Hendrix was an electric guitar god to music lovers of the 1960s. It sold half a million records at the time, but it wasn’t until a newcomer named Elvis covered it that it became a worldwide sensation.
The King of Rock and Roll gyrated and sang his way into the hearts of teenage girls around the world with his 1956 recording of “Hound Dog.” But the classic song had already made a splash on the music charts three years earlier when blues singer Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton released her version in 1952. However, it didn’t get much play as an acoustic number, so Johnny Cash rearranged and re-recorded it to create a No.
His wife, June Carter Cash, and another songwriter, Merle Kilgore, wrote the song for June’s sister Anita Carter. Yet he is neither the original artist nor the songwriter. I felt pretty confident.īut many of us were shocked to find out that some of our favorite tunes from across the decades were actually remakes! How many of these songs did you know were cover tunes? I bet some of them might surprise you, too.Ĭash was a country music icon with “Ring of Fire” his signature song. On this particular night, the category “Cover Songs You Had No Idea Were Covers” came up.
Every once in a while, a category comes up during the game that gets the room really talking and excited. Every week, we get together with friends, enjoy a good meal, enjoy some laughs and get super competitive over a game of name that tune and artist. A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I went to our weekly music trivia night at a local restaurant-pub.
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