Rock’n’Roll Unravelled Show
Classic Cover Versions
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Classic Cover Versions: A look at eight songs with classic cover versions and their less well-known originals.
Classic Cover Versions
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This is the original radio show. It includes all the music played on the show.
First broadcast on Access North West 2 November 2020.
PLAYLIST
Rolling Stones: Brian Jones Years
- Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower
- Bessie Banks – Go Now
- The Crickets – I Fought the Law
- Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
- The Regents – Barbara-Ann
- The Sutherland Brothers – Sailing
- Erma Franklin – Piece of My Heart
- Hank Ballard and the Midnighters – The Twist
Classic Cover Versions and their less well-known originals
Barbara Ann was a big hit for the Beach Boys in 1966 but the original recording was a doo wop song by the Regents in 1958
Jimi Hendrix had an international hit with All Along the Watchtower but it started out as a Bob Dylan album track.
Chubby Checked set the world alight with the new dance craze, the twist. The song was originally a B-side for Hank Ballard and the Midnighters.
I Fought the Law was a big hit for the Bobby Fuller Four in the 1960s and the Clash in the 1970s. It started out as a 1950s album track for the post-Buddy Holly Crickets.
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Classic Cover Versions podcast.
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