Better than Mel Carter

1sotrue said:

Wild Night...... Van Morrison/John Melloncamp-MeShell NdedgeOcello

How Could You Mend a Broken Heart....... BeeGees/Al Green

Cum On Feel the Noise.......Slade/Quiet Riot

Hazy Shade of Winter......Simon and Garfunkel/The Bangles

It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.......C.G Cameron/Boys II Men

I'll Be There......The Jackson 5/Mariah Carey

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CrabalockerFishwife said:

1. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You [Mediocre, generic song given an amazing performance]
2. The Beatles - Rock and Roll Music [much more "rock and roll" than Chuck Berry's version]
3. Prince - Crimson and Clover + A Case Of U + La La Means I Love You
4. Amy Winehouse - Valerie + Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? + Cupid
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
6. Elvis Presley - Yesterday [better singer than Paul McCartney]
7. Harry Nilsson - Mother Nature's Son [also a better singer than Paul McCartney]

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[Edited 2/28/12 19:46pm]

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While I'm thinking about it:

Sinead O'Connor/Prince - Nothing Compares to You - Better than any version Prince has delivered.

Teena Marie - Wishing On A Star - See 'I Will Always Love You' above.

Glady Knight and the Pips/Marvin Gaye- 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine.' Both versions went to #1 within a year of each other, Gladys Knight and Pips going first.

Donna Summer - MacArthur Park - Easily the best known and definitive version.

Prince/Mavis Staples - Train - I like both versions but lean toward Prince

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Teena Marie - Wishing On A Star - See 'I Will Always Love You' above.