Top 80 Songs You Didn't Know Were Covers and Their Originals
Well-known songs which everybody knows but not everybody realised they are not originals but the covers of their often less famous, first versions. Which hit songs were created by someone else? Which of them surprised you the most? Rate, comment and subscribe, whether you like it or not!
This is the song that Mark Lanegan and Nirvana covered. It is not a Nirvana song, or a Mark Lanegan song. It is a traditional song that Leadbelly was the first to record it. Lanegan and Cobain heard it and loved it.
Leadbelly - House of the Rising Sun
Leadbelly - Mr. Hitler
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Huddie William Ledbetter(Lead Belly or Leadbelly, January 1888 December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician. This song was recorded in 1942.
Lyrics: Hiltler started out in nineteen hundred and thirty two(x2) When he started out, he took the homes from the Jews
We're gonna tear Hitler down(x3) someday. We're gonna bring him to the ground(x3) someday.
When Hitler started out, he took the Jews from their homes(x2) That's one thing Mr. Hitler you know you done wrong.
We're gonna tear Hitler down(x3) someday. We're gonna bring him to the ground(x3) someday.
You ain't no iron, you ain't no solid rock(x2) but we American people say "Mr. Hitler is got to stop!"
We're gonna tear Hitler down(x3) someday. We're gonna bring him to the ground(x3) someday.
Mr. Hitler we're gonna tear your playhouse down(x2) you been flyin' mighty high, but you're on your last go round.
We're gonna tear Hitler down(x3) someday. We're gonna bring him to the ground(x3) someday.
Mr. Hitler, you know you ain't so keen(x2) But we American people say you're the biggest liar they ever seen.
We're gonna tear Hitler down(x3) someday. We're gonna bring him to the ground(x3) someday.
American anti-fascist folk musician Woody Guthrie recorded a song in 1946 entitled "Miss Pavlichenko" as a tribute to Russian sniper Ludmila Pavlichenko.
The Syndicate of Sound, along with other garage bands like Count Five and Music Machine, helped pave the way for the psychedelic sound in 1966. Their hit single, "Little Girl," reached #8 on the Top Ten in June of that year. This video tributes the song, the group, and the times of a true 60's rock classic.