"Hit Me Baby One More Time" - cover songs that hit

[nativeNY63]

"I Heard It Through The Grapevine", " Am I The Same Girl", "Hound Dog", "Midnight Train to Georgia" - some of the iconic original songs that
we're covered and hit BIG!

Ground Rules: Name the original song & artist.
Who covered it and how it charted. [[even if it was a different genre!) Please use the above examples too.

Go!

[Motown Eddie]

Here's a couple of big ones:

The Temptations'-"Get Ready" [[covered by Rare Earth-1970 R&B#20/Pop#4)
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's-"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" [[covered by Diana Ross-1970 R&B & Pop#1).
The Temptations'-"War" [[covered by Edwin Starr 1970-R&B & Pop#1).

[motony]

"Young & In Love" Ruby & The Romantics but hit big by the Marvelettes 4 years later.

[Motown Eddie]

One More:

Bob Dylan's- "Blowin' In The Wind" [[covered by Stevie Wonder-1966 R&B#1/Pop#9).

[Motown Eddie]

And:

Johnny & Jackey's "Someday We'll Be Together" [[covered by Diana Ross & The Supremes-1969 R&B & Pop#1).

[copley]

'Walk Away Renee' - Left Banke. Was a big hit in the US but failed in the UK. A year or so later the Four Tops version was massive in the UK reaching #3 and #14 US.

'If I Were A Carpenter' - Bobby Darin was huge in UK #9 & US #8. About 18 mths later the Four Tops version hit UK #7 & US #20.

[copley]

Beatles - 'We Can Work It Out' #1 UK & US. About 5 years later Stevie Wonder's cover charted UK #27 & US #13.

[copley]

Martha's 'Dancing In The Street US #2. The UK finally caught up with it big time peaking at #4 in a 1969 re-issue after stalling at #28 upon it's initial release. The Bowie/Jagger charity version reached UK #1 & US #7.

[copley]

Temptations - '[[I Know) I'm Losing You' UK #19 & US #8. Rare Earth hit US #7 a few years later.

[copley]

Temptations - 'Smiling Faces Sometimes' was planned as the third single from 'Sky's the Limit' but Eddie left and it was re-recorded by Undisputed Truth and peaked at US #3.

[copley]

Marvelettes - 'Please Mr Postman' US #1. 14 years later the Carpenters also made US #1 and UK #2.

[copley]

Four Tops - 'Reach Out [[I'll Be There)' UK & US #1. Eight years later Gloria Gaynor made UK #14 & US #60.

Jackson 5 - 'Never Can Say Goodbye' UK #33 & US #2. Several years later Gloria Gaynor's cover made UK #2 & US #9.

[copley]

Supremes - 'You Keep Me Hangin' On' UK #8 & US #1. The following year Vanilla Fudge's version made UK #18 & US #6. In 1986 Kim Wilde's version reached UK #2 & US #1.

[copley]

Supremes - 'You Can't Hurry Love' UK #3 & US #1. In 1982 Phil Collins went to UK #1 & US #10.

[Sotosound]

Martha's 'Dancing In The Street US #2. The UK finally caught up with it big time peaking at #4 in a 1969 re-issue after stalling at #28 upon it's initial release. The Bowie/Jagger charity version reached UK #1 & US #7.

Not only was it a charity single but from my own personal perspective I reckon that people bought it as an act of charity. I don't see any other reason why someone would buy it.

YMMV. :)

[Motown Eddie]

The Temptations-"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" [from Gettin' Ready LP-1966] [[covered by Marvin Gaye-1969 R&B#1/Pop#4)
Johnny & Jackey-"Do You See My Love For You Growing" 1962 [[covered by Jr. Walker & The All Stars-1970 R&B#3/Pop#32).

[Motown Eddie]

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass-"Don't Leave Me This Way" [from Wake Up Everybody LP-1975] [[covered by Thelma Houston-1976 R&B/Pop #1).

[nativeNY63]

'Walk Away Renee' - Left Banke. Was a big hit in the US but failed in the UK. A year or so later the Four Tops version was massive in the UK reaching #3 and #14 US.

'If I Were A Carpenter' - Bobby Darin was huge in UK #9 & US #8. About 18 mths later the Four Tops version hit UK #7 & US #20.

Way to go Tops!

[nativeNY63]

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass-"Don't Leave Me This Way" [from Wake Up Everybody LP-1975] [[covered by Thelma Houston-1976 R&B/Pop #1).
Thelma's cover was monster in '76! Especially in da clubs.

[rovereab]

The Stylistics You Are Everything didn't chart in the UK [[as far as I can establish) but Diana and Marvin's version reached no 5 in the UK chart. At the time this was a massively popular song in clubs, well deserved too!

[lockhartgary]

G.C Cameron: "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" charted US R&B #38 in 1975, Boys to Men covered in 1991, charted #1 R&b, #2 Hot 100

[nativeNY63]

G.C Cameron: "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" charted US R&B #38 in 1975, Boys to Men covered in 1991, charted #1 R&b, #2 Hot 100

Cooley High soundtrack for GC. And I believe BIIM won a boatload of accolades for their cover. The were the premiere boy band of the'90's!

[Motown Eddie]

And we can't forget "Love Hangover". Both Diana Ross & The 5th Dimension had competing versions of the song, but it's Diana's version that topped the charts [[and ruled on the dance floor) back in 1976.

[grapevine]

...from wikipedia

..."You've Made Me So Very Happy" is a song written by Brenda Holloway [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Holloway), Patrice Holloway [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Holloway), Frank Wilson [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wilson_[[musician)) and Berry Gordy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Gordy), and was released first as a single in 1967 by Brenda Holloway on the Tamla [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown_Records) label. The song was later a huge hit for jazz-rock [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz-rock) band Blood, Sweat & Tears [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood,_Sweat_%26_Tears) in 1969, and became a Gold record.

:)

[nativeNY63]

And Berry took Barbara Acklin's non-hit, "Am I The Same Girl", dropped her vocals and added a piano intro/ outro. And with just the backing track, [[without background singers too.) turned it into an instrumental. It was # 3 on the Top 100 in '69 as "Soulful Strut". - Wikipedia

[Levi Stubbs Tears]

"Heaven Must Have Sent You" by the Elgins only made #50 in the US charts but a dozen years later Bonnie Pointer's slightly-disco version made it to #11.

[nativeNY63]

George Michael & Mary J. covered Stevie's "As". I believe it charted in the '90's.

[marv2]

The Stylistics You Are Everything didn't chart in the UK [[as far as I can establish) but Diana and Marvin's version reached no 5 in the UK chart. At the time this was a massively popular song in clubs, well deserved too!

The Stylistics' original recording is the classic version in the U.S. Not sure if most people here know about the Diana Ross/Marvin Gaye version.

[marv2]

"Heaven Must Have Sent You" by the Elgins only made #50 in the US charts but a dozen years later Bonnie Pointer's slightly-disco version made it to #11.

Bonnie's version was bombastic!

[JohnnyB]

The Stylistics' original recording is the classic version in the U.S. Not sure if most people here know about the Diana Ross/Marvin Gaye version.

Linda Ronstadt covered The Miracles twice with charting singles:

The Tracks Of My Tears - #25, 1975
Ooo Baby Baby - #7, 1978

[BritishTony]

Tammi Terrell's "This Old Heart Of Mine" filled the dancefloors in Leeds in the 70T's and drove me crazy. For me the beginning of disco. No really!

[nativeNY63]

"Lately" by Stevie. Covered by, no less than, Tyrese, Anita Baker, and Jodeci. All good covers, but Steveland's has the original magic! Timeless!

[dylan]

Hi nativeNY63,
'Just want to make a slight correction regarding AM I THE SAME GIRL? / SOULFUL STRUT. This was recorded for the Brunswick label. And it was producer Carl Davis who dropped the vocals and turned it into an instrumental.

[nativeNY63]

Hi nativeNY63,
'Just want to make a slight correction regarding AM I THE SAME GIRL? / SOULFUL STRUT. This was recorded for the Brunswick label. And it was producer Carl Davis who dropped the vocals and turned it into an instrumental.

Thank you, Dylan!