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MusicJunkie · 11-02-2008, 04:46 PM

a lot of Cyndi Lauper's early hits were originally covered by other artists, such as Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Robert Hazard), Money Changes Everything (The Brains), When You Were Mine (Prince) and All Through The Night (Jules Shear). Granted, Prince was the only one of that lot most people had heard of, but all four of those songs were remakes.

ekkostar · 11-02-2008, 09:31 PM

I Didn't Mean To Turn You On!
Of course I still think Robert's version is best...

James · 02-08-2009, 03:21 PM

"Somewhere In The Night" by Barry Manilow (1978) - originally done by Helen Reddy three years earlier

Zoneboy · 02-08-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by James

"Somewhere In The Night" by Barry Manilow (1978) - originally done by Helen Reddy three years earlier

Helen's version is also a cover. It was originally recorded by Batdorf and Rodney. http://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/41749

brie · 02-10-2009, 05:25 PM

Up on the Roof - James Taylor (The Drifters)

MrCleveland · 02-12-2009, 02:12 PM

"You're no Good" by Linda Ronstadt (Originally done by Dee Dee Warwick, a sister of Dionne Warwick. And surprisingly, Dionne never sang this song)!

dawsongirl · 02-13-2009, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MrCleveland

"You're no Good" by Linda Ronstadt (Originally done by Dee Dee Warwick, a sister of Dionne Warwick. And surprisingly, Dionne never sang this song)!

Did Linda ever sing anything that wasn't a remake?

MrCleveland · 02-13-2009, 03:06 PM

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Did Linda ever sing anything that wasn't a remake?

I don't think so. Even her first hit "Different Drum" was remade. (Ever heard the Nesmith version of this song? It's very good, and there's even a verse that was left-out of the Ronstadt Version).

Here's Nesmith singing that song on The Monkees....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgF-A_kGVg

Now...here's the 1972 version that he (Nesmith) did....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-SHHZ8xpV0

D-Dey · 04-25-2009, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MrCleveland

I don't think so. Even her first hit "Different Drum" was remade. (Ever heard the Nesmith version of this song? It's very good, and there's even a verse that was left-out of the Ronstadt Version).

Here's Nesmith singing that song on The Monkees....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgF-A_kGVg

Now...here's the 1972 version that he (Nesmith) did....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-SHHZ8xpV0

That's a surprise, and a little better than the Ronstadt version. Apparently a lot of people overlooked some occasional legitimacy in some Monkees music. Despite being a completley manufactured band, both Nesmith and Peter Tork were genuine songwriters. "I'm a Believer" was originally a Neil Diamond tune and "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" was a Paul Revere & The Raiders cover.

I don't remember where I read it, but Juliana Hatfield collaborated with Susanna Hoffs. I once thought that she actually wrote "Manic Monday" for her, and would've like to hear her version. It turned out I was wrong, and she just sang backing vocals on some of her songs.

Zoneboy · 04-25-2009, 12:54 AM

Different Drum was originally recorded by the bluegrass band the Greenbriar Boys

Cover hierarchy
Different Drum by The Greenbriar Boys (1966)
◦Different Drum by The Stone Poneys (June 1967)
◦Different Drum by The Pastels (1990)
◦Different Drum by Lemonheads (June 1990)
◦Different Drum by Bridget Ball (1993)
◦Different Drum by Ferron (May 25, 1999)
◦Different Drum by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (March 20, 2001)
◦Different Drum by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs (April 18, 2006)

Original Ronstadt recordings:

1 Faithless Love

2 Feels Like Home

3 Heart Like a Wheel

4 If He's Ever Near

5 Long Long Time

6 Lose Again

7 Love Is a Rose

8 Silver Blue

9 Someone to Lay Down Beside Me

10 Try Me Again

11 White Rhythm and Blues

dawsongirl · 04-25-2009, 08:04 PM

Wow...that's a lot of times to be remade.

D-Dey · 04-25-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

Wow...that's a lot of times to be remade.

I think "The Tracks of My Tears" was remade more often, including by Linda Ronstadt. But do you know who else remade that song? Dogbowl & Kramer.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:fnfpxqthldje

In case you don't know who they are, Dogbowl(a.k.a.; Stephen Tunney) is one of the founding members of King Missile. Kramer(full name Mark Kramer) was also a member of Bongwater(who also had Ann Magnuson as the lead singer) and the head of Shimmy Disc Records.

browneyes106 · 04-26-2009, 12:56 AM

Heartbeats-Jose Gonzalez(The Knife)

browneyes106 · 04-26-2009, 12:57 AM

Unchained Melody-The Righteous Brothers(Todd Duncan)

Cactus Jack · 04-26-2009, 01:05 PM

Barbara Ann-The Beach Boys ( The Regents, this version is in the movie American Graffiti,also on the soundtrack)

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MusicJunkie Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 23, 2008 Location: where I live Posts: 791	a lot of Cyndi Lauper's early hits were originally covered by other artists, such as Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Robert Hazard), Money Changes Everything (The Brains), When You Were Mine (Prince) and All Through The Night (Jules Shear). Granted, Prince was the only one of that lot most people had heard of, but all four of those songs were remakes.

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