Cover Up!

May 2007

Cover versions have long been the source of many a surprising discovery. Just which version is superior? Which cover versions are actually better than the original? What is the most covered song of all time? Which is the weirdest cover version, the most embarrassing, the funniest? One thing is for sure - there are a lot of pretty obscure versions of tracks you know and love, and we will be unearthing a few of them.

IAN TOWNSEND played:

Letta Mbulu - That Aint No Way To Treat A Lady
The Philarmonics - Schumann's Reverie
Percy Faith - Pillow Talk
The Golddiggers - Come Rain or Shine / Can't Take My Eyes Off You
King's Singers - Short People
The Young Generation - It Must Be Love
Jack Marshall's Music - Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips
Basil Henriques & The Waikiki Islanders - My Cherie Amour
Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra - My Cherie Amour
Fontana Concert Orchestra - This Wheel's On Fire
Ozzie Torrens - Day Tripper
Liz Damon's Orient Express - Bring Me Sunshine
Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife
Tony Hatch - Storm In A Teacup
Augusto Alguero - I Say A Little Prayer
Ronnie Aldrich - Mrs Robinson
Cleo Laine - Feeling Good
Lenny Dee - Folsom Prison Blues
Harry Stoneham - Calcutta / Top Of The World / Snowbird
Frank Barber Percussion - If I Were A Rich Man

GREEN MAN played:

Freddie Hubbard - People Make the World Go Round
Jorgan Petersen- Era (Finnish cover of Italian Eurovision entry!)
Shirley Bassey- Light My Fire
Oyk Brass Band- Spinning Wheel
C.C.S.- Whole Lotta Love
Utopia- King of the Road
Wynder K. Frog- I'm a Man
Hullujussi- I Want to Take You Higher
Pesky Gee!- Born to be Wild
Linda Hoyle with Affinity- Eli's Coming
Ray Conniff - A Horse With no Name
The Roundtable- Scarborough Fair
The Cardigans - Iron Man
Mr_Hopkinson's Computer - Fool's Gold
Dick Hyman - Give it up or Turn it Loose

VIVA CHIBA played:

The Splash Band - Escape from NY
Synthesonic Sounds - Superfly
Buttondown Brass - Theme from the Exorcist
Rock & Drums - Eleanor Rigby
Haze - Elanor Rigby
The Folkswingers - 8 Miles High
Unknown Japanese artist ("Love" album) - House of the Rising Sun
Mongo Santamaria - Cold Sweat
The Young Lovers - Black Queens Beads
Super Erotica - Flash
Dennis Coffey - It's Your Thing
Jimi Hendrix - Daytripper
Jimmy Castor Bunch - Foxy Lady/Purple Haze
Edgar Broughton - Apache Dropout
The Flies - (I'm not) Your Stepping Stone
Marsha Hunt - Somebody to Love
George Martin - I am the Walrus
Neil McArthur - She's Not There
Trifle - One Way Glass

PITCH played:

Sister Lois - Imagine (12")
Willie Bobo - It's Not Unusual
Paul Horn - Light My Fire
George Benson - I want you (she's so heavy)
Alan Lorber Orchestra / John Blair - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds medley
Chris Clark - Spinning Wheel
Mike Curb Congregation - Come Together / Hey Jude
El Chicano / Jonna Gault / Esperanto - Eleanor Rigby medley
Bakersfield Boogie Boys - Get Off My Cloud
Flying Lizards - Money
Vanilla Fudge - The Beat Goes On
The Abstracts - Summertime
Richie Havens - Tommy
Big Jim Sullivan - Sunshine Superman
Paul Mauriat - Get Back
Electronic Concept Orchestra - Feelin' Alright
Maestro Carmen Dragon & the Glendale Symphony Orchestra - Stayin' Alive
Sammy Davis Jr - John Shaft
Certain Lions and Tigers - Fever
Jiro Inagaki & Chuck Rainey Rhythm Section - Starsky & Hutch (theme)
Kings Singers / Free Design - 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) medley
Design - Strawberry Fields Forever