Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/15
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#1
Posted: 10/7/16 at 10:30am
Mine is Stevie Wonder's cover of Seasons of Love which was actually included on the original cast recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ-4ikcohCs
what is yours?? Post a link to the recording if possible too!
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#2
Posted: 10/7/16 at 11:38am
Not sure if it counts, per se, but I LOVE Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's rendition of "I Can't Give You Anything but Love."
Also, I prefer Sara Bareilles' "I Didn't Plan It" over the cast album version.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/15
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#4
Posted: 10/7/16 at 3:01pm
One favorite? Hard. Ok - Bobby Darin "Once Upon A Time"
Followed by: Rod Stewart "Til There Was You" (Etta James' version was wonderful too); Jackson 5 "Morning Glow"; Todd Rundgren "Something's Coming"' Robert Goulet "What Kind of Fool Am I?"
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/15
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#5
Posted: 10/7/16 at 3:50pm
wait. jackson 5 did Morning Glow???? need to find this
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#6
Posted: 10/7/16 at 5:18pm
Even though it's rare nowadays there are quite a few that made it up the "pop" charts:
5th Dimension Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine
Judy Collins (of course), Send In The Clowns
Corner Of The Sky Jackson 5
Hair Cowsills
Good Morning Star Shine Gordon Lightfoot ? O'Sullivan
Memory Streisand (and a million others)
One Night In Banghok Chess
Superstar Murray Head
I Don't Know How To Love Him
Don't Cry For Me Argentina Carpenters (and many others)
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#8
Posted: 10/7/16 at 5:28pm
What a wonderful topic for a thread!
My very favorite is "I Only Have Eyes For You," by The Flamingoes.
Some runners up: NIna Simone's "Feeling Good," Aretha's "If Ever I Would Leave You," Sammy Davis, Jr's "Gonna Build A Mountain," The Beatles "Til There Was You," Tom Waits' "Somewhere," Judy Collins' "Pirate Jenny."
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#9
Posted: 10/7/16 at 7:31pm
Yep, gotta include Tom Waits' "Somewhere."
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#10
Posted: 10/7/16 at 7:57pm
Summertime, Janis Joplin. I still get goosebumps every time I hear it.
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#11
Posted: 10/7/16 at 10:02pm
luvcaroline said: "Summertime, Janis Joplin. I still get goosebumps every time I hear it."
Absolutely agree with this. It actually came up on shuffle on my phone this afternoon while driving back in to the city from New Jersey and it still amazes me what an incredibly unique take on the song it is.
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#12
Posted: 10/7/16 at 10:17pm
Janis's Summertime is chilling. Sorry I did not list it myself.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#13
Posted: 10/7/16 at 11:17pm
How has nobody mentioned Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl?"
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#14
Posted: 10/8/16 at 3:01am
Andrew Samonsky's version of I Won't Say from the Disney film HERCULES.
Though Andrew could sing gibberish and I'd still melt.
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#14
Posted: 10/8/16 at 3:01am
Andrew Samonsky's version of I Won't Say from the Disney film HERCULES.
Though Andrew could sing gibberish and I'd still melt.
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#15
Posted: 10/8/16 at 6:46am
Eva Cassidy's version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY&list=RD2rd8VktT8xY#t=0
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#16
Posted: 10/8/16 at 9:54am
trpguyy said: "How has nobody mentioned Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl?"
"
Probably because it isn't a true cover, only what's called a "sample" (in the music world). She utilizes the song for the chorus. That's it. Perhaps nobody mentioned it because it's a total bastardization of its source material, too. 
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#17
Posted: 10/8/16 at 10:08am
Yeah I know, my post was in jest. Just think though, there must be some children seeing Fiddler for the first time who recognize Rich Man as "that Gwen Stefani song."
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#18
Posted: 10/8/16 at 11:27am
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
https://youtu.be/OfJRX-8SXOs
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#21
Posted: 10/8/16 at 5:55pm
Gloria Gaynor's version of "I Am What I Am"
Featured Actor Joined: 7/13/03
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#22
Posted: 10/8/16 at 6:06pm
Teri De Sario's version of 'Fallin' from 'They're Playing Our Song'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV3Wke4phJQ
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#23
Posted: 10/8/16 at 6:27pm
Gwen Stefani also sampled "The Lonely Goatherd" on her song "Wind It Up." Its music video also had very strong Sound of Music overtones...
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune#24
Posted: 10/8/16 at 6:36pm
The unforgettable Dinah Washington and If I Loved You.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jABeGG7Wf5w
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