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Originals - The World of The Who

Artist Song
Eddie Holland  Leaving Here  
Odetta  Bald Headed Woman  
James Brown  Shout and Shimmy  
James Brown  I Don't Mind  
James Brown & The Famous Flames  Please, Please, Please  
Bo Diddley  I'm a Man  
Paul Revere & The Raiders  Louie-Go Home  
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas  Motoring  
The Marketts  Batman Theme  
Ronny & The Daytonas  Bucket T  
The Beach Boys  Barbara Ann  
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas  (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave  
The Everly Brothers  Man With Money  
The Rolling Stones  The Last Time  
The Rolling Stones  Under My Thumb  
Eddie Cochran  My Way  
Benny Spellman  Fortune Teller  
Sonny Boy Williamson  Eyesight to the Blind  
Bo Diddley  Roadrunner  
Eddie Cochran  Summertime Blues  
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates  Shakin' All Over  
Mose Allison  Young Man's Blues  
Marvin Gaye  Baby Don't You Do It  
The Isley Brothers  Twist and Shout  
Elton John  Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting  

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Considering that the Who possessed an in-house songwriting dynamo, it’s somewhat surprising that they cut so many covers; what’s [i]not[/i] surprising is why they gravitated to the songs they chose to cover. Songs like these. After Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were busted for drug possession in 1967, the Who pledged to record only Stones songs while their pals languished in the pokey; the Who’s double A-side of the Stones’ bluesy kiss-off “The Last Time” and the slinky slab of machismo “Under My Thumb” barely had time to chart before the Stones rolled out of jail. Eddie Cochran’s ultimate can’t-fight-the-Man teen anthem, “Summertime Blues,” serves its rockabilly straight up, Cochran's acoustic guitar snapping, crackling, and popping like a downed power line. Surf was most definitely [i]never[/i] up anywhere near Keith Moon’s London home, but that didn’t keep him from aspiring to Beach Boyhood, and the Southern California band’s doo-wop-on-the-sand frat-house fave, “Barbara Ann,” later showed up in the movie [i]The Kids Are Alright[/i]. From “Fortune Teller” to “I’m a Man,” these are the songs that the Who couldn’t resist making their own, and when you hear the originals, you’ll understand [i]precisely[/i] why.
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