Comments on: Top 10 Famous Songs With Unknown Originals

By: aspicco

aspicco — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:10:54 +0000

It’s fascinating how the world has changed. Before Bob Dylan came along, no one ever assumed the singer wrote the song. As a matter of fact, the reverse was usually assumed. Singers were respected as interpreters and sometimes there was a bit of thrill in hearing different singers do a song in their own style. No one ever thought Bing Crosby or Frank Sinatra or Patti Page or Fred Astaire wrote their own songs.

But what also amazes me is people’s ignorance. Many albums specifically list who wrote the songs. Does no one read liner notes?

By: eeveeta

eeveeta — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:50:57 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm0gvm7DfwE
Shakira’s Waka Waka

By: Coffers

Coffers — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:06:20 +0000

I’ll be honest, I was only aware of the Erma Franklin version of ‘Take a Little Piece of My Heart’. Having since heard the Janis Joplin version I’m pretty happy I’d never heard it before.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:53:03 +0000

Celine Dion’s “Taking Chances” was a cover originally done by Kara DioGuardi’s band Platinum Weird.

By: 34GG

34GG — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:53:00 +0000

What? If number 1 is allowed to collect royalties for the song used in The Lion King, how the hell was Avril Lavigne able to get away with her stupid Hey Hey You You Girlfriend whatever the heck song?

By: Dave K

Dave K — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:02:15 +0000

#3 explains SO MUCH. Although I enjoy both Don McLean and Roberta Flack, I was always puzzled by the idea of one inspiring the other. Too much genre bending there.

By: Norkio

Norkio — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:13:30 +0000

I had to check, it goes: Dolly in ’74, Linda Ronstadt in ’75, Dolly in ’82, Whitney in ’94, Dolly & Vince Gill in ’95. There was also a track by John Doe in the Bodyguard movie that did not chart. Also mentions: Rik Waller, Kenny Rogers, Roger Whittaker.

By: Norkio

Norkio — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:50:28 +0000

I think Dolly’s version was a cover as well, wasn’t it? Or, Keith Whitley covered her, then Whitney covered them both?

By: Masa

Masa — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:40:32 +0000

Lori Lieberman is great. Just great.

I don’t see the point im making covers of “Killing me softly”. No-one can be better than the original!

By: mitchsb

mitchsb — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:27:02 +0000

Only 2 of these did I know about. One is The Crying Game. I own the soundtrack for that album and the original is on it. The other is Kiss (partially). I do know about Mazarati. But, as I have never heard anything they did, I never knew they did the song originally.