When you hear someone say that a song is a cover or that band is a cover band you know what they mean right? A ‘Cover’ is a duplicate, second generation, newer version of an older and original song, that cover song is not the original.
The best example might be the song “Twist and Shout” by the Beatles. That song was a ‘cover’ of the original written by ½ the Righteous Brothers Bill Medley and Bert Berns in 1961. The Isley Brothers even had a hit with it before the British Invasion of the Beatles version. Here are a few other interesting cover stories…
“First Cut is the Deepest” Rod Stewart – Cat Stevens
“Black Betty” Ram Jam
“I Love Rock N’ Roll” Joan Jett the Arrows
Pete Seeger “Turn Turn Turn” by the Byrds
“I Fought the Law” Bobby Fuller 4 – The Crickets of the Buddy Holly group
“Tainted Love” Soft Cell originally done by Gloria Jones in 1964
“I Will Always Love You” Whitney Houston, originally written and performed by Dolly Parton
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