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Post by 1finemrg on Sept 29, 2022 22:08:07 GMT -5
"Hi-De-Ho" by Blood, Sweat and Tears was originally recorded by The City featuring Carole King (co-writer) on lead vocals. The City's version was titled "That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)"  "Danny's Song" by Anne Murray was previously recorded by Loggins & Messina. However, it was not the original version. The original version from 1970 was by the Los Angeles studio group Gator Creek. Kenny Loggins was a member and sang lead.  |
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Post by dth1971 on Sept 30, 2022 6:41:19 GMT -5
And one more: Whitney Houston's 1996-1997 song from the movie soundtrack of "The Preacher's Wife" called "Step By Step" was first done by Annie Lennox in 1992.
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Post by LC on Sept 30, 2022 11:41:15 GMT -5
"Hi-De-Ho" by Blood, Sweat and Tears was originally recorded by The City featuring Carole King (co-writer) on lead vocals. The City's version was titled "That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)" That solves a mystery for me of how Carole King "wrote a song for BST." |
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 1, 2022 17:59:00 GMT -5
"Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy hit #1 in 1973, but Tanya Tucker failed to chart with it on American Top 40 the year before.
"Delta Dawn" was also covered by Bette Midler, but it was on the B side of Bette Midler's "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". |
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 1, 2022 20:30:46 GMT -5
You can't cover this thread thoroughly without mentioning Laura Nyro: Three Dog Night - Eli's Coming  And When I Die - Blood, Sweat And Tears Barbra Streisand - Stoney End Barbra also recorded two of Laura's songs that reached the Hot 100, but missed the Top 40: "Time And Love", "Flim-Flam Man (Hands Off The Man)"  Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues  - Stoned Soul Picnic - Blowing Away - Sweet Blindness - Save The Country The irony is that the only time Laura reached the Hot 100, it was with a cover of King/Goffin's "Up On The Roof" |
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Post by LC on Oct 1, 2022 21:41:04 GMT -5
"Rhythm of My Heart" was a US Top 40 hit for Scotsman Rod Stewart in 1991, five years after it was first recorded by Dutch artist Rene Shuman, and in 1996 it hit the UK Top 40 in a cover by the Scottish band Runrig. The song was co-written by American-born Canadian Marc Jordan.
How's that for an international song?
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 2, 2022 8:23:26 GMT -5
And if you included Casey's Countdown AC: In 1994, Kenny Loggins' "Return to Pooh Corner" which made the top 20 AC chart is a remake of Loggins and Messina's "House on Pooh Corner" which was also originally done by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but Loggins and Messina's and Dirt Band's versions didn't make the top 40 reaches of the Billboard Hot 100.
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Post by Hervard on Oct 2, 2022 11:13:15 GMT -5
And if you included Casey's Countdown AC: In 1994, Kenny Loggins' "Return to Pooh Corner" which made the top 20 AC chart is a remake of Loggins and Messina's "House on Pooh Corner" which was also originally done by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but Loggins and Messina's and Dirt Band's versions didn't make the top 40 reaches of the Billboard Hot 100. That was the version where Kenny added a third verse, replacing the bridge, where he and Messina sang "la la la" to the tune of the verses in their original version. Wasn't Amy Grant featured on the 1994 version as well? Yeah, I remember hearing that on Casey's Countdown back in the summer of 1994. |
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Post by mrjukebox on Oct 2, 2022 11:25:08 GMT -5
Manfred Mann's Earth Band reached the top forty with two songs that were written & first recorded by Bruce Springsteen:"Blinded By The Light" & "Spirit In The Night"-Bruce never charted on the Billboard Hot 100 with those aforementioned songs.
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Post by seminolefan on Oct 3, 2022 2:09:13 GMT -5
Mr. Telephone Man - New Edition (originally recorded by Junior Tucker)
Jam Tonight - Freddie Jackson (originally recorded by Howard Johnson as "Jam Song")
Happy - Surface (originally recorded by Hi-Tension as "You Make Me Happy")
That's What Friends Are For - Dionne & Friends (originally recorded by Rod Stewart)
Show And Tell - Al Wilson (originally recorded by Johnny Mathis)
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Post by seminolefan on Oct 5, 2022 11:00:47 GMT -5
Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore (originally recorded by Wilma Burgess)
Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross (originally recorded by Thelma Houston)
Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston (originally recorded by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes)
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Post by giannirubino on Oct 5, 2022 12:38:52 GMT -5
1982's #19 Personally by Karla Bonoff was released in 1978 by Jackie Moore.
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Post by seminolefan on Oct 5, 2022 14:18:11 GMT -5
I Found Someone - Cher (originally recorded by Laura Branigan)
C'est La Vie - Robbie Nevil (originally recorded by Beau Williams)
Get Here - Oleta Adams (originally recorded by Brenda Russell)
Don't Turn Around - Ace Of Base (originally recorded by Tina Turner)
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Post by Hervard on Oct 5, 2022 14:50:06 GMT -5
Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore - Kane Roberts (originally recorded by Cher)
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Post by dth1971 on Oct 5, 2022 20:17:52 GMT -5
Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore - Kane Roberts (originally recorded by Cher) "Does Anybody Really Fall In Love Anymore" was to originally have been recorded by Bon Jovi for their "Slippery When Wet" album, but wasn't. |
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