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

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.

― jaymc, Monday, December 22, 2014 10:49 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink

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