This was the second ever mix I made in this series of weekly mixes, and after the first set of cover songs I decided to devote this one to songs that were covered and made more popular by other artists. The originals in ways most people haven't heard them.
That includes: a live version of the Aretha Franklin hit "Respect" by Otis Redding, Soft Cell's hit "Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones, David Bowie's hit "China Girl" by Iggy Pop, The Rolling Stones single "Time Is On My Side" by Irma Thomas, The Rolling Stones hit "Harlem Shuffle" originally by Bob & Earl, the Three Dog Night hit "Mama Told Me Not To Come" by Randy Newman, the Black Crowes single "Hard To Handle" originally by Otis Redding, the Chaka Khan hit "I Feel For You" by Prince, Linda Ronstadt's hit "You're No Good" by Betty Everett, the Janis Joplin hit "Piece Of My Heart" by Erma Franklin, the Grand Funk Railroad hit "Some Kind Of Wonderful" by Soul Brothers Six, the Blondie single "The Tide Is High" by The Paragons, the Joe Cocker hit "Unchain My Heart" by Ray Charles, The Brothers Johnson hit "Strawberry Letter 23" by Shuggie Otis, Aretha Franklin's hit "Until You Come Back To Me" by Stevie Wonder, the Pretenders single "Thin Line Between Love & Hate" by The Persuaders, the Nicolette Larson hit "lotta Love" by Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix's hit "All Along The Watchtower" by Bob Dylan, the Clash single "Police & Thieves" by Junior Murvin, the Simply Red hit "If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, the Paul Young hit "Everytime You Go Away" by Hall & Oates, the Rod Stewart hit "Downtown Train" by Tom Waits, the Creedence Clearwater Revival single "Midnight Special" by Leadbelly and the studio version of Aretha Franklin's hit "Respect" by the song's writer Otis Redding.
