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Post by chrislc on Nov 19, 2023 17:58:01 GMT -5
I was listening to I Say A Little Prayer by Dionne and Aretha. Both are great but they are pre-Casey.
So from 1970-88, what two (or more) version - both Top 40 - hits - do you feel were the best?
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Post by LC on Nov 19, 2023 18:45:50 GMT -5
Funkytown, Lipps Inc. & Pseudoecho.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Nov 19, 2023 19:48:42 GMT -5
Funkytown, Lipps Inc. & Pseudoecho. That's going to be a hard one to top; Pseudo Echo did a terrific remake. Up there, IMO, is "Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson & Pet Shop Boys). Drastically different, they are, but both versions reaching the top 5. |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 19, 2023 19:55:12 GMT -5
"Let's Stay Together," Al Green and Tina Turner. One is an all-time soul classic; the other launched the greatest comeback in pop music history.
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Post by mga707 on Nov 19, 2023 20:04:18 GMT -5
I was listening to I Say A Little Prayer by Dionne and Aretha. Both are great but they are pre-Casey. And both are less than a year apart. Dionne charted on 10/21/67, Aretha's remake followed (as the "B' side of "The House That Jack Built") 10 months later, 8/17/68. The other classic example of close-together original and remake occurred at about the same time: Gladys Knight and Pips debuting on the chart the very same week as Dionne with "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", while Marvin Gaye would make it one of the decade's biggest hits with his remake that charted 13 months later on 11/23/68. |
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Post by mkarns on Nov 19, 2023 20:05:24 GMT -5
“Lean On Me” by Bill Withers and Club Nouveau. Two very different arrangements of a great song—and both hit #1.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Nov 19, 2023 20:05:55 GMT -5
How about “Walk This Way” by Aerosmith (original) and Run-DMC (cover)? Aerosmith’s version is still in heavy rotation, and Run-DMCs version helped to launch rap on the pop charts.
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Post by mga707 on Nov 19, 2023 20:08:01 GMT -5
Willing to bet that no one's going to nominate "I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing" for this honor. Or the 1971 'three-fer' that was "Love Story".  |
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Post by chrislc on Nov 19, 2023 20:19:21 GMT -5
It's too bad Casey didn't start six months earlier because Let's Work Together. It never gets old. What a great, great record. I love Kansas City, too. I should dig deep on Wilbert.
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Post by chrislc on Nov 19, 2023 20:26:15 GMT -5
I was listening to I Say A Little Prayer by Dionne and Aretha. Both are great but they are pre-Casey. And both are less than a year apart. Dionne charted on 10/21/67, Aretha's remake followed (as the "B' side of "The House That Jack Built") 10 months later, 8/17/68. The other classic example of close-together original and remake occurred at about the same time: Gladys Knight and Pips debuting on the chart the very same week as Dionne with "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", while Marvin Gaye would make it one of the decade's biggest hits with his remake that charted 13 months later on 11/23/68. And both Dionne and Aretha had terrific flip sides, too. Dionne may have the all-time best "lesser of two sides", regardless of which one is chosen (Theme from Valley of the Dolls). It's right up there with some Beatles/Stones/Beach Boys two-siders. |
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Post by jlthorpe on Nov 19, 2023 20:26:41 GMT -5
It's too bad Casey didn't start six months earlier because Let's Work Together. It never gets old. What a great, great record. I love Kansas City, too. I should dig deep on Wilbert. Also we would have had both versions of "Venus". Love the Bananarama version and the Shocking Blue version is good as well. |
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Post by mkarns on Nov 19, 2023 20:31:44 GMT -5
It's too bad Casey didn't start six months earlier because Let's Work Together. It never gets old. What a great, great record. I love Kansas City, too. I should dig deep on Wilbert. Also we would have had both versions of "Venus". Love the Bananarama version and the Shocking Blue version is good as well. Also two versions of “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, from Simon and Garfunkel in early 1970 and Aretha Franklin in 1971. |
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Post by chrislc on Nov 19, 2023 20:52:10 GMT -5
Willing to bet that no one's going to nominate "I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing" for this honor. Or the 1971 'three-fer' that was "Love Story". I was looking for the first time this happened with both played by Casey and maybe Love Story is #1 in that respect? |
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Post by chrislc on Nov 19, 2023 20:53:12 GMT -5
Also we would have had both versions of "Venus". Love the Bananarama version and the Shocking Blue version is good as well. Also two versions of “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, from Simon and Garfunkel in early 1970 and Aretha Franklin in 1971. And He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother even earlier. |
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Post by dth1971 on Nov 19, 2023 21:03:36 GMT -5
"Never Can Say Goodbye" - Jackson 5 in 1971, Gloria Gaynor in 1974-1975.
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