Song | Artist/Date/Label | Remade by | |
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Gallows Pole see Mama, Did You Bring Me Any Silver |
Galveston | Don Ho 9-68 Reprise 0800 | Glen Campbell (11-27-68) |
Gambler, The | Don Schlitz 3-7-78 Crazy Mamas 2005/Capitol 4576 | Kenny Rogers |
Gee Whiz | Bob & Earl 1958 Class 231 | Innocents |
Gentle On My Mind | John Hartford 2-3-67 RCA Victor 9175 | Tompall & Glaser Bros. (2-22-67), Glen Campbell (5-17-67) |
Georgia (On My Mind) | Hoagy Carmichael 9-15-30 Victor 23013 | Frankie Trumbauer (6-24-31, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Michael Bolton |
Get Here | Brenda Russell 1988 A&M 1233 | Oleta Adams |
Get It While You Can | Howard Tate 2-22-67 Verve 10496 | Janis Joplin |
Get Together see Amor A Todos (Get Together) |
Get Up (aka 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 [Blow Your Whistle]) | Blue Mink 1974 MCA 40230 | Gary Toms Empire |
Ghost Riders In The Sky see Riders In The Sky |
Gidget | Four Preps c. 6-58 Capitol 4078 | James Darren (8-2-58) |
Gina | Johnny Janis 1960 Columbia 41797 | Johnny Mathis (8-9-62) |
Girl From Ipanema (as "Garota de Ipanema") | Pery Ribeiro 1962 on lp Brazilian Odeon 3314 Pery E' Todo Bossa | Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto (3-63) |
Ribeiro supposedly heard Jobim playing the song in a Brazilian bar and immediately recorded it, not realizing Antonio would be cutting it the following day for the same record company!
The English lyrics for Getz & Gilberto's hit were written by Norman Gimbel, who later penned "Killing Me Softly With His Song."
Girl Of My Best Friend | Charlie Blackwell 1959 Warner Bros. 5132 | Elvis Presley (4-4-60), Marty Vine, Ral Donner (9-10-60), Eddie Wood |
Girl On A Swing | Happenings 1966 on lp B.T. Puppy 1001 | Gerry & Pacemakers (6-2-66) |
Girl Watcher see Boy Watcher |
Girl You Know It's True | Numarx 1987 on 12" Studio Records STU-1811 | Milli Vanilli |
Girls, Girls, Girls see Made To Love |
Girls Girls Girls | Coasters 2-9-61 Atco 6204 | Elvis Presley (as "Girls! Girls! Girls!") |
Give Us Your Blessing | Ray Peterson 1963 Dunes 2025 | Shangri-Las |
Givin' It Up For Your Love | Jerry Williams 1979 on lp Warner Bros 3291 Gone | Delbert McClinton |
Glad To Be Unhappy | Fairchild & Carroll 5-19-36 Liberty Music Shop 196 | Frank Sinatra, Mamas & Papas |
Glendora | Jack Lewis & Zippy Simms Orch. 1956 Crest 1018 | Perry Como (5-8-56), Downliners Sect |
Gloria | Bob Hayward 1946 Exclusive 218 | Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, Mills Bros., Cadillacs, Manhattan Transfer |
Gloria | Umberto Tozzi 1979 on lp Italian CBS 83711 Gloria | Jonathan King, Laura Branigan, Umberto Tozzi (2002) |
Glory Of Love, The | Willie Bryant & Orch. 4-9-36 Bluebird 6374 | Ted Fio Rito (4-14-36), Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Cleftones, Five Keys, Roommates, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Otis Redding, Dells, Bette Midler et el. |
Go Away Little Girl | Bobby Vee 3-28-62 on lp Liberty 3285 The Night Has A Thousand Eyes | Steve Lawrence, Happenings, Donny Osmond |
Go Now | Bessie Banks 12-4-63 Tiger 102 | Moody Blues, Wings |
Go Placidly (aka Desiderata) | Brian Davison's Every Which Way 1970 on lp Mercury SR 61340 | Les Crane |
The song was parodied as "Deteriorata" on National Lampoon's 1972 album Radio Dinner.
Go Where You Wanna Go | Mamas & Papas 1965 Dunhill 4018 | 5th Dimension |
God, Country and My Baby | Chico Holiday 1961 New Phoenix 6190/Coral 62291 | Johnny Burnette (9-22-61) |
Goin' Steady | Faron Young 10-12-52 Capitol 2299 | Tommy Sands, Faron Young (1970 for Mercury) |
Going Back (aka Goin' Back) | Goldie (Zelkowitz) 1966 UK Immediate 026 | Dusty Springfield (6-15-66), Byrds, Carole King, Pretenders, Phil Collins |
Going Down | Moloch 1969 on lp Enterprise 1002 | Freddie King (10-70), Jeff Beck Group, Don Nix, J.J. Cale, Bryan Ferry, John Mayall |
Going Up The Country see Bull Doze Blues |
Gone | Smokey Rogers 1952 Western Caravan 901 | Ferlin Husky (11-4-52 as by Terry Preston, 1956), Joey Heatherton, Smokey Rogers (1963 for Starday), Troy Shondell |
Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now see I'm Gonna Get Along Without You |
Gonna Have A Good Time (aka Good Times) | Easybeats 9-67 United Artists 50488 | Clingers, Mott The Hoople, INXS & Jimmy Barnes |
Gonna Work Out Fine (aka It's Gonna Work Out Fine) | Mickey & Sylvia 9-26-60 on CD Bear Family BCD 15438 Love Is Strange (1990) | Ike & Tina Turner |
Good Hearted Woman | Waylon Jennings 9-1-71 RCA 0615 | Willie Nelson (1971, 1978), Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (1976) |
Good Lovin' | Lemme B. Good 2-65 Mercury 72418 | Olympics (rel 3-65), Young Rascals (2-1-66), Grateful Dead, Bobby McFerrin |
Lemme B. Good was soul singer Limmie Snell, who also recorded as Limmie B. Good, Limmie & The Family Cooking (with his two sisters) and Limmie Funk Unlimited.
Good Morning, School Girl (aka Good Morning Little School Girl) | Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee Williamson) 5-5-37 Bluebird 7059 | Don and Bob, Yardbirds, Grateful Dead, Rod Stewart, Taj Mahal, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison et al. |
Good Morning Starshine | Jill O'Hara 10-30-67 on lp RCA 1143 Hair Off-Broadway cast | Lynn Kellogg, Melba Moore, James Rado & Gerome Ragni, Oliver, Strawberry Alarm Clock |
Good Rocking Tonight | Roy Brown 7-47 Deluxe 1093 | Wynonie Harris (12-28-47), Elvis Presley, Pat Boone |
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues | Danny O'Keefe 1967 (cut for Piccadilly) on lp First American 7721 The Seattle Tapes (1977) | Bards, Danny O'Keefe (1970 for Cotillion, 1972 for Signpost) |
Good Times see Gonna Have A Good Time |
Goodbye My Lover Goodbye | Robert Mosley 1963 (rel. 4-63) Capitol 4961 | Jimmy Hughes, Searchers |
Goody Goody | Ted Wallace & Swing Kings 1-17-36 Bluebird 6252 | Benny Goodman (1-24-36), Wingy Manone (3-10-36), Frankie Lymon, Ella Fitzgerald |
Got Love If You Want It see I Got Love If You Want It |
Got My Mind Set On You see I've Got My Mind Set On You |
Got To Move see You Got To Move |
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer | Elmo & Patsy 1979 Kim-Pat 2984/Soundwaves 4658 | Elmo & Patsy (1979 for Oink, later issued on Epic) |
Greaseball (aka Leroy) | Jack Scott 1958 on lp German Buffalo Bop 2050 Greaseball (1986) | Jack Scott (as "Leroy," 1958) |
Green Fields (aka Greenfields) | Easy Riders 10-23-57 on lp Columbia 1103 Blue Mountain | Brothers Four (7-28-59), Vogues, Eliza Gilkyson |
Green, Green Grass Of Home | Johnny Darrell 1965 United Artists 869 | Porter Wagoner (6-7-65), Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom Jones |
Tom Jones was inspired to record the song after hearing Jerry Lee Lewis's version.
Greenback Dollar | Hoyt Axton 1962 on lp Horizon 1601 The Balladeer | Hoyt Axton (1962, Horizon 351, 1963, Horizon 362), Kingston Trio (9-25-62), Jamie Coe & Gigolos, Astronauts, Washington Squares |
Hoyt's Balladeer album was reissued (minus two tracks) in 1963, with the same label and catalog number, under the title Greenback Dollar, undoubtedly to take advantage of the Kingston Trio's success with the song. His Greenback Dollar LP was issued yet again in 1964 on Vee Jay 1126.
Grieg's Concerto Boogie In A Minor (aka Asia Minor) | Hadda Brooks Trio 1946 Modern 145 | Kokomo |
Brooks' original was also issued on Modern Music 145, another label named used by Modern.
Grits Ain't Groceries see All Around The World |
Groovin' (aka We're Gonna Groove) | Ben E. King 11-16-63 Atco 6284 | Led Zeppelin |
Ben E. King's single was an edit from his live recording that appeared on the Apollo Saturday Night album (Atco 33-159, 1964).
The Young Rascals' 1967 hit of the same title is a different song.
Groovy (as Groovey) Kind Of Love | Dianne & Annita 1965 on ep French Vogue Int. 18035 | Patti LaBelle (10-7-65), Mindbenders, Phil Collins |
Despite being Amercian recording artists, Dianne & Annita's version was issued in France but not the US. On their American records (45s on Wand), Dianne's name is spelled with one "n."
Groovy Situation | Mel & Tim 1969 on lp Bamboo 8001 Good Guys Only Win In The Movies | Gene Chandler |
Groupie (aka Superstar) | Delany & Bonnie And Friends w/ Eric Clapton 9-27 to 10-10-69 Atco 6725 | Joe Cocker w/ Rita Coolidge, Cher, Carpenters, Bette Midler |
Guantanamera see Guajira Guantanamera |
Guajira Guantanamera (aka Guantanamera) | Cuarteto Caney 4-12-38 Columbia 5741X | Joseito Fernández (9-12-40, as "A Mi Madre Guajira Guantanamera"), Travis Edmundson (as "Cuanta La Mera"), Weavers, Pete Seeger, Sandpipers |
Guitar Boogie (aka Guitar Boogie Shuffle) | Rambler Trio (aka Arthur Smith & His Crackerjacks) 9-44 Super Disc 1004 | Virtues, Arthur Smith (1964 for Dot, 1974 for Monument) |
Guitar Man | Jerry Reed 10-10-66 RCA Victor 9152 | Elvis Presley |
Gypsy Queen | Gabor Szabo 5-6-66 Impulse 248 | Santana, Larry Coryell |