# Singer-songwriters who popularized a song written by another singer-songwriter: **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465 "2010-09-29T13:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/21 "2010-09-29T17:42:55Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > > Pssst…#6 in the OP. > > :smack::smack: 🆒(Not cool, blind) In an absolutely horrible segue, Ray Charles (both cool & blind) - Georgia On My Mind by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/22 "2010-09-29T17:50:08Z")
Stone Cold Crazy -Metallica by Queen ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/23 "2010-09-29T18:18:11Z")
The Indigo Girls did a 2-CD cover of the entire recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/24 "2010-09-29T18:40:35Z")
Credence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin Jay Hawkins ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/25 "2010-09-29T20:03:59Z")
Aretha Franklin - “Respect” by Otis Redding. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/26 "2010-09-29T20:19:14Z")
I think we are losing track of the “singer-songwriter” part of the OP and are just listing all covers now. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/27 "2010-09-29T20:20:59Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Feist - “Brandy Alexander” by Ron Sexsmith Not to mention Feist - “1, 2, 3, 4” by New Buffalo (aka Sally Seltmann). ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/28 "2010-09-29T20:21:10Z")
Never mind. Misread OP. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/29 "2010-09-29T20:23:41Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The Indigo Girls did a 2-CD cover of the entire recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. Huh-wut? 😕 Really? I’ve never heard of this. Conceptually, it makes my head a little explodey. We need a head explodey smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/30 "2010-09-29T20:25:47Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > I think we are losing track of the “singer-songwriter” part of the OP and are just listing all covers now. I think that was already lost in the OP. (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band?) ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/31 "2010-09-29T20:38:27Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by Klaatu, popularized by The Carpenters Whoa, you are serous about this, aren’t you? Had no idea The Carpenters ever covered that song. And the 30 second clip here [http://www.last.fm/music/Carpenters/Gold%3A+Greatest+Hits](http://www.last.fm/music/Carpenters/Gold%3A+Greatest+Hits) didn’t sound bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/32 "2010-09-29T20:52:52Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > > [@RealityChuck](#): > > > > “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” by Klaatu, popularized by The Carpenters > > Whoa, you are serous about this, aren’t you? Had no idea The Carpenters ever covered that song. > > And the 30 second clip here [http://www.last.fm/music/Carpenters/Gold%3A+Greatest+Hits](http://www.last.fm/music/Carpenters/Gold%3A+Greatest+Hits) didn’t sound bad at all. [Here’s the whole wonderful thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-blWgVk-A), lip synced on some show, with a very silly intro, but it’s worth it once the song kicks in. Middle America didn’t know what to make of it. It was way ahead of its time. Edit to add, [here’s the Klaatu version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcgZCXHPkCo), for those who haven’t heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/33 "2010-09-29T21:01:36Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > [Here’s the whole wonderful thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-blWgVk-A), lip synced on some show, with a very silly intro, but it’s worth it once the song kicks in. Middle America didn’t know what to make of it. It was way ahead of its time. Oh, never mind that one, here’s a [Star Trek-related fan video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WZvlCwkYjE) that’s very cool, very well done. I just found it. Edit to add, [here’s a fairly decent re-mix](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYhmlj4yKt0). Oh god, now I’m on a Carpenters kick. Love 'em! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/34 "2010-09-29T21:14:28Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > > [@Spoke](#): > > > > I think we are losing track of the “singer-songwriter” part of the OP and are just listing all covers now. > > I think that was already lost in the OP. (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band?) And then the response after that : The Pointer Sisters. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/35 "2010-09-30T04:33:10Z")
Bonnie Raitt covered **Angel From Montgomery** by John Prine. Steve Goodman covered a whole bunch of Prine’s songs, and vice versa. Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson all covered each other’s music extensively. Warren Zevon covered Prince’s Raspberry Beret Bob Dylan covered Zevon’s “Mutineer” Bruce Springsteen covered Zevon’s “My Ride’s Here” Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt both covered Zevon’s “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” Steve Earle covered Zevon’s “Reconsider Me” Don Henley covered Zevon’s “Searching for a Heart” ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/36 "2010-09-30T06:08:51Z")
Cheap Trick covered Big Star’s “In the Street” (“That 70’s Show”) ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/37 "2010-09-30T08:56:12Z")
Harry Nilsson–“Everybody’s Talkin’” by Fred Neil, and “Without You” by Pete Ham and Tom Evans. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/38 "2010-09-30T13:17:38Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > > > The Indigo Girls did a 2-CD cover of the entire recording of Jesus Christ Superstar. > > Huh-wut? 😕 Really? I’ve never heard of this. Conceptually, it makes my head a little explodey.. [Amazon link](http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Christ-Superstar-Resurrection-Studio/dp/B0000018CA) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/39 "2010-09-30T13:47:10Z")
Steve Miller Band - “Jet Airliner” by [Paul Pena](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pena) Foghat - “I Just Want to Make Love to You” by Willie Dixon ---
**Author:** ![banjoDavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@banjoDavid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjoDavid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465/40 "2010-09-30T19:45:18Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Steve Goodman covered a whole bunch of Prine’s songs, and vice versa. Arlo Guthrie made a hit out of Steve Goodman’s _City of New Orleans_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-songwriters-who-popularized-a-song-written-by-another-singer-songwriter/555465.md?page=1)