I like Dwight Yoakam's version of Suspicious Minds better than Elvis's so I guess I'd better duck and hide as well lol.

And yeal, Joe Cocker had a bad habit of taking a song and making it his own with fantastic results (imo of course).
Here's another good example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrv9slgO7Ic

Of course it helps when the whole band is hotter than firecrackers. Stainton is killin' those Leon licks on piano.

Going off topic a little, but speaking of Stainton, this video is worth watching to the end in spite of bad sound just to see him in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hktxYR8dIPg