Original songs and their covers

Al compás del mundo

195, 8-28-25, original songs and their covers

01 Richard Berry - Louie Louie (USA)

02 The Kingsmen - Louie Louie (USA)

03 Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love (USA)

04 Elise LeGrow - Who Do You Love (Canada)

05 Dolly Parton - Jolene (USA)

06 The White Stripes - Jolene (USA)

07 Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower (USA)

08 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower (USA)

09 Alemayehu Eschete - Ayalqem tedengo (Ethiopia)

10 Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime (England)

11 Little Willie John - Fever (USA)

12 Elvis Presley - Fever (USA)

13 Solomon Linda - Mbube (South Africa)

14 The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (USA)

15 Billy Roberts - Hey Joe (USA)

16 Wilson Pickett - Hey Joe (USA)

17 Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack (USA)

18 Becca Krueger - Hit the Road Jack (USA)

19 Beethoven Symphony 9 (Choral) - Ode an die Freude (Germany)

20 Rube Waddell - Ode An die Freude (USA)

Throughout the entire expanse of Al compás del mundo glory, I don’t think I’ve ever presented as mixed a bag as this one. There have been many a potpourris that ventured far afield from any organic logic, yet there was always a little something that brought those tunes together in a harmonious manner. This week’s program? Not so sure. It feels like I’m falling off the edge of this flat earth of ours. I mean, how do Dolly Parton, The Kingsmen, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, The White Stripes, Ray Charles, Mungo Jerry, and more, plus Ludwig Von Beethoven, fit into a single hour’s worth of music? It’s through the magic of segues – ten of them - as we shift from original hits to the covers that followed. I think you’ll enjoy traipsing through the minefield. BTW, I’m ready to admit I’ve always liked Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”. Musical taste is a many splendored thing.

For music trivia connoisseurs: American songwriter Billy Roberts, who I believe was rarely heard from again, was the original author and first to record the acerbic folk tune turned garage band classic “Hey Joe” in 1962.

And more: British band Mungo Jerry’s “In the Summer Time” is practically a note-for-note replica of Ethiopian Alemayehu Eschete’s “Ayalqem tedengo”. They were both issued in 1970, so who copied who? The Shadow knows.

Solomon Linda and Co.

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