Favorite Elvis cover song?

I'm sure there are a million, and 90% of which I've never heard, so list what you think are some of the best covers of songs made popular by the King!

I'll start w/ Cheap Trick's cover of Don't Be Cruel. Great arrangement, great vibe. Love how it continues to build & layer until it turns into a 50's sock-hop dance tune. Rick's guitar & Robin's vocals are just perfect here.



Honorable mention to Billy Joel's All Shook Up but he comes a little too close to doing an Elvis impersonation.

 

Rod Stewart with "That's All Right"

 

Dwight Yoakam - Suspicious Minds and Little Sister

 

Either Terry Stafford's Suspicion or Ral Donner's Girl Of My Best Friend, Both better then his versions.

 

John Hiatt did a fun, raunchy version of A Mess Of Blues on the 1995 Doc Pomus tribute album Till the Night is Gone:

 

Love Dwight. And think about how bold those choices are. Like re-painting the Mona Lisa.

 

I agree.

Dwight's "Suspicious Minds" rivals the original in my opinion and I'm an Elvis fanatic. Not only is that my favorite Elvis cover, that is my favorite cover of all time. Truly a great song.

 

Some of my favorites:
"Always on My Mind" - Pet Shop Boys
"Can't Help Falling in Love" - UB40
"I Forgot to Remember to Forget" - The Beatles (BBC sessions)
"Little Sister" - Rockpile featuring Robert Plant (Concerts for the People of Kampuchea)

 

eels - "Can't Help Falling in Love"

 

I thought you meant songs Elvis has covered. I was gonna vote for Santa Lucia....

 

And this

 

Here's a good one:

 

The Dead Kennedys - Viva las Vegas

 

I was thinking that's alright mama by big boy crudup.

 

Gillan - Trouble

 

Wanda Jackson / Paul McCartney - "Let's Have A Party"

 

Heck, that's interesting just to see David play an old Tele.

 

Jerry Lee Lewis' SUN era recordings of "Mean Woman Blues" and "Jailhouse Rock" are pretty good...

 

My vote goes to:
Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys
In The Ghetto - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Guitar Man - The Jesus and Mary Chain

 

Buddy Holly: Baby I Don't Care

I like this equally to Elvis' version...


Bryan Ferry did cool version of it on his s/t debut album as well.