Re: Reggae Covers Of Famous Songs

here is a real stinker:
the Immortals (whoever they are) on Augustus Pablo Presents Rockers Story covering A World Without Love - a hit by Peter and Gordon on 1964 (written by Paul McCrapney - lord help us). in a rare moment of unrootsiness I suggest that the original is better though I havent heard it in years.
Now why is it that when I type an apostrophe the webpage goes nuts?
@Jason Allen - must check Millers cover of the Stylistics.

Burning Spear - Estimated Prophet. An early '90s cover of a grateful dead song. Perfect lyrics for Spear and a very nice track over all. On the "Mek we Dweet" album.

It is no big secret that American soul/ R&B had a great influence on JAmaican reggae music!! Here are two very nicely produced cover tunes by Reggae artists we all know and love, both tunes early 80's stylee...

Carlton Livingston's "Second that emotion" (Live & Learn Disco 12") is a beautiful version of Smokey Robinson's classic. Great horns version on Flip!

Also...
Junior "Bird" Moore (Tamlins) did a great cover of Curtis Mayfield's classic "You must believe me" (Masai Disco 12") well worth listening to. Plus another very nice Horns version on flip

Couple of my favorites:

Leroy Gibbons - This Magic Moment (Drifters)

Wailing Souls - Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads)

Dennis Brown - Long and Winding Road (McCartney)

"Nearly" cover versions - Sitting and Watching (Dennis Brown) = Sweet Surrender (Bread)

I'm the Toughest (Peter Tosh) = I'm Your Puppet (James and Bobby Purify)

(Have I mentioned these before, should have checked.)

Jimmy London "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" (Simon & Garfunkel)

Lester Sterling "Afrikaan Beat" (Bert Kaempfert - lots of You Tube videos of this)
also
Don Drummond "African Beat"
and
Massive Horns "African Beat"

Pat Kelly "Dark End Of The Street" (James Carr Soul classic)

hi, im looking for a reggae version of shania twains your still the one?? any one know of one pppplllllease let me know as i want it for my wedding later this year!! thank you x

Keathus I - Prophecy is loosely based on Leon Thomas's "Shape Your Mind and Die". How's that for an obscure cover?!

I'm such a nerd.