Train Kept A'Rollin' (J Burnett, "J.B. & the R'N'R Trio"10/56) Aerosmith, "Get Your Wings", 5:33, 3/74 (Never Charted)

Young Man Blues (M Allison, "Back Country Suite", 6/57) the Who, "Live At Leeds", 4:30, '70 (Never Charted)

Brand New Cadillac (V Taylor & His Playboys, 2:37, 4/59) the Clash, "London Calling", 2:08, 12/79 (Never Charted)

Love Hurts (Everly Brothers, "A Date With..",12/60) (R Orbison, '62) Nazareth, "Hair Of The Dog", 3:52, 1/76, #8

Fortune Teller (B Spellman, b-side of "Mother-In-Law", 4/61) the Rolling Stones, "Got Live If You Want It", 2:37,11/66

the Who, "Live At Leeds", 2:34, '70 (Never Charted)

The Harlem Shuffle (Bob & Earl, 2:42, '63) the Rolling Stones, "Dirty Work", 3:26, 3/86, #5

Time Is On My Side (I Thomas, "Wish Some One Would Care", 2:51 ,'64) the Rolling Stones, "12 x 5", 11/64, #6

Mr Tambourine Man (B Dylan, "Bringing It All Back..", 5:30, 3/65) the Byrds, "Mr Tambourine Man", 2:29, 6/65, #1

Respect (O Redding, "Otis Blue", 2:05, 10/65) Aretha Franklin, "I Never Loved A Man The Way..", 2:27, 5/67, #1

With A little Help From My Friends (the Beatles, "Sgt Pepper", 2:44 6/67) Joe Cocker, "Woodstock", 10:03, 8/70 (Never Charted)

All Along The Watchtower (B Dylan, "John Wesley Harding", 2:31, 12/67) Jimi Hendrix, "Electric Ladyland", 4:01, 9/68, #20

Rose Garden (J South, "Introspect", 2:46, '68) Lynn Anderson, "Rose Garden", 2:48, 12/70, #3

The Weight (the Band, "Music Fom Big Pink", 4:38, 7/68) Aretha Franklin, "This Girls In Love With You", 2:59, 3/69, #19

Birthday (the Beatles, "(White Album)", 2:42, 11/68) Underground Sunshine, "Let There Be Light",2:44,8/69, #26

Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac, "English Rose", 2:48, 1/69) Santana, "Abraxas", 5:24, 11/70, #4

Them Changes ("Paul Humphrey & the Cool-Aid Chemists", 3:32, '69) Buddy Miles, "Them Changes", 3:22, '70, (Never Charted)

Me & Bobby McGee (K Kristofferson, "Kristofferson", 4:23, '70) Janis Joplin, "Pearl", 4:31, 2/71, #1

Help Me Make It Through The Night (K Kristofferson, 2:24, '70) Sammi Smith, 2/71, #1

For The Good Times (K Kristofferson, "Kristofferson", 3:25, '70) Ray Price, "For The Good Times", 11/70, #11

Sunday Morning Coming Down (K Kristofferson, 4:34, '70) Johnny Cash, "The Johnny Cash Show", 4:10, #1

Mama Told Me Not To Come (R Newman, "12 Songs", 2:12, 2/70) Three Dog Night "It Ain't Easy", 3:19, 6/70, #1

The Mighty Quinn (B Dylan, "Self-Portrait", 2:48, 6/70) Manfredd Mann, 2:51, 3/68, #10

I've Been Working (V Morrison,"His Band and the Street..", 3:25, 10/70) Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, "Live Bullet", 4/76

Wild Night (V Morrison, "Tupelo Honey", 3:33, 11/71 #28) John Mellencamp, "Dance Naked", 3:28, 6/94, #3

Blinded By The Light (B Springsteen, "Greetings..", 5:04, 1/73) Manfred Mann, "The Roaring Silence", 7:08, 12/76, #1

Stir It Up (B Marley, "Catch A Fire", 5:32, 4/73) Johnny Nash, "I Can See Clearly Now", 3:04, 3/73, #12

I Shot The Sheriff (B Marley, "Burnin'", 4:41, '73) Eric Clapton, "461 Ocean Boulevard", 4:25, 8/74, #1

I Can't Stand The Rain (A Peebles, "I Can't Stand The Rain, 2:31, '74) Tina Turner, "Private Dancer", 3:41, 11/84 (Never Charted)

Take Me To The River (A Green, "Explores Your Mind", 3:43, '74) the Talking Heads, "More Songs About..", 5:00, 12/78, #26

What Do You Want The Girl To Do (A Toussaint, "Southern Nights", '75) Lowell George, "Thanks, I'll Eat It Here", 4:46,'79 (Never Charted)

Southern Nights (A Toussaint, "Southern Nights", '75) Glen Campbell, "Southern Nights", 3:07, 3/77, #1

Slow Dancin' (the Funky Kings, "Funky Kings", 3:46, 1976) Johnny Rivers, "Outside Help", 3:58, 7/77, #10

Poor Poor Pitiful Me (W Zevon, "Warren Zevon", 3:04, '76) Linda Ronstadt, "Simple Dreams", 3:42, 2/78, #31

China Girl (Iggy Pop, "The Idiot", 5:12, 3/77) David Bowie, "Let's Dance", 5:33, 7/83, #10

Because The Night (B Springsteen, "Piece de Resistance"', 7:11, 9/78) Patti Smith. "Easter", 3:32, 5/78, #13

Jersey Girl (T Waits, "Heart Attack & Vine", 9/80, 5:09) Bruce Springsteen, "Cover Me" b-side, 6:40, 8/84

Where Did Your Heart Go? (Was (Not Was), 4:51, 8/81) Wham!, "Music From The Edge Of Heaven", 5:43, '86

All Through The Night (J Shear, "Watch Dog", 3:40, 1983) Cyndi Lauper, "She's So Unusual", 10/84, #5

Pink Cadillac (B Springsteen, b of "Dancing In The Dark",5/84, 3:33) Natalie Cole, "Everlasting", 4:20, 3/88, #5

Downtown Train (T Waits, "Rain Dogs", 3:53, 8/85) Rod Stewart, "Storyteller",4:39, 12/2/89, #3

If She Knew What She Wants (J Shear, "Eternal Return", 3:42, '85) the Bangles, "Eternal Flame", 3:48, 6/86, #29

Thing Called Love (J Hiatt, "Bring the Family", 4:16, 5/87) Bonnie Raitt, "Nick Of Time", 3:52, 4/89 (Never Charted)

Broken Arrow (R Robertson, "Robbie Robertson", 5:24, 1987) Rod Stewart, "Vagabond Heart", 4:26, 11/91, #20

There are the obvious covers I haven't mentioned, like Linda Ronstadt's hideous string of 70's remakes of Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Smokey Robinson, the Stones, etc, etc, but I'm assuming anyone reading this list already prefers the originals, so I didn't bother including Ronstadt's mewling, vastly inferior, yet infuriatingly bigger-selling travesties. The same goes for Elton John's twinkley version of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", Donna Summer's galloping cover of "MacArthur Park" (Richard Harris' 1968 original is no masterpiece to begin with), Aerosmith's grotty take on "Come Together", Hall & Oates overblown reading of "You've Lost That Loving Feeling", Grand Funk Railroad's 70-mile-an-hour rear-ending of Little Eva's "The Loco-Motion" (which I actually sort of like), the Carpenter's comatose crooning of "Please Mr Postman", or any other sentimentalized, spinning-in-their-graves, dumbed-down glop.

Also, songs that have been covered by hundreds of artists - for instance, previously obscure or classic Blues songs done by Hard Rock/Metal/Heavy Blues bands, i.e. the Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Janis Joplin ("Ball & Chain"? Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton, who also took ''Hound Dog'' to #1 on the R'n'B charts 3 years before Elvis), Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Cream, George Thorogood, Savoy Brown, Johnny Lang, the Animals, the Who (Did you know that "Eyesight To The Blind", from "Tommy", is a Sonny Boy Williamson tune? Although Townshend may likely have first heard it as performed by Mose Allison), Mike Bloomfield, etc, as well as established Blues artists themselves, are, as good as the covers may be, far too numerous to track down and categorize. The same goes for the infinite array of 50's artists covering other 50's artists - Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino and the Pelvis (in particular) covering everything they could get their hands on leap to mind...for all of those, I'll gladly let some other obssessive do the digging and cataloging of that motherlode. (Did you know that Fat's Domino's "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday" is itself a cover version? Bobby Mitchell ,1957, that's who.) I'm not even going to attempt Jazz or C&W covers.

Some are inarguable; for instance, I'm not going to editorialize between Marvin Gaye's, Gladys Knight's, or Creedence Clearwater Revival's versions of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"; they're all too good to pick a definitive version. (The inverse applies to Quiet Riot's brain-dead bashing of Slade's "Cum On Feel The Noize". If you're gonna do a cover, bring something new to the table, alright?)