Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune

[JM226]

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! 

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

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.

[JM226]

Posted: 10/7/16 at 2:15pm

i agree about Sara!!!

[Ranger Tom]

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?"

 

[JM226]

Posted: 10/7/16 at 3:50pm

wait. jackson 5 did Morning Glow???? need to find this

[Steve C.]

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)

 

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 10/7/16 at 5:24pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5-Yj-b1cSQ

[The Other One]

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."

Updated On: 10/7/16 at 05:28 PM

[Ranger Tom]

Posted: 10/7/16 at 7:31pm

Yep, gotta include Tom Waits' "Somewhere."  

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 10/7/16 at 7:57pm

Summertime, Janis Joplin. I still get goosebumps every time I hear it. 

[AEA AGMA SM]

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.

[The Other One]

Posted: 10/7/16 at 10:17pm

Janis's Summertime is chilling. Sorry I did not list it myself. 

[trpguyy]

Posted: 10/7/16 at 11:17pm

How has nobody mentioned Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl?"

[PatrickDC]

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. 

[PatrickDC]

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. 

[madbrian]

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

[Liza's Headband]

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.  

[trpguyy]

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."

[show2nz]

Posted: 10/8/16 at 11:27am

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

https://youtu.be/OfJRX-8SXOs

Updated On: 10/8/16 at 11:27 AM

[Melissa25]

Posted: 10/8/16 at 1:06pm

 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/8/16 at 1:09pm

Bobby Darin - "Mack the Knife"

[adam.peterson44]

Posted: 10/8/16 at 5:55pm

Gloria Gaynor's version of "I Am What I Am"

[Javi]

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

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

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...

[nmartin]

Posted: 10/8/16 at 6:36pm

The unforgettable Dinah Washington and If I Loved You.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jABeGG7Wf5w