Bob Dylan covers vs. Bob Dylan original recordings

The Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man" was #1 on the charts before anything Dylan recorded himself ever reached that mark.

Also, Peter, Paul, and Mary's "Blowin' in the Wind" reached #2 two years earlier, of course.

I'm happily voting for covers.

It takes Van a couple of minutes to get going with Just Like A Woman but then just wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZpKAB_6qkM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgE1HliE-H0

Didn't know Elvis covered that, thanks! He also did good versions of "Tomorrow Is A Long Time" and "Don't Think Twice."
Jerry Lee Lewis did "Rita May," maybe some other lesser-knowns a while back, and his latest, Rock 'n' Roll Timeincl. a Dylan I'd never heard of,"Stepchild."
Bonnie Raitt did a good version of one he sent her, "Let's Keep It Between Us."
The Dylan's Gospel reissue on Light In The Attic is somewhat misleadingly titled, but in a good way: a wilder assortment than I'd expect from any gospel choir (The Brothers and Sisters), but they mostly pull it off with great aplomb.
The Kentucky Headhunters, who are sort of rock country, rather than country rock, did a credible version of "Like A Rolling Stone." (Come to think of it, their prev, unreleased album with Chuck Berry's pianist Johnnie Johnson starts streaming tomorrow on WSJ.com's Speakeasy page.)

Oh yeah, and the Persuasions did an album of Dylan covers, which is good, but back in the early 70s, they really killed it with this (think it's their early 70s arrangement and line-up, but might be from later)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsx9YBV9EnM

Info & audio samples for Dylan's Gospel here---"I Shall Be Released" is immediately followed by "Lay Lady Lay," for instance...
http://lightintheattic.net/releases/1007-dylans-gospel
There's also at least one entire album of actual Dylan religious songs, but blanking on the title and artists.

And Vernon Reid's been tweeting Dylan covers this evening, incl. several I'd never heard of:
https://twitter.com/vurnt22

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Thanks for those Vernon Reid Dylan tweets.

Not close, but 13 votes for the covers is interesting. Hope these weren't mostly anti-Dylan protest votes