe ? The Leaves


The Star Spangled Banner ? Which has apparently been a big hit in America since the 1800s. Although the original tune was taken from an English song about a Greek poet called To Anacreon in Heaven.


Gloria ? Van Morrison


Johnny B. Goode ? Chuck Berry (but who hasn?t)


Stepping Stone ? The Monkeys


Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ? The Beatles


Have I missed any?

A pedant writes...


Van Morrison wrote "Have I Told You Lately" himself - though Jim Reeves did cover an old C&W song called "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" long before.


Scary thing is that Van the Man reckoned it's about his relationship with God. Don't think Rod Stewart (or numerous wedding DJ's) ever got that.

I need to get out more.


The Tide is High - Blondie (and later Atomic Mutton). Original was a B-side in the UK for The Paragons (yes, I did have to Wiki it).


Agree re: Tom Waits/Downtown Train. The cover is, em, much more accessible.


Definitive bigger-hit-cover version must be "My Way" by Paul Anka etc - does anyone think of him rather than Frank Sinatra (or maybe Elvis, or, em, Sid Vicious). Though honorable mentions must go to Step On (not originally the Happy Mondays), Don't Leave Me This Way (not originally The Communards).


Do complete reinterpretations count? If so, you have Always on My Mind (PSB version). Think it was probably a bigger hit for Elvis, though.

Not sure if this tune was ever a hit for either artist, but "A Soldiers things" by Tom Waits (brilliant) and murdered by Paul Young (disgraceful). Just a footnote, none of my song/music related postings have been googled, wikipied'd, or gleaned from the net. I either own the tunes and songs I refer to or know about them from collecting music for nearly 40 years. Yes, I know it sounds smug but I do love music and sometimes can't help being a bit of an anorak.

blinder999 Wrote:

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> Iggy Pop's original 1977 version of China Girl

> from The Idiot - revisited by the great Dame David

> Bowie and sold millions


Well they did co-write the song together. I do agree though that Iggy's version is far superior.

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