Quote Originally Posted by CTMilller View Post
I've always liked Buddy Holly's original 1957 version of "Not Fade Away" - I inherited the 45rpm disc from my older sister - but The Stones do it even better. When they started they were exclusively a band who covered other people's records. It wasn't until the brilliant "Tell Me" that they had a hit with their own material. In my book "Not fade Away" was the best of those cover hits together with "Little Red Rooster" - though the Willie Dixon original of this was pretty obscure
That's some interesting stuff about the early Stones, CT. I almost included a song of theirs on the OP, Out of Time, the Chris Farlowe version being my favourite. Another song where I like two different versions is Reason to Believe by Tim Hardin and Rod Stewart. And another song covered many times and originally intended for The Righteous Brothers is We Gotta Get Out of This Place, the Animals' version is for me the theme tune to the Vietnam War. Fantastic.