covers that folk/rock/soul song-interpreters of the '60s and '70s would have on their records

we need an ilx covers project of the great pop songbook of like 1965-1972

xp the anita kerr singers' "god bless the child" is far and away my favorite.

― Bill Nighy the Science Gighy (get bent), Tuesday, December 23, 2014 12:08 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and the closing number to this three-disc set should be a big group rendition of "feelin' alright" with everybody's takes all piled up

"Drift Away" has been covered by many bands and vocalists around the world. Versions include those of Allan Clarke, Roy Orbison, Ike & Tina Turner, Humble Pie, Mud, Rod Stewart, James Hollis, Waylon Jennings, Ray Charles, The Doobie Brothers, the Neville Brothers, Jon Bon Jovi[8], Michael Bolton, Copperhead, Christian Kane, the Rolling Stones, the Nylons, Ringo Starr, Bruce Springsteen, BoDeans, Judson Spence, Billy Joe Royal, Steve Young and John Kay.[9] Folk singer Tom Rush recorded the song on his album What I Know, released in 2009. There is an unreleased 1974 recording of this song by the Rolling Stones. This version features all of the members of the then-current lineup of the Stones. The Heptones recorded a reggae version which is included on many compilation CDs. Street Corner Symphony also sang a version of this song as their swan song on the season 2 finale of the NBC series The Sing-Off; that version is arranged by Deke Sharon.[10] Bon Jovi usually played the song live in 1987: a version was recorded as part of a Westwood One radio live series concert. Dolly Parton and Anne Murray performed the song together in 1976 on Parton's variety show Dolly!, though they sang the lyrics of the Felts version ("I want to get lost in your country song").

obviously now listening to all of these, i am a well-documented stan of Dobie Gray's hit cover but the song is sort of hard to fuck up (uncle kracker notwithstanding). the stones were complete idiots to not release theirs.

Oh man, I'm not a huge fan of "drift away" but a Stones cover sounds tasty.

it's on youtube but not on spotify. ditto Mud's version which is... kinda odd and dinky but also kinda charming. tina turner tears it up but the rhythm track is oddly lugubrious and stoned.

roy orbison seems out of place rocking even this hard

rod stewart is really not able to convince me that anybody is soothed or drifting, despite the, i guess, "island" vibes.

This is somewhat related to the thread topic: I'm listening to Buddy Miles rn and realizing he recorded "Them Changes" on his own, with Hendrix (on Band of Gypsies), and with Santana (on their duo live album). It seems like if you made a record w/him in the '70s, you had to let him do "Them Changes".

the stones were complete idiots to not release theirs

It was meant for the original version of It's Only Rock'n'Roll, which was gonna be one side live and another of studio R&B covers, and was scrapped (save for the version of "Ain't Too Proud To Beg") when they started writing songs in the studio.

big fan of jackie deshannon's drift away
break my mind was covered a lot at least going by my music collection

big fan of jackie deshannon's drift away
break my mind was covered a lot at least going by my music collection
never heard this one but Byrds backing Linda R, kinda cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_BjbnNzWLM

Several "morning" songs mentioned already, but not "Morning Dew"

"Take Me To The River": One of the Talking Heads said they were amazed that they had the (Pop) hit w/the song, as they were directly competing with versions by Foghat, Bryan Ferry, and Levon Helm. Furthermore, even though Al Green originated the song, labelmate Syl Johnson had the initial (R&B) hit recording.

John Denver: "Leaving On A Jet Plane"

Some Country songs:

Merle Haggard: "Today I Started Loving You Again"
Jim Reeves: "He'll Have To Go"
Waylon Jennings: "Love of The Common People" & "We Had It All"
David Houston: "Almost Persuaded"
Steve Goodman: "The City of New Orleans"

Rusty & Doug Kershaw: "Louisiana Man"

Sunday Morning Coming Down - written by Kris Kristofferson, sung by Johnny Cash and many others

Noticing "El condor pasa"(Simon & Garfunkel) and ""Put Your Hand In The Hand" (Ocean) popping up a alot when checking out '70s Easy Listening albums on Spotify.

Hoyt Axton, "Greenback Dollar"

XP On that tip, practically ever Johnny Mathis album from the late '60s and early '70s is named for someone else's big contemporary hit: "Those Were The Days"; "Song Sung Blue"; "Me & Mrs. Jones"; "Close To You" etc.

Of course:

Johnny Mathis's late 60s/early 70s albums are a good place to look for these sorts of songs: Bacharach, Beatles, bossa nova.

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The Ventures always throw one or two of these on their albums too.

"Feeling Good" from the musical The Roar of The Greasepaint - The Smell of The Crowd

I am currently obsessed with "By the Time it Gets Dark." Lotsa great versions out there but as far as I can tell the sole writer is Sandy Denny herself, right?

Astonishing that she did that alongside everything else, and also collaborated on the best version of "When Will I Be Loved," and her whole career lasted barely ten years before she died tragically.

Lawrence Reynolds: "Jesus Is A Soul Man"

Paul Siebels' "Louise" was a fairly familiar, dependable folkie staple---here's Bonnie Raitt's studio version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wut4Tn7GcBY

later live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTxunDKrAM8