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re: Covers more popular than the original song
Posted on 12/26/25 at 12:45 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 12/26/25 at 12:45 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Not bad, but lacks the Funk that the Brothers put into it.
Just about everything out there lacks the funk of the Brothers Johnson. Such a criminally underrated band.
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Posted on 12/27/25 at 8:05 pm to Basura Blanco
Eric Clapton had the monster hit on the JJ Cale "Cocaine".
Posted on 12/28/25 at 4:23 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Jet Airliner - original by the criminally unerappreciated Paul Pena. Better known version is by Steve Miller.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 1:06 pm to pmacneworleans
I just learned "Every Time You Go Away", 1) wasn't an R&B song from the 60's covered by Paul Young. It was 2) a Hall and Oates original and not another cover of some song from the 1960's. Very well executed by H&O here.
Posted on 12/28/25 at 1:32 pm to Mizz-SEC
Ann Wilson and Heart weren't the first to record "Alone" in 1987.
A group called i-Ten wrote and recorded it in 1983 with several differences.
A group called i-Ten wrote and recorded it in 1983 with several differences.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 9:20 am to Mizz-SEC
Bobby Bare had the original recording on Kenny Rogers hit "The Gambler"
Posted on 12/31/25 at 5:56 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Lili Marlene first recorded by Lale Anderson:
But Marlene Dietrich covered it a year later:
Youtube Link
But Marlene Dietrich covered it a year later:
Youtube Link
Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:52 am to blueridgeTiger
Denny Laine and The Moody Blues didn't have the original on "Go Now". Here it tis'. Awesome too!
Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:45 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Van Halen- You Really Got Me
Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:03 pm to Mizz-SEC
1968
Posted on 1/2/26 at 7:09 am to Kafka
Great song Kafka. Mark James had an interesting career...
Francis Rodney Zambon (November 29, 1940 – June 8, 2024), known professionally as Mark James, was an American songwriter. He wrote hits for B.J. Thomas, Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley, including "Hooked on a Feeling", "Always on My Mind", and Presley's hit single "Suspicious Minds".
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James befriended singer B.J. Thomas when both were young
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After his discharge, he moved to Memphis in 1968 and worked as a staff songwriter for Memphis producer Chips Moman's publishing company. In 1968 and 1969 Moman produced Thomas’s versions of "The Eyes of a New York Woman", "Hooked on a Feeling", and "It's Only Love", all of which were successful. "Hooked on a Feeling", inspired by Karen Taylor his high school sweetheart who had inspired "Suspicious Minds", was his first top ten hit
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In 1972 James signed a long-term contract with Screen Gems-Columbia Music. In 1973, his song "Sunday Sunrise" was recorded by American Country singer Brenda Lee. Lee's version was a huge hit and became a top ten single on charts in the US. In 1975, Canadian musician Anne Murray covered "Sunday Sunrise". Elvis Presley recorded more of James's songs, "Raised on Rock", "It's Only Love" and "Moody Blue", which was the title track to Presley's last studio album.
James's greatest success came with "Always on My Mind", which he wrote with Johnny Christopher and Wayne Carson. It was issued as a b-side by Presley in 1972. In 1973, jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears released James’s "Roller Coaster" as a single from their album No Sweat. The song was recorded by David Cassidy in the same year for the last Partridge Family album Bulletin Board, which contained two other James songs, "Where Do We Go From Here" and "Alone Too Long", which he wrote with Cynthia Weil.
Not too often did someone cover Elvis and have the hit when he didn't.
It's always cool to see a young Richard Sterben of The Oak Ridge Boys in these videos.
Francis Rodney Zambon (November 29, 1940 – June 8, 2024), known professionally as Mark James, was an American songwriter. He wrote hits for B.J. Thomas, Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley, including "Hooked on a Feeling", "Always on My Mind", and Presley's hit single "Suspicious Minds".
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James befriended singer B.J. Thomas when both were young
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After his discharge, he moved to Memphis in 1968 and worked as a staff songwriter for Memphis producer Chips Moman's publishing company. In 1968 and 1969 Moman produced Thomas’s versions of "The Eyes of a New York Woman", "Hooked on a Feeling", and "It's Only Love", all of which were successful. "Hooked on a Feeling", inspired by Karen Taylor his high school sweetheart who had inspired "Suspicious Minds", was his first top ten hit
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In 1972 James signed a long-term contract with Screen Gems-Columbia Music. In 1973, his song "Sunday Sunrise" was recorded by American Country singer Brenda Lee. Lee's version was a huge hit and became a top ten single on charts in the US. In 1975, Canadian musician Anne Murray covered "Sunday Sunrise". Elvis Presley recorded more of James's songs, "Raised on Rock", "It's Only Love" and "Moody Blue", which was the title track to Presley's last studio album.
James's greatest success came with "Always on My Mind", which he wrote with Johnny Christopher and Wayne Carson. It was issued as a b-side by Presley in 1972. In 1973, jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears released James’s "Roller Coaster" as a single from their album No Sweat. The song was recorded by David Cassidy in the same year for the last Partridge Family album Bulletin Board, which contained two other James songs, "Where Do We Go From Here" and "Alone Too Long", which he wrote with Cynthia Weil.
Not too often did someone cover Elvis and have the hit when he didn't.
It's always cool to see a young Richard Sterben of The Oak Ridge Boys in these videos.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:21 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Mötley Crüe covering the Brownsville Station classic:
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Posted on 1/5/26 at 3:42 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
I love Pearl Jam, but I hate this song. Having said that, it deserves to be in this thread.
I love Pearl Jam, but I hate this song. Having said that, it deserves to be in this thread.
Posted on 1/5/26 at 11:57 pm to Kafka
Posted on 1/7/26 at 11:17 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Posted on 1/8/26 at 10:49 am to LSUNO
Burning Love
Elvis's version was better.
Elvis's version was better.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 11:14 am to dgnx6
I like Mark James' version of suspicious minds, but Elvis made it a number #1 hit.
Posted on 1/8/26 at 4:17 pm to dgnx6
Posted on 1/13/26 at 8:21 pm to REB BEER
Randy Van Warmer known best for his 1979 hit "Just When I Needed You Most" continued writing and releasing music. Including this pop song which he wrote in the 1980s and the country group Alabama covered and took to #1 in 1992.
It's a shame this song didn't get traction in the 80's. it has MTV hit written all over it.
It's a shame this song didn't get traction in the 80's. it has MTV hit written all over it.
Posted on 1/14/26 at 11:34 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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