More often than not, I tend to prefer the original.

"I Who Have Nothing" - although I'm not familiar with the Italian "Uno Dei Tanti", I think Tom Jones did the English version better than Ben E King

Most Bob Dylan songs were done better by anyone else who sang them

"Black Magic Woman" - I thought Santana improved the already very good Peter Green / Fleetwood Mac version

Vanilla Fudge reworked "Eleanor Rigby", "Season Of The Witch" and "You Keep Me Hanging On" to versions that are so different that although I like them better, they don't replace the originals, so I don't know if that counts

"You Go To My Head" original vocals by Nan Wynn - The Frank Sinatra and Mark Murphy versions are my favorites and they are so different that I can't say which one is the best

"Blueberry Hill" - I like the Fats Domino version much better than the Gene Autry version.

"At Last" - I think the Etta James version is better than the Glenn Miller version.

I like Natalie Cole's "Pink Cadillac" better than Bruce Springsteen's

"Stormy Monday Blues" I think Bobby "Blue" Bland did it better than T-Bone Walker (originally titled "Call It Stormy Monday")

"Respect" - I like Aretha Franklin's version better than the original Otis Redding version

"Try A Little Tenderness" - Otis Redding did this one way better than Val Rosing

There are more, but I don't want to hog them all.

Also, it's personal taste, so feel free to disagree.

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Last edited by Notes Norton; 03/22/14 06:16 AM.
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