Original versions of songs made famous by other musicians

[Icy Gull]

Rod Stewart had a hit with this but here's the much better original

[yt]GrZ7irzvm2k[/yt]

Others?

 

[Gwylan]

Two cover versions have made the charts but the orginal is the best

YouTube - The Paragons- Tide is High

 

[REDLAND]

Dandy Livingstone: Rudy, A Message To You

redone by The Specials ..

 

[The Large One]

Tommy James & The Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now

 

[The Large One]

[yt]d_TmFIaFUjc[/yt]

 

[element]

'Because the Night' by Springsteen/Smith, made famous by Patti Smith's version

 

[seaford]

Feeling Good - Muse

 

[CHAPPERS]

[yt]uftwyJP6Ees[/yt]

Chip taylor - Wild Thing

 

[Perry Milkins]

Love is all Around - The Troggs

Summer Breeze - Seals and Croft

Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond

 

[murraymints4brighton]

People refer to Valerie as "Valerie by Amy Winehouse", when it was actually a Zutons song.

 

[Icy Gull]

This one was somewhat improved by the Troggs and Hendrix

[yt]uftwyJP6Ees[/yt]

 

[CHAPPERS]

This one was somewhat improved by the Troggs and Hendrix

[yt]uftwyJP6Ees[/yt]

Welcome to 10:38am.

 

[Icy Gull]

Like all early Stones songs, they covered other peoples stuff

[yt]F8GSPDf3twc[/yt]

 

[Icy Gull]

Welcome to 10:38am.

whoops

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Tainted Love - original by Gloria Jones but best known as a Soft Cell number

 

[Frutos]

Before Ronan Keating got his bastard hands on it:

[yt]1GpXYKp7_Qw[/yt]

 

[sams dad]

Heard it through the grapevine - Originally recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips, but taken to No.1 by marvellous Marvin Gaye

 

[dougdeep]

The First Cut is the Deepest. Everyone has sung it but Cat Stevens did it best.

 

[Everest]

People refer to Valerie as "Valerie by Amy Winehouse", when it was actually a Zutons song.

But how many people would know that? I wouldn't, because I didn't buy it on principle!

 

[Everest]

Written by Dolly, but more known by Whitney

[yt]_utP1mGoutQ[/yt]