famous artists that covered someone else’s song
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Famous Artists That Covered
Someone Else's Song
CAUTIONLicense Needed
Licensing A Song• There are many examples of
artists that have used another artist’s song and made it their own. This is 100% legal as long as the proper steps are taken.
• The new artist must get permission from the original artist and get the proper license to perform that song. This is called a public performance license.
• The new artist must also receive a special license, called a mechanical license, from the copyright owner, which is usually held by the artist and publisher.
Famous Cover Songs
Original Artist: Nine Inch Nails Cover Artist: Johnny CashSong: “Hurt”
• Johnny Cash played and recorded a cover of the Nine Inch Nails’ song “Hurt” in 2002.
• Johnny Cash revised the song, changed some of the words, and played it acoustically in his own unique style.
• He needed a mechanical license to record it.
‘I Love Rock & Roll’
Cover Artist: Joan Jett and The BlackheartsSong: “I Love Rock & Roll”
• If you have ever listened to a classic rock radio station or grew up in the 80’s, you have heard this epic rock anthem.
• Truth is, it was not originally written by Joan Jett!
• Joan Jett recorded the new version of this anthem in 1981.
Original Artist: Arrows (A 70’s British Rock Band)
Hey Joe, I Took Your Song!• Everyone has heard the song “Hey
Joe” by Jimi Hendrix. He recorded it in 1966 for his iconic album, The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
• But has anyone heard the song “Hey Joe” by the original artist, The Leaves?
• The earliest known recording was done in 1965 by The Leaves, but made famous and iconic by Jimi Hendrix.
Cover Artist: Jimi HendrixSong: “Hey Joe”
Original Artist: The Leaves
R-E-S-P-E-C-T• The world famous song,
“RESPECT” by Aretha Franklin, is actually not her original song.
• “Respect” was actually written and recorded by Otis Redding in 1965.
• Two years later in 1967, Aretha Franklin licensed the song and made it famous.
Cover Artist: Aretha FranklinSong: “Respect”
Original Artist: Otis Redding
And I, Will Always Love You…• Whitney Houston’s EPIC ballad
from the movie soundtrack, The Bodyguard, was actually not her original song.
• It was originally recorded as a country song by Dolly Parton in 1974.
• Whitney Houston’s version of the ballad was released in 1992.
Cover Artist: Whitney Houston
Song: “I Will Always Love You”Original Artist: Dolly
Parton
“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”• If you were a young girl
growing up in the early 80’s, you probably remember dancing to this American hit single.
• However, this ‘rock chick’ anthem was actually written by a man!
• Robert Hazard is the original artist of this American girl anthem, as he recorded it in 1979.
Cover Artist: Cindy LauperSong: “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” Original Artist: Robert
Hazard
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Johnny Cash Image: Page 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Johnny-Cash_1972.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/47686431@N04/4399081211
Joan Jett Image: Page 4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jett_Rocks.jpg
Jimi Hendrix Image: Page 5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jimi_hendryx_experience_1968.JPG
Aretha Franklin Image: Page 6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aretha_Franklin.png
Image AttributionWhitney Houston Image: Page 7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Home_Heroes_1_cropped.jpg
Cindy Lauper Image: Page 8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cyndi_Lauper2_cropped.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/46983348@N00/2577828111https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/