BIRP 43 - Cover Songs Volume 2

Blue Island Radio Podcast

EPISODE 43 - COVER SONGS VOLUME 2 DUKES OF HAMBURG - (ROLLING STONES) EMPTY HEART - 2002 LP - SOME FOLKS BY THE DUKES OF HAMBURG - GEAR HEAD RECORDS - THE BEACHCOMBERS (ORIG BY DON & DEWEY FROM 1959) - FARMER JOHN - 1965? THE HEADCOATEES - DAVEY CROCKETT - 1992 - DAMAGED GOODS RECORDS THE PEBBLES - HEY BO DIDDLEY - THE PEBBLES - FIRST ALBUM - 1997 - SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY DON AND THE GOOD TIMES - 9RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS 1963) LITTLE LATIN LUPE LU - NOT ACTUALLY RELEASED AS A SINGLE - 1965-66? FIVE BY FIVE - COVERING JIMI HENDRIX FIRE - 1968 - PAULA RECORDS - WENT TO #52 ON THE CHARTS THE END (FROM CHICAGO) - (COVERING BUDDY HOLLY) NOT FADE AWAY - 1966 - CHA CHA RECORDS SENIOR COCONUT - KRAFTWERKS NEON LIGHTS (CHA CHA CHA) - EL BAILE (A-LAY-MAN) ALEMAN - 1999 - EMPEROR NORTON RECORDS SET TWO: RITA CHAO & THE QUESTS - HANKY PANKY 1967 (ORIG RECORDED BY THE RAINDROPS BUT FIRST 1963 - BUT WAS MADE FAMOUS BY TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS) IN 1966 PILLS - NEW YORK DOLLS 1973 MERCURY RECORDS (ORIG BY BO DIDDLEY 1961) - THE JAM - SLOW DOWN - FROM DEBUT LP IN THE CITY 1977 (ORING REC. BY LARRY WILLIAMS 1958) ROLLINGSTONES FROM SELF TITLED LP - COVERING A SONG THAT’S BEEN RECORDED BY THGE LIKES OF DEPECHE MODE, THE CRAMPS, CHUCK BERRY AND COUNTLESS OTHERS - ROUTE 66 (1964 LONDON RECORDS) - COMPOSED BY BOBBY TROUPE IN 1946 & AND MADE FAMOUS THAT SAME YEAR BY THE NAT KING COLE TRIO BLACK FLAG - LOUIE LOUIE 1981 WITH DEZ CADENA ON VOCALS (ORIG BY RICHARD BERRY 1957) SAMMY DAVIS JR. - IN THE GHETTO - 1970 MOTOWN ALBUM SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY WHICH FLOPPED WHEN THE LABEL REFUSED TO RELEASE ANY OF THE SONGS AS SINGLES - (WRITTEN BY MAC DAVIS AND MADE FANOUS BY ELVIS PRESLEY IN 1969 AND LATER COVERED BY NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS IN 1984 SENOIR COCONUT - THIS TIME DOING A COVER OF KRAFTWERK’S SET THREE: JACKIE DE SHANNON - PUIT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART - 1969 - IMPERIAL RECORDS THE CIRCLE JERKS - JUST LIKE ME (FROM THE 1982 LP WILD IN THE STREETS ON FAULTY RECORDS) ORIG RECORDED BY PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS IN 1965 GARLAND JEFFEREYS - WILD IN THE STREETS - 1973 - ATLANTIC RECORDS - LATER COVERED BY WHO? THE CIRCLE JERKS - IT’S ALSO THE SONG PLAYED DURING THE OPENING CREDITS OF THE NETFLIX SHOW “THE GET DOWN” THE SOUL AGENTS - FOXY LADY - 1967 ATAC RECORDS - THE SAME YEAR THAT THE ORIGINAL WAS RELEASED GLORIA JONES - TAINTED LOVE - 1965 - CHAMPION RECORDS - LOTS OF PEOPLE RECORDED IT BUT SOFT CELL PROBABLY HAD THE MOST SUCCESS KNOCK ON WOOD - ARCHIE BELL AND THE DRELLS 1968 - ATLANTIC RECORDS (ORIG VERSION RECORED BY EDDIE FLOYD 1966 - STAX RECORDS) THEE HEADCOATS - SHADOW - THHE ELEMENTARY SINGLES 1990 - 1990 FROM DAMAGED GOODS RECORDS 2000 ( ORIG VERSION RECORDED BY THE LURKERS AND CAN BE FOUND ON THEIR 1978 LP FULHAM FALLOUT ON BEGGARS BANQUET RECORDS WENDY FROM 1987 “LIVEAGE” LP RECORDED AT FIRST AVE. IN MINNEAPOLIS - (ORIG BY THE BEACH BOYS) 1966 PLAYING BEHIND ME NOW IS SITAR A-GO-GO BY PAIKAN AND THE MIGHT MACOMBOS FROM 2010