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Most successful covers.
Watching Gerry Marsden this morning on Breakfast I wondered if "You'll Never Walk Alone" was one of the most successful covers of all time.
As most people know it was first heard in the musical Carousel and was always a show-stopping number. Gerry, as he said on today's programme, watched the film and realised what a great song it is and went on to record it - and the rest is history.
Any other surprise covers which became major hits?
As most people know it was first heard in the musical Carousel and was always a show-stopping number. Gerry, as he said on today's programme, watched the film and realised what a great song it is and went on to record it - and the rest is history.
Any other surprise covers which became major hits?
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I think Twist & Shout by The Beatles has to be up there with the most successful covers. And on that note also, Chains by The Beatles too, although Twist & Shout is obviously the more well-known of the two.
Maybe Guns'N'Roses' version of Knockin' On Heaven's Door too. And obviously I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston, although I'm not a fan of it personally, I prefer the original.
My mind seems blank of any other covers at the moment. The only other one I can think of is Go West by 'Pet Shop Boys'
Yeah I didn't know until recently that it was a cover.
Only act to cover a Beatles song successfully is
Joe Cocker - Little Help From My Friends
Fantastic cover.
Only people under a certain age wouldn't know that's a cover though. The superior original was pretty successful.
I adore his cover.
Siouxsie and The Banshees did a pretty good job of Dear Prudence.
It was ok but I still stand my post of there only being one cover of a Beatles song better than the original.
Badfinger did it originally.
But my fave cover of that is Harry's.
Thought Ferry covered it brilliantly, but don`t know if it was a bigger hit.
My choice too! There is an interesting "demo" of the Harry Nilsson version at this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hZI6qJBvDE
Anyway...
First Cut is the Deepest by Cat Stevens was covered by numerous artists who had a fair bit of success with it. Cat Stevens sold it to PP Arnold for £30.00 in the 60s and it was a big hit for her. I think Rod Stewart had the most success with it.
I always thought the Whitney Houston version was the original
The original by Badfinger was not very successful at all, and few people know it. Most people believe Harry Nilsson's version to be the original, but it too was a cover. Nilsson's version was just as successful as Carey's version, topping the charts back in the early seventies. It is also the definitive version of song, sung with real emotion, while Carey's version, sung with complete and utter pseudo-emotion, very much pales by comparison (imo of course).
Not for me it doesn't.
haha, yeah I knew about Nilsson's, but I wasn't even born when that was out so wasn't too sure about how successful it was in comparison to Carey's. Weirdly, I'm quite a big Mariah fan but I've never really taken to that song much...
Let's not forget the BEST version of that song though... "Ken Lee".
originally by The Trogs.