AA01: WHO DID THE ORIGINAL?

Submitted by jblack on Wed, 03/21/2001 - 06:35
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  • 1. i heard it through the grapevine(gladys knight and the pips by jgandcag)
  • 2. venus9shocking blue by dgeiser1)
  • 3. i will always love you(dolly parton by jgandcag)
  • 4. gloria(them by jgandcag)
  • 5. summertime blues(eddie cochran by jgandcag)
  • 6. without you(Badfinger by joko11)
  • 7. the locomotion(little eva by jgandcag)
  • 8. respect ( the very best version..)(otis"the best" redding by jgandcag)
  • 9. as tears go by Marianne Faithfull by joko11)
  • 10. proud mary(CCR by jgandcag)
Author Comments: 

Note: some of these songs appear in the songwriters list. That doesnt neccisarily mean the writer performed the original version. Keep that in mind. Yet they could have too, so, keep an open mind. Good Luck comrades..

Min03/21/2001

Okay, total guesses here:
4. Van Morrison
5. The Who

I'll be curious to know the rest...seems like I used to know the answers!

jgandcag03/21/2001

1.Gladys Knight and The Pips
2. Frankie Avalon
3. Dolly parton
4. Is Them
5. Eddie Cochran
7. Little Eva
8.Otis Redding but it is no where as good as Aretha
10.CCR

jblack03/22/2001

you ar eright on all guesses. And otis' version is five times that of Aretha's.

jblack03/22/2001

check that number 2 is wrong. I'm looking for who did the original of bananarama's version of Venus.

dgeiser1303/22/2001

2. Venus - Shcoking Blue

jblack03/22/2001

Correctamundo danielson.

jokow1108/09/2001

Badfinger did the original Without you. Great band.

As Tears Go By - I believe Jagger wrote it for his girlfriend Marianne Faithful and she recorded it first.

jblack11/21/2001

jokow11 is correct on both. May i say, congrats!!!

chellybear03/14/2004

If I am thinking of the "without you" that you are talking about... its nilsson. "I can't live/if living is without you"?