En Vogue-Giving Him Something He Can Feel, Cynthia Manley/Boystown Gang-Remember Me/Ain't No Mountain High Enough Suite, Communards-Never Can Say Goodbye
"Selling more units doesn't make it better. If they ranked their top 50, and someone isn't listed, perhaps they just didn't make the cut?"
I think Eric knows I'm just razzing him. It is true that Dionne's version is better produced, but I don't think they put as much effort into Cilla's version because she was an unknown who was friends with the Beatles. But it was that song that shot Cilla to fame. (Or at least that's what the BBC miniseries told me).
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"She was like the fifth to sing that song, I believe (Sheena, I mean...) It got around before Bette became identified with it."
Roger Whitaker, Gladys Knight and Garry Morris also released versions which didn't gain much attention. (With Easton, that made four different genres the song was targeted to).
Bette Midler released the song in 1988 in connection with the Beaches movie and people stood up and took notice of the song.
Then Patti LuPone sang it on her tv show and people sat back down again.
Even though I think The Rose should be Midler's signature song, an argument can be made that Wind Beneath My Wings could be her signature song as well.
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Somehow I forget Jennifer Holliday's cover of GIVING UP penned by Van McCoy, originally recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips, and popularized by the late Donny Hathaway. Jen recorded it when she was still rather full-figured and possessed a tsunami of a voice. Unfortunately, it was included in one of her least successful albums.
Elton John- Pinball Wizard. It's a hard thing to do to take a bare-bones classic rock song known for its simplicity, remake it as an insane glam-prog fusion, and still make it a huge hit at the peak of the original version's popularity.
Bette did a lot of great covers. Her version of "Old Cape Cod" never got the attention that it should have. (Did she ever sing it in concert or just record it?) I guess her other "girl singer" songs (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Chapel of Love, Miss Otis Regrets) got the attention.
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I think one the best cover songs is "Turn the page" by Metallica. i actually do like it more than the original.
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Tim Curry's cover songs are love-it-or-hate-it because they're both so scenery-chewing and overproduced (he was, after all, Bob Ezrin's replacement for Alice Cooper as studio mouthpiece). His descending-into-madness performance of "Anyone Who Had a Heart" is iconic to me.