“Get a Job” by the Silhouettes is a famous rock and roll song from 1957. Sha Na Na took their name from words in the song. An unlikely cover was done by Neil Young in 2012.
Category: Music covers
Covers: Rockin’ in the Free World
“Rockin’ in the Free World” is a 1989 Neil Young song. There’s a new cover from Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp which premieres on 3/6/22.
Covers: American Girl
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded American Girl in 1976. It certainly has a strong Byrds influence. Roger McGuinn of the Byrds even covered it.
Covers: All Along the Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix’s 1968 cover of Bob Dylan’s 1967 All Along the Watchtower is one of the most famous and one of the best music covers.
Covers: I’ve Been Everywhere
“I’ve Been Everywhere” is actually an Australian song from 1959 made popular in the US by Hank Snow in 1962. It’s been in several commercials.
Covers: Will You Love Me Tomorrow
“Will You Love Me Tomorrow” was co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was a 1960 hit for the Shirelles and was also released by King in 1971.
Covers: Ubangi Stomp
“Ubangi Stomp” was originally recorded by Warren Smith in 1956. Artists as varied as John Prine and Alice Cooper have covered it.
Covers: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams wrote many great songs but this is one of his best. “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” was recorded in 1949. The cover I know best is by B. J. Thomas from 1966.
Covers: Tears of Rage
Like “This Wheel’s On Fire”, “Tears of Rage” was first recorded as part of the Basement Tapes and first released on Music From Big Pink. It was co-written by Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel. I saw the Band four times and don’t recall them ever performing it. If they did, it would have been at the first show in 1970.
Covers: The Prisoner’s Song
“The Prisoner’s Song” was originally recorded in 1924 by Vernon Dalhart. One of his cousins may have heard it in prison. I just heard it for the first time in a cover by Fats Domino (1958).
Sad! 