Oliver Sutton Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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davidg Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Terry Jacks, Seasons in the Sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Jonny Cash hurt is actually by NIN. Trent Reznor. I have a Pal who is big into his music and he had no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Good topic Mr Sutton. The first chart-hit from a pre-Rollermania Bay City Rollers was a song called "Keep On Dancing" which I always though was an original. Wrong, the original hit was by The Gentrys in 1965 - and even wasn't even an original...! And Les McKeown didn't sing on the un-original, original Rollers version either...! XYY The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage - Danish proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptherebels Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 No idea how to post those you tube links, but for many years, I always thought that Summer Breeze was an Isley brothers song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Sutton Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Never realised that either. Just paste the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Sutton Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Just heard another on the radio. Always thought it was a Fall song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormymonday_2011 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Most people don't realise that Dancing In The Moonlight was first recorded by a group called Boffalongo in 1969. The original songwriter Sherman Kelly is the singer on this version. Despite its upbeat feel good tempo Kelly actually wrote the song while recuperating after being robbed and beaten almost to death on a Caribbean island Interestingly, most of the later covers follow the original pretty faithfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 12 minutes ago, stormymonday_2011 said: Most people don't realise that Dancing In The Moonlight was first recorded by a group called Boffalongo in 1969. The original songwriter Sherman Kelly is the singer on this version. Despite its upbeat feel good tempo Kelly actually wrote the song while recuperating after being robbed and beaten almost to death on a Caribbean island I bet he doesn't like cricket, oh no...! XYY The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage - Danish proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nome Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hotel California.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormymonday_2011 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 I will wager that a good proportion of British Motown Fans assume Walk Away Renee the Four Tops hit was scored by Holland, Dozier and Holland etc In fact it was written and first performed by a bunch of white American teenagers, the now largely forgotten group the Left Banke. Drop that bombshell into a conversation the next time your politically correct and racially attuned chums start proling on about white people stealing the black mans music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Original recording of an 80's classic hit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 There's loads of dance tracks which fall into this category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Heard this on the radio recently, I'd thought it was a Hall & Oates song for 30 odd years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DTMark Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 You all knew I'd post something like this one, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfy Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 'a message to you Rudy' by the specials, originally by dandy Livingstone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Heard the more famous cover of this on the radio earlier.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Actually I don't think I realised half the charts weren't originals when I was a kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monks Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Heard this beauty on 6 Music Breakfast show a few weeks back and presumed it was a modern funky ironic cover of Simply Red! The Valentine Brothers - Money's too tight (to mention) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 heard a tune sung by the osmunds that i assumed was a take that (?) tune.. was a clip on thw one show tonight. do not judge me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay67 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Most people think "Dazed and Confused" was a Led Zeppelin song, but it was written by Jake Holmes and previously performed by The Yardbirds. (And to lower the tone a bit, the Beach Boys song 'Never Learn Not To Love' was a slightly rewritten version of 'Cease To Exist' by Charles Manson.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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