Songs the Brady Bunch Kids Could Have Covered?

[Frosty81]

This may not be every Brady Bunch fan's cup of tea, but I cannot help wondering what songs you think might have suited the six Brady kids well?

Possible contenders:
Linda Ronstadt - "Long, Long Time" (1970)
Vocal: Marcia (Maureen McCormick)

Linda Ronstadt - "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (1973)
Lead vocal: Marcia (Maureen McCormick)
Harmony vocals: Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Christopher Knight)

Linda Ronstadt - "You're No Good" (1974)
Lead vocal: Marcia (Maureen McCormick)
Harmony vocals: Jan (Eve Plumb), Cindy (Susan Olsen)

Neil Young - "Heart of Gold" (1972)
Lead vocal, guitar: Greg (Barry Williams)
Harmony vocals: Marcia (Maureen McCormick), Peter (Christopher Knight)

The Doobie Brothers - "Black Water" (1974)
Lead vocal: Peter (Christopher Knight)
Harmony vocals: Greg (Barry Williams), Bobby (Mike Lookinland)
Guitar: Greg (Barry Williams)

~Ben

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by Frosty81

Possible contenders:


Linda Ronstadt - "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (1973)

Linda Ronstadt - "You're No Good" (1974)
~Ben

Both of these are covers, Wanda Jackson originally recorded "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" in 1969 & Dee Dee Warwick recorded "You're No Good" in 1963.

[Frosty81]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

Both of these are covers, Wanda Jackson originally recorded "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" in 1969 & Dee Dee Warwick recorded "You're No Good" in 1963.

In fact, everything Linda Ronstadt recorded was covers, and was one of the few to get away with that successfully, without such harsh criticism over why she doesn't write.

Interestingly enough, Linda's version of the song that was originally sung by Wanda Jackson back in 1956 (Mo's birth year) was recorded twice: she first covered the song for her 1969 debut LP, Hand-Sown. . . Homegrown, but it was the 1973 version from her Don't Cry Now album that most people know (the one with the fiddle in it).

"You're No Good" was indeed initially recorded by Dee Dee Warwick (the younger sister of Dionne Warwick) in 1963, but Betty Everett's version released later that same year was the first to chart, going to #51 in January 1964.

Moreover, on Mo's country album, When You Get a Little Lonely, three assorted members of Linda Ronstadt's backing band contributed there: Kenny Edwards (bass, guitar, vocals), Dan Dugmore (guitar and pedal steel) and Wendy Waldman (harmony vocals), all of whom had backed Ronstadt during her 1980 tour for Mad Love), as well as Toto's original bassist, David Hungate.

Do you think the late Andrew Gold (who was the man that helped Linda Ronstadt get her career steamrolling) could have helped Mo?

I really suspect Mo liked Linda's work very much.

~Ben