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unusual facts about cover songs



A Box of Rain

The book was, at one time, considered the best source of Grateful Dead lyrics, but that spot has since been taken by The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics by David Dodd, which compiles songs not only by Hunter, but by other Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow; this book also includes cover songs and folk songs performed by the Dead.

Dead Ends and Girlfriends

Primarily composed of original material, the album contains three cover songs, "Miz" by Kevin Doss & The Humdingers, "I Want It That Way" by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson, as popularised by the Backstreet Boys, and the theme from the television series "Fraggle Rock" by Dennis Lee and Phillip Balsam, credited with the altered title of "Fraggle Rawk".

EMusic Session EP

It includes two songs from Marshall's previous albums The Greatest and You Are Free as well as two previously unreleased cover songs.

Thirteenth Step

Just prior to the 2004 Presidential Election, the band released Emotive, a collection of political war cover songs, which contained "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums", which was a reinterpretation of the track "Pet", and a remix album titled Amotion, which contained remixed versions of the tracks across their three albums, including the three singles from Thirteenth Step.


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1.22.03.Acoustic

It contains acoustic versions of many of the songs on their international hit album, Songs About Jane, as well as two cover songs (The Beatles' "If I Fell" and AC/DC's "Highway to Hell").

Alina Simone

She is best known for her original songwriting, her album of cover songs by Russian punk poet Yanka Dyagileva, and her collection of autobiographical essays You Must Go And Win.

Big Mouth Billy Bass

Designed by Gemmy Industries, it turns its head towards a person, facing them, and then wiggles its tail on its trophy plaque and sings kitschy cover songs, such as "Don't Worry, Be Happy", and "Take Me To The River" by Al Green.

Fleming and John

The duo has recorded many cover songs, including "Winter Wonderland" (to the tune of Led Zeppelin's "Misty Mountain Hop"), "Eldorado" (Electric Light Orchestra), "California Dreamin'" (the Mamas & the Papas), "Somebody to Love" (Jefferson Airplane), "After the Lovin'" (Engelbert Humperdinck).

Give Us a Wink

Previously they had relied on cover songs or writers such as Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.

Himekanvas

The CD+DVD version contains a DVD of all her PVs and on the cd it has 2 cover songs: One song she sang in her final at the Animax Anison Grand Prix and the other is a piano version of her own song "Asu e no Kizuna".

I'm Talking with My Mouth

It consists of five cover songs and was sometimes included with pressings of their debut album, Rabbit Songs.

Introducing The Whitlams

The album features a mix of original and cover songs, including songs written by Whopping Big Naughty frontman Stanley Claret (born Justin Hayes, and credited as Justin Credible in the liner notes), brother of The Whitlams guitarist Stevie Plunder, and Everything but the Girl, among others.

Jetset Getset

Using the original, single-word name JetSetGetset, the group performed cover songs to pre-recorded Karaoke tracks at local festivals, as well as some larger venues, including the Kentucky Speedway, the Minnesota State Fair, and the nationally syndicated television program “The Molly B Polka Party” on the RFD-TV network.

Just Lookin' for a Hit

It includes eight singles from his 1980s albums for Reprise Records, as well as two newly recorded cover songs: "Long White Cadillac", originally recorded by The Blasters, and "Sin City", originally recorded by the Flying Burrito Brothers.

Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer Papa Used to Write All Her Songs

The album is largely a collection of cover songs including "I Can See Clearly Now" (originally by Johnny Nash), "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show" (Neil Diamond), and "Listen to the Music" (The Doobie Brothers).

Markus Rill

Two albums came out in 2004: Hobo Dream, produced by guitarist Duane Jarvis and recorded in Nashville, TN and released once again by Blue Rose, and later the same year the self-released The Hobo Companion a collection of live recordings, demos, radio-cuts, and cover songs.

Men'll Be Boys

The album includes two cover songs: "I Will Be Here" was previously released by Steven Curtis Chapman on his 1989 album More to This Life, and "Misery and Gin" was previously released by Merle Haggard on his 1980 album Back to the Barrooms.

Modey Lemon

In 2006, the band appeared in a 'punk club' scene of the film adaptation of Michael Chabon's novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, performing two original songs written for the film as well as two cover songs.

Monks of Doom

In 2006, they released What's Left For Kicks?, an album of cover songs from artists such as Neu!, The Kinks, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Nino Rota, Wire, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Hillage, and Roy Harper, many of which had previously featured in the band's live set.

Nikki Corvette

Originally, they played mainly cover songs as well as a few original songs written by Corvette and her former boyfriend Peter James, who had played with The Romantics.

Out West

There are also a few cover songs, such as "Going Out West" by Tom Waits and "Black Eyed Dog" by Nick Drake (which is combined with "Free to Run" in an extended song).

Some Small History

The album includes a number of cover songs including songs by Ryan Adams, The Undertones, The Magnetic Fields, Prefab Sprout, Sandy Denny and The Strawbs, Hot Chip, Galaxie 500, American Music Club, and Bob Dylan.

Something Like Human

The bonus version of the disc includes an acoustic version of Hemorrhage, and also includes the cover songs "Daniel", originally by Elton John, and "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin.

Stoked for the Holidays

This has led to many memorable cover songs and originals such as Nothing to Say's rendition of 'Feliz Navidad' and I Was a Spy's 'What Child Is This?'.

Support Your Local Record Store

Support Your Local Record Store is a 7" vinyl by post-hardcore band Silverstein, released on April 16, exclusively for Record Store Day. It serves as a 7" vinyl release for the first single off the band's fifth studio album Rescue - "The Artist", and features 3 hardcore punk cover songs as b-sides.

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Two cover songs are also included: the title track, originally a single in 1975 for Elvis Presley, and "Leave My Girl Alone", previously recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan on his 1989 album In Step, and Chicago blues guitarist Buddy Guy before that.

Tanghetto

It's an album that contains 12 remixed versions of Tanghetto songs plus two cover songs (Enjoy the Silence, from Depeche Mode and New Order's Blue Monday.

The Covers Record

The album consists almost entirely of cover songs, along with a new version of Marshall's song "In this Hole," which initially appeared on Cat Power's 1996 album, What Would the Community Think.

The Kwartet

Replacing Dean Rottau with Billy Ford, modifying their band name, and adopting a new, oldies, a capella repertoire, the band put together an EP of cover songs titled Enter the Cactus, including covers of Wham!'s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, The Temptations' My Girl, and The Foundations' Build Me Up Buttercup.

The Last Royals

While working on a debut full-length album, the band posted several downloadable cover songs in Spring 2011, including Unbelievable by EMF, If You Leave by OMD and Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O'Connor.

The Postmarks

By the Numbers is a series of cover songs released every month of 2008 with each track containing a number in the title.

Todd Snider

On December 20, 2013, Snider debuted a new band called Hard Working Americans at a benefit concert at the Boulder Thester in Boulder, CO for Colorado Flood Relief.The band's first album is a collection of lesser known cover songs, to be released January, 2014.

Try!

The CD includes two cover songs, "Wait Until Tomorrow" by Jimi Hendrix, and "I Got a Woman" by Ray Charles; two of Mayer's previous album, Heavier Things's songs, "Daughters" and "Something's Missing"; and also showcased two songs from Mayer's then forthcoming album, Continuum, "Vultures" and "Gravity".

Under Blackpool Lights

Among these tracks, there are some cover songs such as "Take a Whiff on Me" (Lead Belly), "Outlaw Blues" (Bob Dylan), "Jack the Ripper" (Screaming Lord Sutch), "Jolene" (Dolly Parton), "Death Letter" (Son House), "Goin' Back to Memphis" (Soledad Brothers), and "De Ballit of de Boll Weevil" (Lead Belly).

Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London

Like their previous live albums, this set features 6 songs, however because of the amount of material the band had thus far, no cover songs are featured (although bits of covers are scattered throughout the show, including Deep Purple's Highway Star, Santana's Soul Sacrifice, and even the McDonald's theme).