The lesser-known original version

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by JozefK, Jul 2, 2015.

  1. WayOutWardell

    WayOutWardell Forum Resident

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    Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin wrote this for a movie, then reworked it for the Young And The Restless soap opera, but it became a hit after the Olympics in '76.

    Full disclosure: I'm not a fan of this song in any of its forms.
     
  2. jimtek

    jimtek Forum Resident

    I don't remember if they posted the Jayhawks or the Cadets, the Jayhawks were first

     
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  3. JozefK

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    I think if this gets posted just twice more it will be an Ace
     
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  5. R. Totale

    R. Totale The Voice of Reason

    There have been lots of versions of Jim Pepper's tune (including several remakes of his own) but this 45 with his group "Everything is Everything" was the first.

     
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  6. dewey02

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    Thanks. I just spent about 3 hours going through this thread. Didn't play everything, but I sure played a lot.
    I never knew some of the originals (or that the covers weren't originals.) I liked many of the originals as well as or better than the covers. Thanks to all who've contributed. :)
     
  7. Andreas

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    Later recorded by The Animals and Santa Esmeralda:
     
  8. Andreas

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  9. Obtuse1

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    Dave Bartholomew-My Ding-A Ling (1952). Later a reworked version became Chuck Berry's only #1 U.S. hit.

     
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  10. Obtuse1

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    Merle Travis-Sixteen Tons (1947). Later a #1 U.S. hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford (1955):

     
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  11. john hp

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    Loan Me a Dime

    (Boz Scaggs)
     
  12. lordwhakra

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    Covered by Annie Lennox.
     
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  13. Solitaire1

    Solitaire1 Carpenters Fan

    I think the song that was a hit was called "Nadia's Theme" and that was the song that was later used as the theme song for "The Young And The Restless." It's not the same song as "Bless The Beasts And The Children," which was a hit for the Carpenters, but both songs were written by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin. According to Wikipedia, both songs appeared on the soundtrack album for the movie "Bless The Beasts And The Children" and featured "Nadia's Theme" under it's original name: Cotton's Theme.
     
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  14. JozefK

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  15. Ben Sinise

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    Covered by one of those British beat groups in '63...
     
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  16. Ben Sinise

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    Covered by Rod Stewart and later the Stereophonics...
     
  17. JozefK

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    This seems to have been the first released version -- maybe:



    This is by the song's writer and apparently was recorded first, but when it was released in unclear:

    https://youtu.be/eqFBE6vZ1i4
     
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  18. JozefK

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    I've been trying to keep track here, but I don't recall seeing this -- surely it must have been posted...

     
  19. D-rock

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    Annie Lennox's cover of "No More I Love Yous". Don't remember who did the original but never heard it till Annie and she had a pretty big hit with it.
     
  20. PaulKTF

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    Whoa! I never knew Elvis' version even was a cover! I thought his was the original!
     
  21. BradOlson

    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

    Although it had already been covered by many artists since Dallas Frazier had first done this (including Kenny Rogers and The First Edition), the Oak Ridge Boys had the hit with it in 1981:
     
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  23. BradOlson

    BradOlson Country/Christian Music Maven

    You can get the Burl Ives version on "The Return of The Wayfaring Stranger" which has been reissued on CD by Collectables.
     
  24. jimtek

    jimtek Forum Resident

    Open The Door Richard a hit for Count Basie, Louis Jordan and many others originally started as a vauldville routine at theatres like the Apollo

     
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  25. jimtek

    jimtek Forum Resident

    From a Walt Disney movie, the song won an Academy award for best song, Johny Mercer had a #8 hit with it in 1947 and almost 20 years later Bob B Soxx and the Blue Jeans had a hit in America and England

     
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