Aretha covering Dusty Springfield is high on the list. Bowie covering The Pretty Things is up there, too. But this one always blows me away
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower The Who - Young Man Blues Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused Mountain - Theme From An Imaginary Western Derek And The Dominos - Little Wing
Clash - I Fought the Law Jam - David Watts Elvis Costello - Peace, Love, and Understanding Beatles - Twist and Shout John Wesley Harding - Like a Prayer Love - My Little Red Book
Money (The Beatles) Time Will Show The Wiser (Fairport Convention) Soldier Of Love (Marshall Crenshaw) My Back Pages (The Byrds)
Fats Domino's Blueberry Hill - (Dennis Day sings an erlier version on the Jack Benny show among other places).
The original ''Fields Of Joy'' by The New York Rock Ensemble was a limp tune with weak vocals but Lenny Kravitz turned it into a powerful rock masterpiece. Genius....