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Old 02-12-2016, 13:19
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I think the Carpenters version of Close To You is better known than any other version
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Old 02-12-2016, 13:20
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Don't agree with that.
Manilows version surely is better know.
I've never heard the mannilow version
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Old 02-12-2016, 15:32
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Is this an anti Bee Gees thread.
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to rub salt into the would..... nina simone - too love somebody
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Old 02-12-2016, 15:34
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I've never heard the mannilow version
its a generation thing, same as 'tragedy', theres clearly a generation thats grown up hearing and knowing a successful cover despite how well known the original was.
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Old 02-12-2016, 16:54
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George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You

The original was by James Ray in the early 60s. I think it was recently used in an advert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k68Fob0QA_k
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Old 02-12-2016, 17:37
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Nilsson's cover of the Fred Neil song Everybody's Talkin I think is a good example! Both are very good indeed!

Fred Neil:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5txh2GvPmAU

Nilsson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQlmgmR4a4g
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Old 02-12-2016, 18:38
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the op asked 'better known'..... id agree personally that the goddamn awful fugees cover is better known then the clearly superior roberta flack version.

no bias there!
As I can read, I'm fully aware of what the op asked. I completely disagree but then that's hardly a shock. I would say Roberta flacks version is far better known though neither version is played these days
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Old 02-12-2016, 18:58
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Substitute a hit for Clout ( 1978 ), originally by The Righteous Brothers ( 1975)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lrvuAs-EJE
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Old 02-12-2016, 19:47
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Substitute a hit for Clout ( 1978 ), originally by The Righteous Brothers ( 1975)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lrvuAs-EJE
Have to say I prefer Clout's version-The Righteous Brothers' version sounds like you've chosen the wrong playback speed on an LP turntable, haha!

I know PWL had a few songs done by other artists in their stable before they became more known by others i.e. Mandy Smith did Got To Be Certain before Kylie but now some of their back catalogue has made it onto streaming services I've just found out Princess (Say I'm Your Number One) did If It Makes You Feel Good on her album before Donna Summer did on Another Place and Time.
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:04
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I'd doubt very much that the Bee Gees original would be lesser known than Steps.

I wonder if Al Green's version of "How Can You Mend I Broken Heart" may be more well known than the Bees Gees original...
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:12
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Marvin Gaye's version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" may be better known than Gladys Knight & the Pips original.

Roberta Flack's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" might be better known than Ewan MacColl's.

Aretha Franklin's version of "I Say a Little Prayer" is probably better known than Dionne Warwick's.
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:29
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Daddy's home - Cliff Richard is well known in UK, but the original by Shep and the Limelites is better known in America.
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Old 02-12-2016, 20:39
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Shaggy's ragga version of Oh Carolina has to be better known than the Folkes Brothers' 1959 original recorded for Prince Buster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxhkE6Qj7NA
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Old 02-12-2016, 21:44
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This cover of a 90s classic will leave you speechless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snh-...ature=youtu.be
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Old 02-12-2016, 22:32
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Shaggy's ragga version of Oh Carolina has to be better known than the Folkes Brothers' 1959 original recorded for Prince Buster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxhkE6Qj7NA
I have to give Shaggy 10/10 for sampling the original in his version.


As I'm sort of half watching the UB40 documentary on BBC 4 now I'd also suggest their version of Kingston Town is undoubtedly better known than Lord Creator's.
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Old 03-12-2016, 01:30
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As I can read, I'm fully aware of what the op asked. I completely disagree but then that's hardly a shock. I would say Roberta flacks version is far better known though neither version is played these days
The Fugees version was a far bigger hit in the UK than Roberta Flack's.

Bit of a moot point though as the latter was also a cover.
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Old 03-12-2016, 03:01
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Old 03-12-2016, 05:21
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Gary Jules - Mad World
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Old 03-12-2016, 07:46
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As I can read, I'm fully aware of what the op asked. I completely disagree but then that's hardly a shock. I would say Roberta flacks version is far better known though neither version is played these days
i think its a generation thing though.... yes us oldies know roberta flacks version, but that was over 20 years before the fugees who made it a far bigger hit for a younger generation. all i can say is 'one time'.... awful as it is, its a hook that roberta flack never had (nor needed).

like 'tragedy' theres a whole new generation that were unaware of these original hits, for example i didnt know that blondies 'denis', or the clash 'i fought the law' were covers when they first came out. did you?..
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Old 03-12-2016, 09:20
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Elvis - The Wonder Of You originally done by Ray Peterson
Donny Osmond - Puppy Love far better known I'd say than Paul Anka's original.
Duke Of Earl - Darts version my be better known to 70's music fans than Gene Chandler's version
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Old 03-12-2016, 10:14
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Sloop John B -The Beach Boys
Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney (Boy Meets Girl was the original version)
Red Red Wine - UB40
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Old 03-12-2016, 13:21
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Gary Jules - Mad World
You think that's better known than the Tears for Fears version. I don't think so. It maybe more modern but that doesn't mean it's better known.
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Old 03-12-2016, 13:50
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Lady Marmalade a hit for Labelle , original by The Eleventh Hour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeWMdoetN6Y
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Old 03-12-2016, 16:08
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"I think we're alone now" Tiffany (original by Tommy James and the Shondells)
"Make you feel me Love" Adele (Original by Dylan).
"The tide is high", Blondie and later..Atomic Kitten..(original by The Paragons ).
"Dont leave me this way", The Communards..(original by Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes)


Btw..my rather crude 'test' for 'better known' consists of doing a google search on title and seeing what's first.
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Old 03-12-2016, 17:27
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You think that's better known than the Tears for Fears version. I don't think so. It maybe more modern but that doesn't mean it's better known.
The original only got to number 3, whereas the Jules/Andrews version is famous as probably the most miserable ever Christmas No 1.
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