244: another twice as nice...

Hi.

Today 4 great tunes get their twice as nice:

The immortal Ode To Billie Joe.

(the saga continues :-)

The Brook Benton classic.

(the Mark Lanegan version I already put out on post nr.29,

the Margie Joseph version on post nr.235 and maybe

the most famous by Bobby Bland over at post nr.48)

The Buddy Buie/James Cobb/Harry Middlebrooks Jr.

/Mike Shapiro song, made famous by a.o. the Classics IV.

And finally the Hammerstein/Rodgers song which needs

ofcourse no further introduction...

(also a few versions on post nr.196)

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Enjoy, and before I forget:

thanks to all the original bloggers out there,

without whom this constantly cosy, coincidental corny

cover-continuum couldn't continue co-exist...

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1. Africa - Louie, Louie + Ode To Billy Joe (5:38)

2. Billy Larkin & The Delegates - Spooky (3:16)

3. Cal Tjader - Spooky (4:14)

4. Charles Earland - My Favorite Things (5:58)

5. Daly Wilson Bigband - Ode To Billy Joe (5:05)

6. Dorothy Ashby - My Favorite Things (5:48)

7. Doug Sahm - I'll Take Care Of You (4:21)

8. Earl Gaines - I'll Take Care Of You (2:49)

9. Eric Alexander Quartet - My Favorite Things (10:26)

10. Etta James - I'll Take Care Of You (4:59)

11. Gene Russell - My Favorite Things (4:51)

12. Howard Roberts Quartet - Spooky (2:43)

13. Irma Thomas - I'll Take Care Of You (3:21)

14. Jaki Byard - Ode To Billy Joe (5:03)

15. Joe Tex - Ode To Billie Joe (4:37)

16. John McLaughlin, Joey DeFrancesco, Elvin Jones

- My Favorite Things (6:16)

17. Johnny Hammond Smith - Ode To Billie Joe (3:18)

18. Louis Prima ft. Sam Butera & The Witnesses

- Ode To Billy Joe (2:58)

19. Mick Hucknall - I'll Take Care Of You (2:56)

(yeah I know; it isn't actually that bad at all :-)

20. Stanley Turrentine - Spooky (2:58)

21. Tav Falco Panther Burns - I'll Take Care Of You (3:04)

22. Tony Monaco - Ode To Billie Joe (radio edit) (8:24)

23. Van Morrison - I'll Take Care Of You (5:19)

24. Vidar Busk - Spooky (4:50)

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244 another twice as nice (RS)