Lesser known originals

[SNOWBANDIT]

Poignant for me - as my good lady served her Soviet time on a carrot farm collective - each morning they played the Quo version to get them up and a digging.
I think it is safe to say it isn't her favourite song ( nor mine as I prefer The Frantic Four era)

 

[Redinburgh]

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Jackie DeShannon - Bette Davis Eyes 1974
So far removed from Kim Carnes version it's untrue. Whoever arranged it for Kim was a genius.

 

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

Not The Clash

 

[Teesside87]

 

[Anton_Berg]

"Sailing", the Sutherland Brothers.

 

[Zoophonic]

Great song but it was always be for me the better known version than the Madness remake.

 

[Anton_Berg]

Not The Clash

Love the sleeve art on this. One of a few albums I haven't sold.

 

[jam69]

By Ewan for Peggy

 

[jeff_potato]

Not Billy Idol

I think that was an early 2000s cover. The Donnas always had a retro image.

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Just One Look - Doris Troy
The original by Mama Soul herself. Way better than The Hollies

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Halfway To Paradise - Tony Orlando (without Dawn)
When he came to the UK in the 60s he was booed for singing this by all the girls who thought it was aBilly Fury song.

 

[dribble]

 

[johnsmithsno2]

 

[TMG501]

 

[TMG501]

Keeping on with the Simply Red covers

 

[Carlos Fandango]

 

[dribble]

 

[kuepper]

 

[kuepper]