coverings

did you know that jimi covered bob in 1968 and that elvis' blue suede shoes actually belonged to carl perkins the year before in 1955? david bowie covered iggy pop's china girl in 1983.
dizzy miss lizzy by the beatles is in fact a larry williams from 1958. (who the - is larry williams anyway?)
eric clapton wanted cocaine the very next year.
humble pie drove the beatles' car a decade later,in '75.
the first cut is the deepest was covered by sheryl crow for cat stevens.
who shot the sherrif? bob marley in 73 or eric clapton in 74?
aretha wasn't the first one who sang about respect.


i bought jeff buckley's grace for three pounds for his cover of leonard cohen's hallelujah.