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1. Let us start with the 60s. 'The Girl from Ipanema' has been covered hundreds of times, by everyone from Stan Getz (1962 original) to Frank Sinatra. This is a live version from 1966.
2. The Rolling Stones had a huge hit with 'Satisfaction' in 1965. What "Soul man" covered it the next year?
3. Roy Orbison had one of his biggest hits with 'Oh Pretty Woman' in 1964. In 1982 Van Halen put their touch on it. In between, this 70s artist tried it on for size too. The year was 1972, tell me who.
4. A song with very strange lyrics, 'Come Together', was a big hit for the Beatles in 1969. In late 1970, this group placed it on an album of the same title.
5. The Doors hit big with it in 1967, Then Jose Feliciano took 'Light My Fire' to new heights. This woman recorded it in 1979 with a little help from Jose.
6. The Righteous Brothers did well in 1965 with both, 'Unchained Melody' and 'Ebb Tide', but this man had big hits with these two songs way back in 1955. Can you name him?
7. A Jackson Browne tune and one his biggest chart toppers, interestingly enough covered by the Jackson Five in 1972.
8. Bob Dylan wrote and recorded the song, The Byrds sang it, The Everly Brothers and even Isaac Hayes have all given it a go. This cover is by the Isley Brothers, on their 'Givin' it Back' LP, but what song is it?
9. Some artists can take a song, rebuild it from the ground up, and come up with something so unique, it's almost like a whole new song. Aretha Franklin is one of these artist, and she's done it often, (a famous example would be Otis Redding's 'Respect') This time she did it to Marvin Gaye. (it was 1972)
10. On this occasion, Aretha does it to Stevie Wonder. He wrote it and recorded it in 1967 and didn't release it until 1976, but after Aretha finished with it, few people remembered.
11. Aretha is not the only artist known for "stealing" songs. This balladeer of the 80s was almost as good at it as she. He did it to The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Sam Cooke. The most famous appeared on his solo debut album; the victim was Dionne Warwick.
12. Johnny Cash laid this one down in 1969. In 1974 'If I were a Carpenter' was recorded by this group.
13. Back to the Beatles. Their 1966 version of 'Got to Get You into My Life' was considered very "soulful" at the time, then this 70s supergroup got hold of it.
14. Jose Feliciano dared to take a 1967 number one motown hit and make it his. Nothing like the original, it makes you look at the song in a whole new way.
15. Danny O'Keefe wrote this song and released it on his 1973 album 'Breezy Stories'. This cover also came out in 1973 by this troubled but talented artist.
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