Artist	Song
Muddy Waters	I Just Want to Make Love to You
from The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection: Muddy Waters - His Best, 1947 to 1955 (1997)
Ray Charles	I Believe to My Soul
from The Genius! (2007)
Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
from Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits (1988)
Frank Sinatra	This Love Of Mine
from In The Wee Small Hours (1998)
Solomon Burke	Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
from The Very Best of Solomon Burke (2005)
Bobby "Blue" Bland	Turn On Your Love Light (Single Version) [Stereo]
from The Definitive Collection (2007)
Sam Cooke	That's Where It's At
from 30 Greatest Hits - Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 (2005)
Tony Bennett	Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
from The Essential Tony Bennett (2002)
Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine
from My Funny Valentine (1994)
Mose Allison	Your Mind Is On Vacation
from The Best of Mose Allison (2011)
Sonny Boy Williamson II	Help Me
from Sonny Boy Williamson II: His Best (1997)
King Pleasure	Moody's Mood for Love
from Moody's Mood for Love (2006)
Jimmy Reed	Ain't That Lovin You Baby
from I'm Jimmy Reed (2007)
Jimmy Witherspoon	No Rollin' Blues
from Spoon Sings the Blues (1946-1950) (2005)
Leadbelly	Midnight Special
from The Library of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Midnight Special, Vol. 1 (1991)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Early In the Morning
from Disc D: 1947-1949 (2006)
Don Gibson	I Can't Stop Loving You
from RCA Country Legends: Don Gibson (Remastered) (2001)
Eddy Arnold	You Don't Know Me
from The Best of Eddy Arnold (1988)
Jimmie Rodgers	Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
from RCA Country Legends: Jimmie Rodgers (2002)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross	Centerpiece
from The Hottest New Group In Jazz (1996)
Rodney Crowell	'Till I Gain Control Again
from The Rodney Crowell Collection (1989)
T-Bone Walker	Call It Stormy Monday
from Papa Ain't Salty (2005)
Tommy Edwards	It's All in the Game
from The Best of Tommy Edwards (1997)
Webb Pierce	There Stands the Glass
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Webb Pierce (2001)

Comment:

You might recognize some of these titles from your favorite Van Morrison albums and setlists, but just like in the dictionary, “similar” is a [i]long[/i] way from “same.” In "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)," the King of Rock and Soul, Solomon Burke, cries out for one last [i]hallelujah[/i] from the infidelity choir before taking a permanent powder from the love pulpit. Meanwhile, in a cross-town revival tent, Bobby "Blue" Bland begs and shouts over jubilee horns, needle-in-the-red frantic in "Turn On Your Love Light," unlike the too-proud-to-plead Morrison, who'd just order his would-be squeeze to flip that switch. Speaking of flipping switches, Tommy Edwards throws a megawatt breaker, sending a surge of theatricality crackling into “It’s All In the Game,” smiling through the pain as he trots out the lover’s playbook for a one-performance-only, show-stopping spectacular. From Chet Baker to Frank Sinatra, from Sam Cooke to Muddy Waters, these are the artists who sang the songs Van couldn’t [i]wait[/i] to make his own.

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