Best Ever Albums

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

LTSings — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:21:34 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/15/2022 12:21

@craola @theblueboy Thanks for participating in my thread.

Here's the original version of a song that was later made more famous by Whitney Houston. Sister Sledge also released a version of this song before the Whitney Houston version was released.

All The Man I Need - Linda Clifford

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Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 03:56:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/15/2022 07:56

Oh, and another huge one is Love is all around by Wet Wet Wet, originally by the Troggs. In the UK, people started to hate that song because it hung around for so long at number one!

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 03:41:52 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/15/2022 07:41

Always on My Mind was first sung by Brenda Lee. Then it was a hit for Elvis, Willie Nelson and The Pet Shop Boys. I’ve always thought this makes it one of the best songs ever written.

Another classic example is Tainted Love, which was originally a Motown styled track recorded by Gloria Jones and was later made famous by Soft Cell.

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

craola — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:47:45 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 07/14/2022 21:47

i was expecting this to be the bob dylan thread. i'm sure there's an exhaustive list of songs he wrote that other artists made popular, but my go-to is jimi hendrix's cover of all along the watchtower.

the song hallelujah is another obvious one. leonard cohen wrote it, but john cale covered it, then jeff buckley and rufus wainwright each in turn made the song more popular. now it's one of those songs that crops up at almost every open mic night.

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

joyofdivision — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:31:56 GMT

Author: joyofdivision

Posted: 07/14/2022 18:31

Some hits were bigger than other hits mothers

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

JOSweetHeart — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 08:24:15 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 07/14/2022 12:24

LTSings wrote:

@JOSweetHeart Thanks for participating in my thread. I am not familiar with the song "Hush". Who did the cover?

Deep Purple is the cover act. They did it a year after Billy Joe released his copy.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

LTSings — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:30:26 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/14/2022 09:30

Oh, I just thought of another obvious one. Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You", which Whitney Houston covered and had one of the biggest hits ever with it.

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

LTSings — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:27:04 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/14/2022 09:27

@JOSweetHeart Thanks for participating in my thread. I am not familiar with the song "Hush". Who did the cover?

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

JOSweetHeart — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 19:01:43 GMT

Author: JOSweetHeart

Posted: 07/13/2022 23:01

This late beautiful precious was the first to release the legendary song named "Hush" in 1967. A year later is when the cover was released.

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God bless you and Billy Joe's family always!!!

Holly

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

LTSings — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:27:05 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/13/2022 20:27

Oh, and another one is "Respect". The song was written by and originally recorded by Otis Redding. But Aretha Franklin had a bigger hit with it and its actually known as her signature song.

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

LTSings — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 16:23:58 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/13/2022 20:23

@Onj @bojolpif71 Thanks for participating in my thread.

Here is "Hey There Lonely Boy" by Ruby and the Romantics. It was later a bigger hit for Eddie Holman as "Hey There Lonely GIrl".

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Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

bojolpif71 — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:00:49 GMT

Author: bojolpif71

Posted: 07/13/2022 17:00

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Comme D'habitude by Claude François

Song "Comme d'habitude" by Claude François , published in 1967 . Then translated/adapted in english , became "My Way" (Paul Anka , Frank Sinatra and many other artists...)

Re: Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

Anonymous — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:45:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/13/2022 16:45

Dirty Deeds done dirt cheap by Joan Jett

Original Versions of Songs That Were Bigger Hits By Others

LTSings — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:56:59 GMT

Author: LTSings

Posted: 07/12/2022 23:56

I have a Covers / Standards thread, now I'm starting a thread for original versions of songs that were later bigger hits for others. I'll start with the original version of "Midnight Train To Georgia" by Cissy Houston. This song was originally to be called "Midnight Plane To Houston". And there's a Farrah Fawcett connection. You can read the story here https://www.texasmonthly.com/list/the-secret-history-of-texas-music/midnight-plane-to-hous ton-1972/ . Cissy Houston is the one who made it "Midnight Train To Georgia". She was the first to record it and changed the lyrics and title because, as Cissy said “My people are originally from Georgia,” she said later, “and they didn’t take planes to Houston or anywhere else. They took trains.” Personally I'm glad the changes were made. To me "Midnight Train To Georgia" just has a better sound to it than "Midnight Plane To Houston". Cissy's version is slower than the Gladys Knight & The Pips version, but still good in my opinion. I personally like both versions.

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