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Theme From A Summer Place see Bright Dreams/The Garden
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Theme From New York New York (aka New York New York) |
Liza Minnelli 1977
United Artists 1014
| Ralph Burns, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Steve Lawrence, José José |
Ralph Burns did the instrumental version while Minnelli's was the vocal for the 1977 film.
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Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye |
Don Cherry 1962
Verve 10270
| John D. Loudermilk (10-21-63, 1967), Casinos, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Nash, Glen Campbell, Toby Beau |
"Band Of Gold" crooner Don Cherry unsuccessfully switched to country in the '60s and somehow was the first with this John D. Loudermilk tune. It was Cherry's only release on Verve (not to be confused with the jazz trumpeter Don Cherry who, coincidentally, had lps on the label).
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There Goes My Everything |
Ferlin Husky 11-16-65
on lp Capitol 2548 I Could Sing All Night
| Jack Greene, Don Cherry, Engelbert Humperdinck (2-20-67), Elvis Presley |
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There I've Said It Again |
Benny Carter w/ Roy Felton 1-21-41
Bluebird 11090
| Vaughn Monroe (12-21-44), Bobby Vinton |
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There Will Never Be Another You |
Woody Herman 7-24-42
Decca 18469
| Sammy Kaye, Chris Montez |
First performed by John Payne in the 1942 film Iceland. To my knowledge, his recording has never been commercially issued.
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There's A Kind Of Hush |
New Vaudeville Band 11-2-66
on lp Fontana 27560 Winchester Cathedral
| Herman's Hermits (12-66), Carpenters |
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These Are Not My People |
Billy Joe Royal 3-1-67
Columbia 44103
| Johnny Rivers, Freddy Weller |
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These Arms Of Mine |
Buddy Leach 1962
Confederate 150
| Otis Redding (10-62, 1964), Solomon Burke, James Carr, LeAnn Rimes, Tab Benoit et el. |
Otis Redding's 1961 recording "Shout Bamalama" had been issued on Confederate Records, which is how label owner Bobby Smith had access to Otis's song "These Arms Of Mine." Redding subsequently signed with Stax/Volt Records—who bought out his Confederate contract—and cut his version.
Note the error in Leach's title.
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These Days |
Nico 1967
on lp Verve 5032 Chelsea Girl
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ian Matthews, Tom Rush, Jackson Browne, Greg Allman, Paul Westerberg, Fountains Of Wayne |
Odd as it may seem now, writer Jackson Browne and Velvet Underground chanteuse Nico were romantically linked then, which is how she got the song. Browne was already a prolific composer at the time and didn't become a recording artist until 1972.
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They Don't Know |
Kirsty MacColl 1979
UK Stiff BUY 47
| Tracey Ullman |
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They Long To Be Close To You |
Richard Chamberlain 1963
MGM 13170
| Dionne Warwick, Carpenters, Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee, Gwen Guthrie |
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Think |
"5" Royales 2-2-57
King 5053
| James Brown, Ike Turner, Steve Cropper |
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Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep |
Charlie Louvin 2-24-65
Capitol 5475
| Al Martino, Don Bowman (as "Think I'll Go Somewhere And Find Myself A Sheep") |
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Third Rate Romance |
Jesse Winchester 1974
on lp Bearsville 6953 Learn To Love It
| Amazing Rhythm Aces, Rosanne Cash, Sammy Kershaw |
Third Rate Romance writer Russell Smith was part of Winchester's band, dubbed The Rhythm Aces, and sang on Jesse's version. The following year, Smith renamed the group (minus Winchester) The Amazing Rhythm Aces and a hit with the song.
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Thirteen Women And One Man |
Dickie Thompson 1954
Herald 424
| Bill Haley & Comets (as "Thirteen Women," 4-12-54), Big Bad Voodoo Daddy |
Written by Thompson, the song was inspired by the title of Tiffany Thayer's 1931 novel Thirteen Women. His record started to get some notice, but its suggestive lyrics prompted radio bans and the label dropped it.
"Thirteen Woman" was the original A-side on Bill Haley's release of "Rock Around The Clock." Haley's producer, Milt Gabler, had rewritten it (and shortened the title), while negotiating a payoff with its publisher.
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32 Flavors |
Ani Difranco 1995
on CD Righteous Babe 007 Not A Pretty Girl
| Alana Davis |
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This Diamond Ring |
Sammy Ambrose 1964
Musicor 1061
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Gary Lewis & Playboys (11-19-64), Al Kooper |
Co-writer Al Kooper didn't care for Gary Lewis' treatment of the song, which was intended to be fairly soulful. I'm sure Kooper never hesitated to cash his royalty checks though!
Jimmy Radcliffe's demo recording of "Ring" has been issued.
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This Is For The Lover In You |
Shalamar 1980
Solar 12250
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Babyface |
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This Little Girl Of Mine |
Ray Charles 4-23-55
Atlantic 1063
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Everly Bros. (11-3-57) |
Adapted by Charles from the gospel song "This Little Light Of Mine," probably from a version by Clara Ward.
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This Masquerade |
Leon Russell 12-9-71
Shelter 7325
| Aretha Franklin, George Benson |
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This May Be My Last Time (aka This May Be The Last Time, aka The Last Time) |
Staple Singers 10-5-54
Sharp 603
| Staple Singers (1961 for Vee Jay), Rolling Stones, Pops Staples, Sweet Honey In The Rock |
The roots of the song certainly may go back further as there are numerous variations of this theme in gospel circles (e.g. the Eagle Jubilee Four's 1938 May Be The Last Time, Vocalion 05503). While the Staple Singers' and the Stones' songs are not precisely the same, Keith Richards confirmed the link in his autobiography Life.
The Staple Singers' Sharp 45 was pressed around 1960 and it's unclear if it was issued prior to that.
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This Night Won't Last Forever |
Bill LaBounty 1978
Warner-Curb 8529
| Michael Johnson, Moe Bandy |
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This Should Go On Forever |
Guitar Gable 2-22-57
Excello 2153 (1959)
| Rod Bernard |
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This Time |
Thomas Wayne 1958
Fernwood 106/Mercury 71287/71454
| Troy Shondell |
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This World |
(cast) Company 1970
on lp Atlantic 1566 The Me Nobody Knows cast
| Staple Singers |
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Those Were The Days |
Limeliters 4-5-62
on lp RCA Victor 2547 Folk Matinee
| Mary Hopkin |
Based on the 1920s Russian folk song "Darogoi Dimmoyo" ("Dear For Me") by Alexander Wertinsky. "Darogoi Dimmoyo" may have been an adaptation of another Russion song called "Dorogo' Dlinnoyu" ("Along A Long Road").
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Thou Shall Not Steal |
John D. Loudermilk 1-9-62
RCA Victor 7993
| Dick & Deedee |
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Thousand Stars, A |
Rivileers 11-53
Baton 200
| Kathy Young & Innocents, Linda Scott |
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3 a.m. |
Tabitha's Secret 1994 (fall)
on CD Forbidden (no #) Don't Play With Matches (1997)
| Tabitha's Secret (5-95 for Aware), Matchbox 20 |
Three members of Tabitha's Secret, including singer Rob Thomas, went on to form Matchbox 20.
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Three Bells, The (as "Les Trois Cloches") |
Edith Piaf (& Les Compagnons de la Chanson) 6-25-46
French Columbia BFX 20
| Edith Piaf (1950), Les Compagnons de la Chanson (1952), Browns, Dick Flood |
Piaf's 1946 recording was in French and her 1950 version was in English.
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Three Hearts In A Tangle |
Ray Starr 1959
Federal 12393
| Roy Drusky, James Brown, Browns, Dizzy Gillespie |
Ray Starr was a pseudonym for co-writer (and King/Federal Records A&R man) Ray Pennington.
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Three Stars |
Eddie Cochran 2-5-59
on lp United Artists 9959 Legendary Masters Series (1971)
| Tommy Dee |
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Thrill Is Gone, The |
Roy Hawkins 1951
Modern 826
| B.B. King (many times, first in 1969), Aretha Franklin |
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Through The Fire see Chaka
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Thunderbird |
Nightcaps 1961
Vandan 3233
| Z.Z. Top |
I included this listing not because Z.Z. Top's version was a hit but because of the interesting path the song has taken. Dallas band the Nightcaps, most known for their song "Wine, Wine, Wine," wrote and recorded "Thunderbird" in the early 1960s. Z.Z. Top recorded the same song for their 1975 Fandango! album and claimed authorship. In the mid-90s, Nightcaps bassist Mario Daboub took Top guitarist Billy Gibbons to court...and lost his case. The ruling was based on the statute of limitations and the fact that the Nightcaps didn't properly copyright their material (After all, they were a young band on a local label.) So Z.Z. Top got away with essentially stealing a song.
The Nightcaps themselves were probably influenced/inspired by Dossie Terry's 1957 "Thunderbird" (King 5072).
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Tide Is High, The |
Paragons w/ Tommy McCook & Supersonics 1966
JA Trojan (no #)
| Blondie |
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Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport |
Rolf Harris 1960
20th Fox 207
| Rolf Harris (1963 for Epic) |
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Tiger |
Nick Todd 1959 (rel. 5-59)
Dot 15951
| Fabian (rel. late May, 1959), Jetstreams |
This is not a definitve entry! After much debate among my sources, I've concluded we may never know for sure whose was first. It's included here to spark whatever information may be left to uncover.
To some, Nick Todd being Pat Boone's brother (guilt by association with a noted cover artist), tips the scale to Fabian. Recently contacted about this, Nick unfortunately has little recollection of his session. Dot Records owner Randy Wood also doesn't remember the circumstances of getting the song, which was the intended B-side for Todd.
A European CD has liner notes quoting Wood as saying "Tiger" was a cover, but since both were probably done around the same time, I don't think the word "cover" applies (Fabian's didn't start charting until June, which was after Nick's had been released) and casts doubt on the quote. Universal Music, the company that now controls Dot, secured a mechanical license for Todd's on May 5 but has no recording information.
It would have likely been done at least in April, if not earlier. Dates for Fabian's records have been nonexistent, or at least never made public. Any ideas or thoughts?
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Tijuana Jail |
Johnny And Jonie (Mosby) 1-59
Challenge 59041
| Kingston Trio (2-18-59), Johnny Bond (2-59) |
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Till Then |
Mills Brothers 2-27-44
Decca 18599
| Orioles, Hilltoppers, Classics |
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Till I Met You (aka Till There Was You) |
Meredith Willson w/ Eileen Wilson 10-25-50
Decca 27334
| Sue Raney, Barbara Cook & Robert Preston, Peggy Lee, Anita Bryant, Beatles |
Composer Meredith Willson retitled the song for the 1957 stage play The Music Man.
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Time After Time |
Frank Sinatra 10-24-46
Columbia 37300
| Sarah Vaughn (11-19-46), Chris Montez |
From the film It Happened In Brooklyn.
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Time And Love |
Laura Nyro 2-69
on lp Columbia 9737 New York Tendaberry
| Barbra Streisand |
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Time Has Come Today |
Chambers Bros. 8-1-66
Columbia 43816
| Chambers Bros. (8-9-67, Columbia 44414)) |
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Time Is On My Side |
Kai Winding 10-3-63
Verve 10307
| Irma Thomas (4-27-64), Rolling Stones (6-64 [version 1], 9-64 [version 2]), George Jones, Tracy Nelson, Jimmy Norman |
Winding's version is (essentially) an instrumental with vocal chorus by the Gospelaires (Dionne Warwick, Dee Dee Warwick and Cissy Houston). Jimmy Norman penned additional lyrics to flesh out the song and was
only sometimes given co-writing credit. "Time" was first composed by Jerry Ragovoy under the pseudonym Norman Meade, further confusing the credits with or without Jimmy Norman's name; is it Norman Meade or Norman, Meade?
Despite the fact that initial pressings of the Rolling Stones US 45 (London 9708) listed Meade; Norman, Jimmy claimed not to have gotten royalties from their hit.
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Ting A Ling |
Clovers 3-18-52
Atlantic 969
| Buddy Holly, Kingbees |
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Tinpañola (aka [I Love You] Don't You Forget It) |
Henry Mancini 1961
on lp RCA 2360 Mr. Lucky Goes Latin
| Perry Como (5-1-63) |
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Tip Of My Fingers |
Bill Anderson 3-3-60
Decca 31092
| Roy Clark, Eddy Arnold, Jean Shephard, Steve Wariner |
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Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me |
Nick Lucas 5-9-29
Brunswick 4418
| Johnny Marvin (9-5-29), Tiny Tim |
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To All The Girls I've Loved Before |
Albert Hammond 1975
Dutch/German Epic 3526
| Albert Hammond (1977 for US & UK Epic), Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson |
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To The Door Of The Sun (as "Alle Porte Del Sole" |
Gigliola Cinquetti 1973
P.I. 413
| Al Martino |
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To Wait For love |
Jay & Americans 10-16-63
United Artists 693
| Tony Orlando, Herb Alpert, Jackie DeShannon |
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Tobacco Road |
John D. Loudermilk 12-15-59
Columbia 41562
| John D. Loudermilk (1962 for RCA, 1971 for Warner Bros.), Lou Rawls, Nashville Teens, Jefferson Airplane, Blues Magoos, Edgar Winter, Eric Burdon & War, Spooky Tooth et al. |
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Together |
Waring's Pennsylvanians w/ Tom Waring 1-19-28
Victor 21213
| Franklyn Baur (1-20-28), Paul Whiteman (1-21-28), Connie Francis |
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Together |
Intruders 1967
Gamble 205
| Tierra |
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Together Again |
Buck Owens 1-28-64
Capitol 5136
| Ray Charles |
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Tom Cat Blues (aka Tom Cat) |
Bob Clifford (aka Cliff Carlisle) 9-26-32
Vocalion 5492
| Rooftop Singers |
Country bluesman Carlisle recorded under his own name and pseudonyms, such as J. Boone, Amos Greene and Lullabye Larkers as well as Bob Clifford.
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Tom Dooley |
Grayson & Whitter 9-30-29
Victor 40235
| Frank Proffitt, Frank Warner, Folksay Trio, Tarriers, Kingston Trio, New Lost City Ramblers |
A number of songs have been written regarding the 1867 trial and subsequent hanging of convicted murderer Thomas Dula. Grayson's granduncle was reportedly in the group of men who arrested Dula. Their song has been referred to as a "Grayson family ballad."
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Tomorrow Night |
Henry Russell 8-8-39
Vocalion 5090
| Horace Heidt (8-9-39), Lonnie Johnson, Elvis Presley, LaVern Baker, Carl Smith, Charlie Rich |
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Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day |
Astronauts c. 3-65
RCA Victor 8545
| Sir Raleigh & Cupons [sic], Monkees, Dwight Yoakam |
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Tonight You Belong To Me |
Joe Green's Vibraphone Dance Orch. 8-10-26
Cameo 993
| Miss Lee Morse (8-16-26), Regent Club Orch. (9-14-26), Roger Wolfe Kahn (11-24-26), Gene Austin (12-1-26), Adrian Schubert & His Salon Orch. w/ Irving Kaufman (12-6-26), Patience & Prudence, Lennon Sis., NRBQ |
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Too Busy Thinking About My Baby |
Temptations 8-14-64 & 11-18-65
on lp Gordy 918 Gettin' Ready
| Marvin Gaye |
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Too Many Rivers |
Claude Gray 9-17-64
Columbia 43150
| Brenda Lee (1-29-65), Eddy Arnold |
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Too Much |
Bernard Hardison 1955 (early)
Republic 7111
| Elvis Presley (9-2-56) |
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Too Young |
Victor Young & Orchestra w/ Louanne Hogan 11-22-50
Decca 27366
| Nat King Cole (2-2-51), Patty Andrews, Donny Osmond |
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Top Of The World |
Carpenters 1972
on lp A&M 3511 A Song For You
| Lynn Anderson, Carpenters (1973) |
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Topsy |
Count Basie 8-9-37
Decca 1770
| Benny Goodman, Cozy Cole |
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Torn (as "Brændt") |
Lis Sørensen 1993
on CD Danish EMI-Medley 8282132 Under Stjernerne Et Sted (Somewhere Under The Stars)
| Ednaswap (1995, 1997), Trine Rein, Natalie Imbruglia |
"Torn" was written (and a demo recording was made) in 1991 by Phil Thornalley and future Ednaswap members Scott Cutler and Anne Preven. Danish lyrics were then written by Elisabeth Nielsen and it was retitled "Brændt," meaning burnt or roasted. Some two years later, Ednaswap got around to cutting their first proper version of the song.
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Touch Me (All Night Long) |
Wish featuring Fonda Rae 1984
Personal 7001/KN 1001
| Cathy Dennis |
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Touch Me When We're Dancing |
Bama 1979
Free Flight 11629
| Carpenters, Alabama |
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Train Kept A-Rollin', The |
Tiny Bradshaw 7-25-51
King 4497
| Johnny Burnette Trio, Yardbirds (also as "Stroll On"), Aerosmith, Colin James, Paul Burlison |
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Trains And Boats And Planes |
Burt Bacharach 2-8-65
Kapp 657
| Billy J. Kramer, Dionne Warwick |
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Tramp |
Lowell Fulsom (aka Fulson) 1966
Kent 456
| Otis Redding & Carla Thomas (2-6-67), Salt-N-Pepa, ZZ Top |
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Travelin' Soldier |
Bruce Robison 1995
on CD Vireo 1105
| Bruce Robison (1999 for Lucky Dog), Dixie Chicks |
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Truck Drivin' Man |
Terry Fell 1954
"X" 0010
| Buck Owens, George Hamilton IV, Red Steagall, Commander Cody, Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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True Love Ways |
Buddy Holly 10-21-58
Coral 62210 (1960)
| Peter & Gordon, Gary Busey, Mickey Gilley |
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Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) |
Lorraine Ellison 3-9-68
Loma 2094/Warner Bros. 7361
| Janis Joplin (6-24-69) |
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Try A Little Tenderness |
New Mayfair Dance Orch. (Ray Noble) w/ Val Rosing 12-8-32
Victor 24263
| Bing Crosby (1-9-33), Ted Lewis (2-1-33), Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, 3 Dog Night, Frank Sinatra et el. |
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Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again |
David Pomeranz 1975
on lp Arista 4053 It's In Everyone Of Us
| Barry Manilow |
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Tryin' To Get To You |
Eagles 5-17-54
Mercury 70391
| Elvis Presley (7-11-55), Ricky Nelson |
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Trying To Live My Life Without You |
Otis Clay 1972
Hi 2226
| Bob Seger |
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Tulsa Time |
Don Williams c. 1-78
ABC 12425
| Eric Clapton (1978, 1980) |
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Turn Around |
Harry Belafonte 1958
on lp RCA 1927 Love Is A Gentle Thing
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Dick & Deedee, Malvina Reynolds |
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Turn Around, Look At Me |
Glen Campbell 1961
Crest 1087
| Vogues |
|
Turn The Page |
Bob Seger 9-72
on lp Palladium 2126 Back In '72 (1973)
| Bob Seger (1976 for Capitol), Metallica, Waylon Jennings |
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Turn! Turn! Turn! |
Limeliters 4-7-62
on lp RCA 2547 Folk Matinee
| Pete Seeger (5-62 for Columbia, 7-15-62 for Folkways), Judy Collins, Byrds |
Written—well, adapted from the book of Ecclesiastes—around 1959 by Pete Seeger, who apparently didn't record it until years later.
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Tuxedo Junction |
Erskine Hawkins 7-18-39
Bluebird 10409
| Glenn Miller, Erskine Hawkins (6-50 for Coral), Frankie Avalon, Manhattan Transfer, Joe Jackson |
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Twilight Time |
Three Suns 1-44
Hit 7092
| Platters, Three Suns (1948 and at least once in the 1950s for RCA), Leo Kottke |
The Three Suns' original was also issued in the 1940s on Majestic 7092 and 1041.
The song began as an instrumental with lyrics added by Buck Ram, who went on to produce the Platters.
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Twist, The |
Hank Ballard & Midnighters 11-11-58
King 5171
| Chubby Checker, Fat Boys |
Although Hank Ballard is the credited writer, the idea for "The Twist" came from a member of the Sensational Nightingales gospel group. Depending on the source, it was either Joseph Wallace or Nathaniel Bills who offered Ballard the concept of "Let's Do The Twist" around 1957. After refining the lyrics, the Midnighters recycled the melody of their own 1957 "Is Your Love For Real" (King 12299), which was inspired by the Drifters' "What'cha Gonna Do" (Atlantic 1955, 1954).
In early spring of 1958, they cut a demo of the "new" song and submitted it to Vee Jay records (which has subsequently been issued). Before Vee Jay could act on signing Ballard & company, their label Federal/King exercised its option to resign the group.
The Midnighters' "Twist" on King was originally the B-side to "Teardrops On Your Letter," but was re-promoted following Chubby Checker's initial hit.
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Twist And Shout |
Top Notes 2-23-61
Atlantic 2115
| Isley Bros. (3-62), Beatles |
Co-writing "Twist And Shout," Bert Berns and Phil Medley used parts of their 1960 composition "Shake It Up Baby" - a song they'd published but never had recorded.
The Top Notes' recording was produced by Phil Spector in a decidedly non wall-of-sound manner. Berns was so disappointed in Spector's results, he was prompted to work up a new arrangement for the Isley Brothers (which the Beatles later copied).
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Twisted |
Al Haig Quartet w/ Wardell Gray 11-11-49
Prestige 707
| Annie Ross (10-9-52), Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, Crystal Waters |
Haig & Gray's was an instrumental. Annie Ross wrote the lyrics for her 1952 recording.
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Two More Bottles Of Wine |
Delbert McClinton 6-75
on lp ABC 907 Victim Of Life's Circumstances
| Emmylou Harris |
The song was also recorded by Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark (as Delbert & Glen) sometime in the earlier '70s and released on the 2022 compilation album, Earl's Closet (Light In The Attic 180). From the sound of it, that version was likely a demo.
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Two Of A Kind (Workin' On A Full House) |
Dennis Robbins 4-87
MCA 53143
| Garth Brooks |
Prior to his country music career, Robbins had been in the Detroit rock band the Rockets. Co-writer Warren Haynes went on to the Allman Brothers then Gov't Mule.
