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Re: British Invasion covers of American R&B

RFNAPLES — Mon, 7 Sep 2009 10:54:15 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 09/07/2009 14:54

Milk Cow Blues was composed by Sleepy John Estes.

Re: British Invasion covers of American R&B

Mr. Shankly — Mon, 7 Sep 2009 02:42:52 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 09/07/2009 06:42

40footwolf wrote:

The Kinks' cover of Milk Cow Blues.

That is a great song. Who did it originally?

Re: British Invasion covers of American R&B

RFNAPLES — Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:53:54 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 09/06/2009 15:53

Here are two more covers:

The Kinks-Cadillac
The Kinks-Got Love If You Want It

Re: British Invasion covers of American R&B

RFNAPLES — Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:23:37 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 09/06/2009 15:23

The Kinks-Dancing in the Streets

Re: British Invasion covers of American R&B

Mr.Music — Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:10:26 GMT

Author: Mr.Music

Posted: 09/06/2009 14:10

...also Love in Vain - Rolling Stones

Re: British Invasion covers of American R&B

Mr.Music — Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:08:26 GMT

Author: Mr.Music

Posted: 09/06/2009 14:08

Stop Breaking Down - Rolling Stones

Re: British Invasion covers of American R&B

40footwolf — Sun, 6 Sep 2009 02:17:55 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 09/06/2009 06:17

The Kinks' cover of Milk Cow Blues.

Re: British Invasion covers of American R&B

Mr. Shankly — Sun, 6 Sep 2009 01:23:53 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 09/06/2009 05:23

I'm a Man and Train Kept a Rollin'--The Yardbirds (Arguably the best British band to do R&B covers
House of the Rising Sun--The Animals
Please Mr. Postman, Money, Twist and Shout--The Beatles
Just My Imagination, i Just Want to Make Love to You--The Rolling Stones (I want to say It's All Over Now as well, but I don't know if I ever heard the original)

honorable mention: Train in Vain--The Clash

British Invasion covers of American R&B

Midas — Sat, 5 Sep 2009 22:33:23 GMT

Author: Midas

Posted: 09/06/2009 02:33

What British Invasion covers you think trumps the original American R&B song?

Ok I am going to get some flack for saying this but one song is Dave Clark Five version of "Do You Love Me".