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Devoted Spirits: A Tribute to Earth Wind and Fire

Devoted Spirits: A Tribute to Earth Wind and Fire is a tribute album to the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire by the band Devoted Spirits which consists of former EWF members Larry Dunn, Sheldon Reynolds and Morris Pleasure.

Down by the Seaside

Plant would later record "Down by the Seaside" as a duet with Tori Amos for the 1995 Led Zeppelin tribute album Encomium.

Dugan McNeill

McNeill has also worked on producing, engineering, and mixing tribute albums dedicated to bands such as ABBA, Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, Michael W. Smith, and The Rolling Stones.

Electric Chubbyland: Popa Chubby Plays Jimi Hendrix

Electric Chubbyland: Popa Chubby Plays Jimi Hendrix is a live and studio album by Popa Chubby recorded in tribute to Jimi Hendrix.

Go Cat Go!

Go Cat Go! is a 1996 tribute album to Carl Perkins.

Home to Oblivion: An Elliott Smith Tribute

Home to Oblivion: An Elliott Smith Tribute is a 2006 tribute album to Elliott Smith recorded by Christopher O'Riley.

Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Gaye

Inner City Blues: the Music of Marvin Gaye (also known as Inner City Blues: A Tribute to Marvin Gaye) is a tribute album to soul singer Marvin Gaye who died in 1984.

Jenny O.

In 2011, Jenny O. contributed her version of the Buddy Holly song "I'm Gonna Love You Too" to the tribute album Rave On Buddy Holly, released on Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group); the album also included tracks by Paul McCartney, Fiona Apple, Kid Rock and Lou Reed.

Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash

Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash is a tribute album to country singer Johnny Cash, released on Legacy Recordings on September 24, 2002 (see 2002 in music), several days after the previous tribute album to Cash, Dressed in Black.

Kiss My Ankh

The album title is a play on words, combining the phrase "Kiss My Ass" (also the name of a Kiss tribute album) with a reference to the Egyptian nature of Vinnie Vincent's Kiss character (who wore a golden ankh symbol on his face).

Lass Uns Tanzen

In 2009 it was once again used in the band's cover of Die Fantastischen Vier's "Troy" for the tribute album A Tribute To Die Fantastischen Vier.

Mathieu Boogaerts

2006 – Le Grand Dîner (Tribute album for Dick Annegarn, with songs Les tchèques, and Bébé éléphant (duet with -M-)

Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head

Darrell Till covered "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" for a They Might Be Giants tribute album.

Sal Valentino

After a hiatus from music, Valentino contributed to a 2003 Bob Dylan tribute album, Positively 12th and K, with musician Jackie Greene.

Shae Jones

In addition to her solo career, Jones also appeared on Sisqó's Unleash the Dragon, Gina Thompson's If You Only Knew, Tamia's A Nu Day, Whitney Houston's The Greatest Hits and the Phil Collins tribute Urban Renewal.

Tanya Donelly

The 1995 tribute album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records, included the cover of "Josie and the Pussycats" performed by Tanya Donelly and Juliana Hatfield.

The Swing Kings

The Swing Kings: A Tribute to Benny Goodman is a jazz tribute album co-led by Bucky Pizzarelli and Ray Kennedy dedicated to Benny Goodman, released in 2005 by Victoria Records.


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Aengus Finnan

In 2003 he produced a compilation album entitled Valley Voices as a fundraising effort for a group of concerned citizens, and in 2005 he co-produced Coastline of our Dreams, an Ian Tamblyn tribute album.

American Dust

In September 2009 the label released the Judee Sill tribute album Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill, featuring covers of Sill's songs by Beth Orton, Bill Callahan, Ron Sexsmith, Daniel Rossen, Marissa Nadler and Meg Baird, among others.

Ana Popović

In 2000, she appeared, alongside Eric Burdon, Taj Mahal, Buddy Miles, Double Trouble, Eric Gales and others, on Jimi Hendrix tribute album Blue Haze: Songs of Jimi Hendrix with a cover of the song "Belly Button Window".

Appleseed Recordings

In 1997, for Appleseed’s first major project, Musselman approached numerous wellknown musicians and other creative artists (writer Studs Terkel, actor/writer/director/musician Tim Robbins) with a request to each record a song written, adapted or performed by Pete Seeger for a tribute album to highlight Seeger’s musical contributions and his tradition of mixing songs and political activism.

Cant Get There from Here

The punk band The Mr. T Experience recorded a frenetic cover for the 1992 R.E.M. tribute album Surprise Your Pig.

Chage and Aska

EMI released a compilation tribute album (One Voice the Songs of Chage & Aska) by Western artists (Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy, Lisa Stansfield, Chaka Khan, Michael Hutchence, Alejandro Sanz, Cathy Dennis, Apache Indian, Boy George, Richard Marx, Londonbeat, Marianne Faithfull, and Wendy Matthews).

Chick Corea Elektric Band

In 1996, the band teamed up with Steve Vai's Monsters to record a version of "Rumble" from West Side Story for the RCA Victor tribute album called The Songs of West Side Story.

Chris Batstone

He produced and performed on Suburban Legend's cover of "Rose Tint My World" (singing along with Aaron Bertram, Dallas Cook, and Vince Walker) on an unreleased tribute album.

Colin Moulding

He later played bass and co-produced one track on the 1994 Sam Phillips album Martinis and Bikinis, and in 2005, he contributed to Billy Sherwood's Pink Floyd tribute album Return to the Dark Side of the Moon, playing bass and singing lead vocal on "Brain Damage." It has also been announced that Moulding will be appearing on Sherwood's next album.

Dan Sultan

Paul Kelly invited Sultan and Wilson to contribute to the Kev Carmody tribute album, Cannot Buy My Soul, as well as the concert of the same name at the Sydney Festival 2008 and Queensland Music Festival 2009.

Die Kassierer

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the band in 2005 nineteen artists, including the Donots, Die Lokalmatadore, Hennes Bender, Emscherkurve 77 and Mambo Kurt recorded songs of Die Kassierer for a tribute album, also called "Kunst".

Din Within

In 2012, a new tribute album to Yes (band), featuring "cover" versions from across the discography of the popular long-running band, featured Din Within's unique take on the song "Changes" (from 90125.) Released by Mellow Records (Italy) in May 2012, it is a two-disc compilation featuring progressive rock bands from around the world.

Donny Paycheck

He is also credited for recording with Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam on the Ramones tribute album We're a Happy Family, Amy Nelson (Willie Nelson's daughter)on the soundtrack for the gift and the 2008 Toxic Holocaust an Overdose of Death.

Dylan Hudecki

He has also recorded a solo cover of Rheostatics' "Satan is the Whistler" for the 2007 Rheostatics tribute album The Secret Sessions.

Electric Boys

1992: "King Kong Song" - ABBA cover - for the Swedish ABBA tribute album ABBA: The Tribute, released on Polar Music.

Eyehategod discography

The band also appear on several compilations, namely the Gummo soundtrack, Cry Now, Cry Later series of 7 inches, and appear on the Melvins tribute album We Reach: The Music of the Melvins covering "Easy As It Was".

Fala Mangueira!

Fala Mangueira! is a 1968 tribute album to the Mangueira Samba School founded by Cartola.

First String Teenage High: The Songs of Tullycraft Played By People Who Aren't

A second tribute album titled Wish I'd Kept A Scrapbook: A Tribute to Tullycraft was released on Unchikun Records in 2010.

Hidrogenesse

In May 2012 they released a tribute album to Alan Turing, Un dígito binario dudoso. Recital para Alan Turing ("A doubtful digital bit. Recital for Alan Turing"), a recital that debuted in their opening shows for The Magnetic Fields 2012 Spanish tour.

Ian Tamblyn

In 2008 Tamblyn, along with Bruce Cockburn and other Canadian folk artists released Dancing Alone, a two CD tribute album of the songs of influential Canadian songwriter and poet William Hawkins.

Idir

Idir restarted his career once again with Identités in 1999, a tribute album which joined numerous artists together including Manu Chao, Dan Ar Braz, Maxime Le Forestier, and Karen Matheson for a "A Vava Inouva 2".

Joan Manuel Serrat

That same year, a tribute album called Serrat, eres único was made to honour his career, featuring artists such as Diego Torres, Ketama, Rosario Flores, Joaquín Sabina, and Antonio Flores.

Johnny Cash Remixed

Johnny Cash Remixed is a tribute album to country musician, Johnny Cash featuring remixes of Johnny Cash's songs by various artists, such as The Heavy and Alabama 3.

Jumping Someone Else's Train

The song was covered by the Brooklyn-based band "Luff" for the 2008 American Laundromat Records tribute album Just Like Heaven - A Tribute to The Cure and by Army Navy on Manimal Vinyl's tribute Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure.

Katteni-Shiyagare

They also performed a cover of Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" with fellow Sony Music Japan artist Mika Nakashima, which was released on the Katteni-Shiyagare tribute album and also included with her single Eien no Uta.

King Midas In Reverse

The Posies covered the song in 1995 for the tribute album Sing Hollies in Reverse.

Koray Candemir

In 2006, he recorded “Yeniden Gelsem Dunyaya” for the tribute album for Tanju Eren and “Belki bir gun” (Maybe One Day) for “Barda” (At The Bar) movie soundtrack.

Lasse Myrvold

Tore Renberg had an extensive interview with Myrvold 2006, and was host at the release party for the tribute album, where also Natalie held a touching speech for her father.

Last Child

Mickey Thomas, Earl Slick, Nathan East and Steve Ferrone covered the song for the Aerosmith tribute album Not the Same Old Song and Dance (Eagle Records, 1999).

Lennon Bermuda

Lennon Bermuda is a tribute album and book inspired by John Lennon’s visit to Bermuda in 1980, where he recorded his Double Fantasy album.

Little Texas

Also in 1993, the band contributed a cover of the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to the tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles.

Marc Riley

In 1988, he co-produced (with Jon Langford) a Johnny Cash tribute album, Til Things are Brighter, to raise funds for the Terrence Higgins Trust.

Marvin Is 60: A Tribute Album

Marvin Is 60: A Tribute Album is the second tribute album dedicated to Motown recording artist Marvin Gaye, released by Motown in 1999.

Matti Kärki

Moreover, he was the bass player for General Surgery during 1988 to 1990, and joined again in early 2000 when the band was temporarily resurrected to record a song for the Carcass tribute album Requiems of Revulsion.

Michiro Endo

One entitled Romantist - The Stalin, Michiro Endo Tribute Album, which features bands such as Buck-Tick, Dir en grey, Group Tamashii and Jun Togawa covering The Stalin and Endo's solo songs.

Noctura

On September 27, 2011, X103 released a tribute album to Nirvana titled Forevermind, which features a cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Noctura.

Novembar

In 2002, the band participated the Milan Mladenović tribute album Kao da je bilo nekad... Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću (As if It Had Happened Sometime... (Dedicated to Milan Mladenović)) with the cover version of the track "O, O, O...", originally released on the Šarlo Akrobata album Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad... (Brighter or Dumber a Man Becomes When...).

Rising Low

Rising Low is Mike Gordon's second feature film - a documentary based on the life and death of Gov't Mule bassist Allen Woody and the making of a double-disc tribute album featuring a host of legendary bass players.

Society Burning

Over the next two years, the musicians worked mostly independently: Daveoramma worked with a cast of voices to bridge songs for the parody/tribute album Cyberpunk Fiction while Boom chr Paige worked as remixer for artists including Leæther Strip, Purr Machine, THD, Urania, Hexedene, and Battery.

Teenage Lament '74

Tyla released a version of the song on the 1993 tribute album, Welcome to Our Nightmare: A Tribute to Alice Cooper.

The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2

"The Blues and The Abstract Truth, Take2" is a tribute album to Oliver Nelson by American jazz pianist Bill Cunliffe, particularly Nelson's 1961 The Blues and the Abstract Truth.

The Greatest Songs of the Sixties

The classics performed in this album includes Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", Elvis Presley's #1 hit "Can't Help Falling in Love", Beatles' "And I Love Her" and Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night" (the latter first appeared on Manilow's Sinatra-tribute album Manilow Sings Sinatra in 1998).

The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album

This John Fahey tribute album was produced by Jon Monday, former art director and later Vice President and General Manager of Fahey's label, Takoma Records.

The Sessions Band

These included "We Shall Overcome", which was released on the 1998 tribute album, Where Have All The Flowers Gone: The Songs Of Pete Seeger.

Tim Mech

Mech joined Barenaked Ladies onstage playing the guitar solo (which he played on the original album version) for a live cover of Rheostatics' "Legal Age Life at Variety Store" for the 2007 Rheostatics tribute album The Secret Sessions.

Wunmi

In 2002, she also collaborated with Bugz in the Attic on the Red Hot Organization's tribute album to Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, appearing on a track titled "Zombie (Part One)." The album, Red Hot and Riot, was released to highly favorable reviews across the board, and all proceeds of the album were donated to AIDS charities.

You Make Me Feel So Free

Sinéad O'Connor performed the song on the Van Morrison tribute album No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison.