Playlist by Algernon
Cover Versions
With each of these I tried to match the original version with the version that had arguably the most chart success. Some of the covers are in some cases better than the original like All along the watchtower. Others are indistinguishable from the original like Gloria.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swbcFnkeMwE
All along the watchtower – Bob Dylan 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuxJH2Mj30
All along the watchtower – Jimi Hendrix 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JGJXmpKGXY
Respect – Otis Redding 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FOUqQt3Kg0
Respect –Aretha Franklin 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0
Stand by Me – Ben E King 1961
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYGoCNvTtqg
Stand by Me – John Lennon 1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_j7i_ZVfxw
Gloria – Them 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxygqSTO1lQ
Gloria – Patti Smith 1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxmlcTVFvic
I fought the Law – The Crickets 1959
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsS0cvTxU-8
I fought the law – The Clash 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzhyKn1ThpU
Jealous guy – John Lennon 1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1VQUtDbOqc
Jealous Guy – Roxy Music 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LX7WrHCaUA
Rocket Man – Elton John 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8v2RNLHr0
Rocket Man – Kate Bush 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhrCMIG53XQ
Why can’t we live together – Timmy Thomas 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGVtzKYeAmQ
Why can’t we live together – Sade 1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk
War – Edwin Starr 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h__zgVz9fN4
War – Frankie goes to Hollywood 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2WKoN8K6nI
Don’t leave me this way – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifAtvI48R_0
Don’t Leave me this way – The Communards 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ppmdvXsMBE
Dear Prudence – The Beatles 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ww-pKVClzU
Dear Prudence – Siouxsie and the Banchees 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U
Tainted Love – Gloria Jones 1964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsMz9vIaLwQ
Tainted Love – Soft Cell 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxxkwBQk_o
Will you still love me tomorrow – The Shirelles 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yLrSVD6380
Will you still love me tomorrow – Dusty Springfield 1964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20qZtnODB0w
Mad World – Tears for Fears 1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4
Mad World – Gary Jules 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbUl_E-R91Q
Sunny – Bobby Hebb 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF6C9kkVzrQ
Sunny – Boney M 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO073fekFfA
Walk on By – Dionne Warwick 1964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqfqVDHNW6c
Walk on By – The Stranglers 1978
Keywords: Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Ben E King, John Lennon, Them, Patti Smith, The Crickets, The Clash, Roxy Music, Elton John, Kate Bush, Timmy Thomas, Sade, Edwin Starr, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, The Communards, The Beatles, Siouxsie and the Banchees, Gloria Jones, Soft Cell, The Shirelles, Dusty Springfield, Tears for Fears, Gary Jules, Bobby Hebb, Boney M, Dionne Warwick, The Stranglers, youtube, music