So I ran across this this morning, and it got me thinking about what some of the best Elvis covers are. Here's the one from Cheap Trick that triggered this train of thought:
OT: Elvis covers
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Was always a fan of Dwight Yoakam's cover of Suspicious Minds:
"Suspicious Minds" is my favorite Elvis Presley song. It's so.... so.... so Elvisy!
Don't forget ZZ Top's version of "Viva Las Vegas."
Don't forget ZZ Top's version of "Viva Las Vegas."
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Yep, that was definitely one I was going to mention, came out on their 1992 Greatest Hits album:
I always liked Willie’s version better. It just sounds better/more regretful coming from an older person.
One of Elvis‘s best songs is “Mystery Train”which is a cover of the Junior Parker song. One of my favorite versions was done by The Band. Here is The Band playing with Paul Butterfield doing Mystery Train:
Totally different take on this Elvis classic. Great job by these underrated NJ musicians...
He is not a writer on any of his hits, but he does have writing credit on 9 songs.
Here is a a song that is a cover and one in which he is credited:
Here is another. Dave Edmunds is so under-appreciated.
Good guess but not it. Not singing a CW era song, but using the melody from a CW song with different words.
OK, looks like no one is that interested: song was Love Me Tender to the tune of CW era song Aura Lee
tbf.... elvis sung hundreds of gospel songs... about 1/3 were pre-CW.....
yes, love me tender's melody was from the 19th century - which made it interesting for a pop song... then again, LedZep stole everyone of their songs from early 20th Century blues singers...
I was thinking of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?",done in 1926 by Vaughn De Leath,a big star of that era.
Cool....did not know that.
Hound Dog was originally done by Big Mama Thornton (written by Leiber and Stoller)