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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:29 PM Original message |
How many one-hit-wonders "own" a song first performed by someone else? |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I know I'm gonna catch hell for this but how about Patti Smith "Because the Night"? |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I've never heard that. Is it online anyplace that you know of? |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Natalie Merchant and 10,000 Maniacs - Because the Night. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. actually "because the night " is a Bruce Springsteen song |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Here is a link to a YouTube version by Patti Smith and Sarah Maclachlan |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I know the Doors did a version of Gloria but I am not sure if jim |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. "Gloria" was written by Van Morrison and originally recorded by hiis band, Them |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Woot!! |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I couldn't help it. I had to listen to it. Here's a link: |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I posted the link upthread. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. She cowrote the song with Springsteen. |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Soft Cell, "Tainted Love." |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:54 PM Original message |
Good one! (nt) |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Who did that one first? |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Gloria Jones, in 1964. |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Absolutely! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Dylan's "Mighty Quinn" was a hit for them long before. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Maybe, but |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And I never heard their "Mighty Quinn" until the eighties, I think. n/t |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Don't Leave Me This Way" The Communards(sp) |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Heard it Through the Grapevine |
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blockhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. I think of CCR. nt. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. Manfred Mann: "Doo Wah Diddy." |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Earthquake's version of "Friday On My Mind" |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. the strangeloves originally did "I want Candy" made famous |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. Jimi Hendrix |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. Talking Heads cover of Al Green's 'Take Me To The River" |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
27. Although he's not a one-hit wonder |
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