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Unusual Cover Songs
Unusual Cover Songs
Ode To Billie Joe-Detroit Emeralds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghhxFTWNMg0
On Ric-Tic Records, later the same year as "Show Time" was a huqe hit in Detroit and Michigan, and hit #2 on CKLW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghhxFTWNMg0
On Ric-Tic Records, later the same year as "Show Time" was a huqe hit in Detroit and Michigan, and hit #2 on CKLW.
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Re: Unusual Cover Songs
Boney M. had a thing about taking 60s rock songs and turning them Disco.
Examples:
King of The Road
Heart of Gold
My Friend Jack
Painter Man
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
Dizzy
Two of Us
Examples:
King of The Road
Heart of Gold
My Friend Jack
Painter Man
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
Dizzy
Two of Us
Music is my life.
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stopnswop2 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:25 pmBoney M. had a thing about taking 60s rock songs and turning them Disco.
Examples:
King of The Road
Heart of Gold
My Friend Jack
Painter Man
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
Dizzy
Two of Us
Music is my life.
Re: Unusual Cover Songs
Both Shatner and Nimoy had some gems...
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Re: Unusual Cover Songs
The late Percy Faith "Summer Place '76" (from late 1975) (audio only) Turned into a disco version!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1-x1bK ... aith-Topic By the way, 14 or 1400 WSAM AM in Saginaw (when it was an oldies station from around 1987 till late December of 1991) on the show "Top 7 At 7 Countdown" (7:00 Monday thru Friday which meant 7 songs of the week back then from that week of 1960 or other years gone by) played that version & NOT the original!!
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Re: Unusual Cover Songs
One of my favorite oddball covers is The Beatles via Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" as performed by The Flying Lizards.
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Re: Unusual Cover Songs
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
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Re: Unusual Cover Songs
Falling down that rabbit hole. The Human Sexual Response cover of The Capitols Cool Jerk.