10 Classic Recordings that are Actually Cover Versions - THE 1960s BRITISH INVASION: UNCOVERED
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ธ.ค. 2015
- Episode One of the UNCOVERED series. In this edition, we reveal the origins of 10 great hits from the first wave of British Rock (1963-65).
There are a few more videos in this series, but I stopped doing them after receiving way too many copyright blockages. I do intend to do a part two to this one due to it's recent (surprising) success. But I may have to format it slightly differently. Also, forgive the rushed manner of the delivery. It was my attempt to cram way too much information into less than 15-minutes. Any future videos will be longer if need be.
Now, a couple of dislaimers:
4:04 When talking about the Nashville Teens version of 'Tobacco Road' I state that Jimmy Page played lead guitar on that track. He did not. Just some sloppy Wikipedia cut 'n' pasting on my behalf five years ago. Sorry 'bout that.
10:40 The Rolling Stones. When I say "Before becoming the greatest Rock 'n' Roll band in the world..." I'm making a reference to the fact that the band had themselves introduced onstage as that title. It's not necessarily my opinion. It was attempt at irony and sarcasm that didn't quite work.
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I must be older than I thought because I know most of the originals that were covered !!! Great job giving credit to the originals! This just proves how much luck & timing can mean success in the quirky pop music biz and how many r&b groups were unfortunately passed over.
I'm currently working on a Part 2 follow-up to this video. Just hope I don't get blocked with copyright infringements, which is why I quit doing this series -- even though I was enjoying doing them -- and I was more than happy to let the publishers and writers of the original songs to have any money to be earnt -- a couple of my videos got taken down almost immediately, so I lost the will to do them any more. Fingers crossed that the follow-up will stay on TH-cam for a while, like this one has. Thanks for watching.
You did an excellent job in the compilation :)
A very excellent job! I hope they will allow you to continue!!
Yeah.. I stopped doing videos because you don't know what will be taken down until it is...
How about a follow-up of British acts covering the songs of US blues artists that had failed to find a white audience (but often claiming the songwriting credits, forcing the likes of Willie Dixon to sue for royalties).
Bill Faulkner you could do British and Irish cover versions also. You currently have The Pogues Fairytale of New York doing its Christmas rounds and the controversy it entails every year with the word "Faggots" in the lyric. It's an old term that has nothing in relation to today's meaning of the word. It has been covered and murdered by a few recently altering the word. Why fix something that is not broken and when people start to criticise a version without doing their homework on what they are criticising they should stay away. I'm sure there are tons of songs out their with similar problems...years ago the quickest way to get to number one without merit was write a song that would not be appropriate for alleged air play and then have the B.B.C ban it...then in the era of Pirate Radio. These stations were over it like a hot Rag. Oh on a end note. Well done great compilation and opened my eyes to classics songs I did not know most were reboots. Hope we see more from you in the future. Your hardest problem is Copyright.
One of the absolute BEST presentations of Record History I've ever seen.
As a lifelong Singer/Songwriter/Producer I have always been interested in the backstories of songs, records and bands. You did a GREAT job! Thank You!
Wow! Thanks for the kind words.
Very informative, thank you.........
Gumbi, you might be interested in "Top 2000" back stories of hits thru the years. Well researched interviews with the music makers.
In particular, Dancing in the Moonlight, I love Rock n Roll, Tinsel Town in the Rain, and Fat Boy Slim are recommended. . . if the algo didn't already find you ;)
@@reuireuiop0 Personally I don't really like to be found out by the algo,but must admit I would not have been here otherwise.
@@jaapvandertuuk9307 I know exactly what you mean and ditto.
This should be on bbc4 too.. this nicely concise no filler style is what television should be doing in today. Wish tv people understood that and watched this.
This is fascinating, and so much more authoritative and smartly presented than the vast majority of TH-cam videos of this kind, which tend to be clickbait-centric first and informative a distant second.
"fascinating" is exactly what I was thinking as I watched this.
Well impressed - my “folk club”s gonna get inflicted with these lol
I agree. This is one of the best "top 10" videos I've seen. This was a great trip to the past as well as great info about the originals. I remember the classic recordings as well as some of the originals. Thanks!
Succinct and highly informative. Loved it.
@@mchaggis622 keeps saying England when he means Britain
Only thing I'm mad at is TH-cam waiting 5 years to recommend this to me.
Thanks for your kind words. Hey, better late than never. I got surprised when this video suddenly blew up in popularity about six months ago. It did nothing in its first four years. Cheers.
@@NewFalconerRecords Wanted to thank you for creating this :)...it was fascinating! I have covered several of these songs as a bassist and singer, and they always bring me joy...thanks again, you're awesome.
Respect from Canada :)
You might also like my Under the Covers series that takes a different approach to the same subject. New Falconer Records are happy for my to share this link, th-cam.com/play/PLWYKeQDkRtAd27MnHlZqk4UekygHVV8eR.html. Sound quality poor on first two, presentation and depth of content improves with time!
Often these lists are just nonsense. Not this. Great information, fun to listen to and well done! This list highlights how great the British Invasion bands were, with their interpretations of the great American songs that often were not originally appreciated in The USA
Hi there! Thanks for this. I knew just about all the originals and British Invasion is my favourite era of music. I love both versions. How lucky are we to have music and singing? Imagine life without it, really friggin boring.
How on earth can 271 people dislike this!? What, they dislike facts? or music? or both?
They are the same ones who think we live on a flat earth. They just have no idea and they have a lot of that.
Those that dislike facts voted for 45
Perhaps they objected to the poor use of terminology, confusing the word "cover" with the word "remake". I posted a correction to this but still clicked like.
Good stuff. Funny and illuminating, that I wondered why Twist and Shout was included, because in the other cases I was surprised by a preceding original, but everyone knew about the Isley Bros Twist and Shout. It was a big hit in it's own right. Then you came up with the original to that! Well done.
Thanks for that, really enjoyed seeing some of my favourite bands of all time ... i was 12 in 1960 when the Beatles first appeared, so lived through the musical "revolution". Happy happy days!! (i'm now a singer/guitarist/songwriter in my own right ... and still loving it!!)
Sorry but you mean 62, not 60. The Beatles didn't cut 'Love me do' until 62 when Ringo joined. They'd been playing as The Beatles since 57 though. When people mention important events in world history I'm terrible at remembering the year, but if you tell me what records were out I'll know, especially the 60's. It was definitely a golden period.
@@rexterrocks you are probably correct, a long time ago !!! X
@@maevemcmahon4286 It certainly was
A wonderfully done short Doc of the 60s era...only FACT-CHECKED!
Great series. Keep up the good work.
Just One Look. What a great original version by Doris Troy! Even better than the cover. Putting it the rotation.
Hippy Hippy Shake. First record I purchased. 6 shillings and 8 pence. Three for a quid. In those days the groups had to sell a shed load of records to get to number 1. Thanks for putting this together. Keep safe.
3 dollars for a quid too, back then.
@@Bryt25 quite right. I went to USA in 1971, went in February pre decimal. Got one cent to one penny 2 dollars 40 to a pound. Thanks for reply.
me too and the song was so short! not even 2 minutes! then they did good golly miss Molly which was more or less the same song with different words!
First record I bought too
I heard all of these on The Big 11-10, KRLA Pasadena, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Indeed, they are magical musical memories still turning in the windmills of my mind.
I always listened to KLOS
The back stories of each of these makes this video an incredible compilation. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for that fascinating background to all those classic British covers.
Goes to show you're never too old to learn!! At nearly 70, I'm amazed to know that some of my favourites weren't original...also brings to light lesser known groups who have faded into history ...thank you..
This makes one thing so prominently in your face.
The Beatles just blew the doors off of everyone else,even when doing some of their early cover songs.
This was a great expose.
I doubt there would be many that would argue when the Beatles Twist and Shout came in at number one, it just flew out of your speakers or headphones.
no,but richie valens la bamba did.
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john lennon almost ruined his voice for life doing that song in the studio. he was screaming the lyrics. he damaged his vocal chords, but luckily , they healed.
From the first second on it was obvious that the Beatles had a far superior quality than the rest of the bands. It´s not only Lennon´s solo vocals or the effectiveness of their harmony vocals, it´s also the band, the compact sound, the groove - just everything.
@@anonymusum nah. the beatles were playing bubblegum music in the 1st half of the 60's
@@fransmith8992 Hahahaha ..... good joke.
I'm glad you divided this concept into sections. This "British Invasion" portion is just the tip of the iceberg. I often search TH-cam for an old remembered tune and about a third of the time I find an earlier version by an obscure artist when I thought the remembered version was the original. Two that come to mind, "November Snow" and "Always Something There to Remind Me."
Thank you for putting this together. Well done!
Thank god you included the Top Notes version of Twist and Shout. Most people don't realize that even the Isley's version was a cover.
This is really good, thanks for reaching way back to find these.
Terrific video, thanks, great sleuthing! I spent a year in England from June 63 to June 64 (as a 9/10 year old) and have been fascinated/haunted by the music of that period ever since. BTW, It's All Over Now had a couple of pretty salty expressions for the day: "she had my nose open, that's no lie" and "playin her half-assed games"! Best to all in England in this extremely difficult time.
Well done! Though I was aware of most of these being 'non-originals', it was great to hear some of the very first versions, and will pursue the next episodes with great enthusiasm, indeed! Thanks much for this post, very enjoyable.
Enjoyed this immensely. Great choice of songs, and the presentation pays due to the original versions and the covers. Really well researched and narrated as well.
Excellent video. I didn't know many of these, which makes it all the more interesting, particularly with a lot of additional background information. Kudos to you.
Really nicely put together video. Good music choices, informative, enthusiastic but balanced delivery, non-repetitive and gets on with it... no self-indulgent faffing about like you get so much elsewhere! Professional, in fact. Thanks.
Many of the greats, written by New York, Jewish songwriters, originally performed by young, black Americans and made into smash hits by working class Englishmen.. this was part of the energy of the '60's
I appreciate the masive amount of research that go into you r productions. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for this informative list of british pop band cover versions.
One of the most interesting band cover versions came from the Ventures no 1 hit Walk Dont Run in 1960.
I have a recording of Jazz Guitarist Johnny Smith, who wrote it in 1954 basing it on the tune" Softly as in a Morning Sunrise",proving there are no limitations in music and the success that comes from an idea.
The Ventures did TWO cover version recordings of Johnny Smith's Walk, Don't Run. The well known, often played 1960 version, and a later 1964 recording, which incorporated keyboard sounds, as well as guitars and drums, as opposed to the earlier 1960 version which only had the latter two. The second Venture's recording is called
Walk, Don't Run '64 th-cam.com/video/IaW_n_D0Hzo/w-d-xo.html
I am thankful for this new knowledge completing my piecemeal understanding of the origins of these great tunes. Some I knew were covers, with others I hadn't the foggiest. Well done!
Bloody amazing. I heard every single one of these in its popular release.
The most informative music video I have ever seen. Fantastic!
Nice work. Love the snappy editing and the reams of trivia (squeaky bass pedal indeed). Choice photos too. Great stuff!
Fascinating insight. I remember/love all those songs but never realised they were cover versions - until now. :)
Glad that Trist and Shout was included
Trist is spelt with a Y
I just got edulacated! "Twist & Shout" I always thought was The Isley's song originally.
Agree, that's the only one in this video I wasn't aware of.
I admit
I hope baby it's a you by you Smith is on there
@@calgaile9021 There were several versions of "Baby It's You" before Smith. Think the first was The Shirelles. At least the first I remember.
@David Millar Believe it was Popeye who said it that way. Was kidding around, But, yeah, did not know that the Isleys didn't do it first.
You made an excellent production of this. Informative, interesting, and well produced. Excellent selection, too.
Exceptional production in every aspect. Much enjoyed the watch and listening, every single one of these were a total unknown they were covers. Liked and subscribed, well done mate.
Probably the most enjoyable and informative music video I’ve seen on TH-cam. I clicked on it thinking “Oh yeh let’s see if there is any I don’t know” and now I’m shame-faced to admit I didn’t know any..I even thought Twist and Shout was a Little Richard song.
Fantastic detail and great narrative. 👍
Great, lot of research gone into this, well done buddy
Fabulous! really enjoyed this post, thanks for putting it together
What a great video!! extremely interesting, all thru, with nonstop facts that are so fascinating, I was transfixed by this video. I was a teenager in the 1960's, in a London suburb, family home, and all these groups were on the telly all the time, onshows like 'Ready, steady, go' and 'top of the pops' etc. I had no idea these songs were not theirs. So interesting to hear the originals. Love the quick way you narrate this, keeping the facts rolling.Very well done, best wishes from England.
Back in the '60s when these songs were popular, I was unaware of how much of this was going on. When I heard the original of "Doo Wah Diddy Diddy" I thought IT was the cover of the British Invasion original...but on the other hand, the only version of "Just One Look" that I remember hearing was Doris Troy's original, not the cover by the Hollies.
Yeah "Just One Look" is the only one on there where the original is better known than the cover, at least in America.
HF?hgg😊
As a fellow Aussie, thanks mate for this video. Very well done and quite informative. You remind me of a younger version of Glenn A. Baker. The Doris Troy version of Just One Look is so soulful and funky. Love it. I can't fathom how some of these original versions failed to chart. Some of them are really good. You must have re-uploaded this video because a lot of the comments have come in the last 2 weeks or so, hopefully this means they pass the TH-cam sensors. If that's the case please keep making videos! You have a willing audience
Thanks mate. I appreciate your comments. Funny you should mention Glenn A. Baker, 'cos I have a connection (tentative) to him due to a book that I co-wrote (he did a blurb on the back --- the book is called Wild About You!, it's about Aussie & NZ 60s garage punk). No, I haven't re-uploaded this video, something weird has happened in the last week or so that has suddenly made this four year old video go nuts. Thanks for your great comments. I agree about Doris Troy too.
@@NewFalconerRecords Something happened in the Algo..It just appeared in my suggestion box and I quickly reached for the click..Didn't know about Twist & Shout..although i like the original version...
When you factor in racism you will be able to fathom why many of the originals were hindered in reaching the audience their quality deserved.
@@kurtflamer-caldera8368 yes so true
A splendid way to pass a few minutes. Very interesting, well-compiled and presented, thank you!
The Walker Brothers cover of the Bacharach a / David song “Maje it Easy On Yourself “ knocked The Rolling Stones Satisfaction out of the top spot on the British Charts and stayed there for several weeks. Has to be one of the most successful covers of all time!!
Some great backstory on this rundown. This is what DJs used to do back when these songs were becoming hits.
Very well researched and presented. The consistency in the format was professional and greatly appreciated. You've thrown a spotlight on many deserving artists and songwriters and gave me a glimmer of what came before.
Yes, really nicely put together and great well researched (and pretty accurate) information.
Great research and excellent article.
So much of my music listening life experience covered.
So many good memories.
Thought this was really interesting, well researched and put together .
John D. Loudermilk should have his own documentary made about him. It's a name that kept popping up in pop music history.
It's probably long forgotten now, because we've become accustomed to the internet, but something that itself pops up in conversation occasionally of late, is that cover versions were once an introduction to us, of the original (-and some times the best-) versions of these songs.
I used to go to a few inner city pubs and clubs, where the DJ would play rare Northern Soul and Ska music, that took me years to find myself.
Thanks for the memories.
Never heard of him. But now that I have I want to hear more from him.
Enjoy it? I luv'd it; an old man, I was a teen in the U.S, and remember the original versions. Thank you sooo much for posting!
This is awesome! Very well done and a great selection of songs.
The groups and performers did a great job covering these wonderful songs.
If they had not, they would never have reached my ears - as I live on the outskirts of civilization in Norway.
Great list, mate...nice listening to one of these lists being created by a fellow Aussie 👍
Loved this. Thanks for putting it together.
I Really Enjoyed This Buzzing Video Honouring The Beat Music Era, The Video Is Well Crafted, Polished And Really Informative With A Super Narration.
So 5 Stars And A Big Thank You From Me.
Wow, I just discovered how ignorant I REALLY am about music I thought I knew! Never too old to learn something new!
Nicely done. Thank you for your scholarship. Looking forward to more.
Impressive montage and choice of cuts. Well researched. I am now better educated on quite a few tracks. Thank you!
Awesome piece of work thanks for taking the time
As a person in the US about the right age to hear these originals when they were current, I will say that many of these were not as unfamiliar at the time as the statistics may seem to say. An average 50's teen cared not at all about the name of the tune, the writers, the producers, and seldom the artist, because it was completely about the sound, and on to the next sound. Three weeks on the radio and you heard a tune about all you cared to (at least for a while), without ever buying a record. Records that survived 2 months of play were already getting on your nerves even if you loved them, and you'd turn off the radio as you heard the first note in recognition. I recall Dick Clark (then famous TV DJ) supposedly demonstrating to an amazed older TV talk show host that teenagers, far from being musical illiterates, could give you the name of popular records and the artist with 5 notes or less played. For one tune, only the first note. No teenagers missed any. (Answers were written.) It's not that kids cared to memorize the tune name and artist, kids just have phenomenal memories, and these great records were on the radio a long time (over a month?) Knowing the first notes is very useful for turning off the radio in case you've heard the tune too much, or turning it up if you love it. All the British covers definitely sounded like imitations and the rhythm a little wrong, like imitations are, at the time. It took time to adjust to the sound, and then that's all anyone wanted to hear.
People may not know that (at the time) very little R&B crossed-over to R&R stations. Average teenagers listened only to R&R stations. R&B stations did not play R&R at all (no Chuck Berry, yes James Brown), except they would not take off crossovers if that happened. But since two R&B stations were next to some of the R&R stations, I accidentally tuned to them at times, and later regularly. R&B stations did not only play the same limited playlist over and over, and tunes would be played once in a while indefinitely. I don't remember "Go Now" at all until the Moody Blues covered it. I don't know if "Go Now" ever was a crossover. But I absolutely believe the story that "Go Now" was still being played and began to take off before the Moody Blues version. It is a really unusual tune, and that's the way it happens, if it happens at all. However, at the time, the tune could not have gone far in R&R, even if not covered, because the British Invasion that was going on obliterated anything but the British style. It was very hard on black artists for a while, not being British.
I was in radio for years. Very interesting video and I learned a lot, for a 67 year old retired DJ...
Not Jimmy "Bud" Weiser?
This just popped into my TH-cam feed, and what a lovely treat it is. I've liked and subscribed; more please and thank you!
You might also enjoy my series that takes a different approach to the same subject. New Falconer Records are happy for my to share this link,
th-cam.com/play/PLWYKeQDkRtAd27MnHlZqk4UekygHVV8eR.html
Sound quality poor on first two, presentation and depth of content improves with time!
Fantastic, what a great compilation of facts and connections to other performers. Thank you!
It’s worth noting that The Nashville Teens provided stellar punk backup to one of the greatest live rock albums of all time; Jerry Lee Lewis Live at The Star Club from 1964. Essential to any collection.
Great work mate. Well written and researched commentary.
Great stuff, sir, you know what you're talking about and you understand music - fab!
I didn't know any of those were covers so it made for an enjoyable watch, thanks
I did not know about Gerry Goffin's lovechild....no wonder Carole King was so good at writing songs about heartache!
You almost need to remind yourself that she didn't even write "it's too late" about their marriage. That was about some other love-turned-sour scenario.
@@ericbgordon1575 interesting....seems like she's had more than her fair share of sour scenarios!
It's part and parcel being the type of musician she is in a relationship with a colleague, @@flash218ily.
Very professional production.
Good work finding all the material. I was there when this all happened!
Best commentary on these bands I have ever heard.
Great stuff -- thanks! Didn't know Twist & Shout was a cover *twice* removed -- it belongs at #1 though (changed my life when I heard the Beatles version at age 6) -- one of the true underpinnings of what became 'rock 'n roll' . . .
The best Narrated I've heard in a long time.
What a wonderful first episode , very well done ! I'm now in my late 60s , and have been a music buff for close to 60 years . After watching this , I have 2 things to note ;
Firstly , I know much less than I thought .
Secondly , I don't blame Gerry Goffin ! ;)
I look forward to episode 2 !
Superb editing and info. Great stuff
Another great example is "Piece of My Heart", performed by Janis Joplin in 1968 with Big Brother & the Holding Company. In 1967 the song was first recorded by Aretha Franklin's older sister Erma Franklin. It was a minor hit on the R & B charts, never played on pop stations. You can find her great version, she also re-created it in 1992. Check them out!
and aretha covered Otis Reddings' respect. her biggest song, though not his
That Erma Franklin song is a stone Soul classic. I have the 1967 UK release on London. 'Junkie' Joplin (and Amy 'Wino') totally ruined it
Excellent, very enjoyable and informative.
Also I do think the video is very well presented and mercifully clear and I formative. Thank you - bonza mate.
I quite enjoyed this video. Thanks for producing it.
Brilliant stuff . No waffle and really excellent analysis of the various bands and songs .
It's still one of the great ironies of popular music that white working class British young people were more influenced by black American music than their counterparts in America and ended up introducing the latter to music from their own country .
...and that white working class Americans like me weren't instantly on board applauding this wonderfully brilliant British derivative... I'll never forget!
@@kinkle_Z But there was brilliant music being produced by small Southern independents but the only chance they had was for a major big player to promote it. That is why so much great music fell by the wayside.
A very nice presentation. A few of the songs I knew about, most I would have to have followed up on the song writers names. One later example, a personal favorite song, but since it was not from British Invasion period and involved both a British and American band so it really would not qualify for the list is "Black Magic Woman" (1968), originally written and recorded by Fleetwood Mac and soon rearranged into a mega hit by Santana. Carlos Santana and band added Salsa and Jazz to Fleetwood Mac's Blues song!
I enjoyed that, look forward to the next one :)
Great little video packed with interesting insight 😁👌
Thanks for this I really didn't know most of these were covers! It's lead me to seek out some of the originals that I like even better than the popular versions! Great video
This was excellent-thanks!
This was so well done. Thank you 👍
This is what TH-cam is for! A really great informative video. Great Upload!!!
Lots of stuff I didn’t know, great video.
Nice video, I learnt a lot there. It's amazing how many 'young folk of today' always think their idols are original and don't believe you when you try to enlighten them. I remember playing Guns N Roses 'Since I don't Have You' on a radio rock show, (a long time ago), and telling my audience that it was a cover. of a 1959 song by The Skyliners. Ah, I love music.
Fabulous compilation. Well done.
Really good clip. Well presented, without the usual over the top nonsense, just very informative.
Just the tip of the iceberg. Mona, Carol, Love in Vain, Little Red Rooster, That’s how Strong My Love Is, Cry to Me, Around And Around, Not Fade Away, Time is on My Side, Good Times, Ain’t too Proud to Beg, I’m a King Bee and Stop Breaking Down, off the top of my head. Likewise for the Beatles. Not a complaint, just a comment.
I believe that Keef said they thought the bands recorded the records and the writing was done by somebody else which was largely the case.
It was British bands paying due respect by recording great US tracks that arguably had been neglected (Although some were Brill Building products. Carol King. Bit of a genius IMHO) This is more the case with the blues acts.
enjoyable but if you have any interest in this stuff you would know about Bessy Banks et al.
Brilliant, really enjoyed that, thanks.
Wow. I never knew! Thanks for this. Very interesting. I'm gonna track down some of those original versions.
Well-researched & presented, thank you.