Artist	Song
Elvis Presley	Can't Help Falling In Love (1961)
The Four Seasons	Rag Doll (1964)
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers	One Way Love (1964)
Unit Four Plus Two	Concrete And Clay (1965)
Otis Redding	Respect (1965)
Chuck Woods	Seven Days Too Long (1966)
Sam & Dave	Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band	Big Time Operator (1966)
Chris Montez	The More I See You (1966)
The Monkees	Daydream Believer (1967)
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band	I Gotta Hold On To My Love (1967)
The Bar-Kays	Soul Finger (1967)
Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon	Breakin' Down The Walls of Heartache (1968)
Cliff Nobles & Co.	The Horse (1968)
Jimmy Ruffin	I'll Say Forever My Love (1968)
Herb Alpert	This Guy's In Love With You (1968)
Mama Cass	It's Getting Better (1969)
The Hollies	I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top (1969)
The Beatles	The Long And Winding Road (1970)
Van Morrison	Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) (1972)
The Fantastics	Something Old, Something New (1972)
M.F.S.B. featuring The Tree Degrees	T.S.O.P. (1974)
Bruce Springsteen	Thunder Road (1975)
George Benson	The Greatest Love Of All (1977)

Comment:

With a few mixes of songs by my all-time favourite group floating around elsewhere on this site I thought that, rather than posting another similar mix, I'd post this CD I put together of 'original' versions of songs covered by Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners. It is quite an odd mixture of influences and probably helps to explain why Dexys music encompassed such diverse styles. I also now realise how big an influence these songs have had on my own musical taste - there are several cross-overs with the (apparently unrelated) mixes I've previously posted. A few points of clarification: 1) Quite a few of these songs were only covered as part of live perfomances which have never been released but, trust me, they exist! 2) "I'll Say Forever My Love" and "I Gotta Hold On To My Love" were not so much 'covered' by Dexys as incorporated into other songs. 3) Although the Drifters recorded the 'original' of "One Way Love", Cliff Bennett's version was the inspiration for Dexys' cover, which is why I chose that recording. 4) Several of these selections were covered by Kevin Rowland for his much-maligned solo album "My Beauty" - including "Thunder Road" which had to be left off the released album after Bruce Springsteen's lawyers refused to give permission for a few lyrical changes! 5) "Concrete And Clay" was not only covered by Kevin Rowland but was also the inspiration for the 'bom-ba-bom' rhythm in "Come On Eileen"!

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