The lesser-known original version

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  1. SurrealCereal

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    I much prefer Badfinger's version of "Without You" to the more popular Harry Nilsson version.
     
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  2. O Don Piano

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    Well, Zep didn't cover this and rename it.
    They certainly stole from it, and improved on it 100%.......
     
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  4. BluesOvertookMe

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    He has a great voice!
     
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  5. geo50000

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    Lou Johnson - "Reach Out For Me" (1963)
    Dionne Warwick would have the bigger hit a year later...
     
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  6. ALAN SICHERMAN

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    "Devil With The Blue Dress On" made famous by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
    was originally a single, release by Motown's Shorty Long.
     
  7. Dave Thompson

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    Metro's 1977 original of "Criminal World" wiped the floor with David Bowie's 1983 cover...
     
  8. BradOlson

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    Charlie Rich's Sun Records original version of "On My Knees" which he would later have a huge hit with as a duet with Janie Fricke
     
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  9. JozefK

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  11. dance_hall_keeper

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    "Last Kiss" - Wayne Cochran, 1961. It was later made a hit by J. Frank
    Wilson and the Cavaliers in 1964.
     
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  12. Luvtemps

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    Think[The Five Royales]covered by[James Brown]..Dedicated To The One I Love[The Five Royales]covered by[The Shirelles].
     
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  13. dance_hall_keeper

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    "Try a Little Tenderness" - Ray Noble and His Orchestra, 1932.
     
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  14. dance_hall_keeper

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    Complete with a wailin' sax:

    "Barbara Ann" - The Regents, 1961.
     
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  15. JozefK

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    Billy Joe Royal - "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden" (1967)

     
  16. Back then, I got the impression that Meredith was trying to establish a singing career. I remember one or two other episodes, where she returned (after being away) and sang for everyone. It was almost like a "guest spot", even tho she was supposedly still part of the cast. So it was possibly in her contract, that she'd be the featured singer on this song. I'm just guessing.
     
  17. RK2249

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    Whitesnake: Here I Go Again, Cryin' In The Rain, Fool For Your Lovin'...before Whitesnake re-recorded them in the more well known (and crappier) versions on Whitesnake and Slip Of The Tongue
     
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  18. Joel1963

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    It is just a demo, I know, but still interesting to hear the original of this great Kiss song.
     
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  19. Joel1963

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    Another original of a this time less than great Kiss song,
     
  20. Joel1963

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    Don't know if this has been posted, but more Kiss-related.
     
  21. Joel1963

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    Wonderful song, but this was much lower on the charts than the Deniece Williams 1982 top-10 hit.

     
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  22. Luvtemps

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    Folks may not know that the classic Motown hit[I Heard It Through The Grapevine]was first recorded by The Miracles,but used as album filler.
     
  23. BradOlson

    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

    A very scratchy needle drop, but this is the original version of the Kenny Rogers hit "Twenty Years Ago."
     
  24. JozefK

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    The original no strings, no backing vocals version of Harold Dorman's "Mountain of Love" (1960)

     
  25. JozefK

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    The Dave Bailey Quintet - "Comin' Home Baby" (1961)

    Instrumental; later lyrics were added and it became a vocal hit for Mel Torme

     
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