Your Favorite Pop Cover of a Showtune

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.

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?"

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)

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

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

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

Andrew Samonsky's version of I Won't Say from the Disney film HERCULES.

Though Andrew could sing gibberish and I'd still melt.

Eva Cassidy's version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rd8VktT8xY&list=RD2rd8VktT8xY#t=0

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."

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

Gwen Stefani also sampled "The Lonely Goatherd" on her song "Wind It Up." Its music video also had very strong Sound of Music overtones...