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If You Like The Original Song Wait Until You Hear The Cover
Did you know these megahits were all cover songs?
With the iconic, clean sound of Manfred Mann's Earth Band cover of "Blinded by the Light," it's almost impossible to imagine the song ever incorporating a saxophone. Starting nice and slow, Tina and Ike Turner quickly turned "Proud Mary" into a fast-paced funk-rock song with gospel-influenced vocals. Cocker played his cover at Woodstock in 1969; it became the theme song for the hit TV series The Wonder Years, and, in 2001, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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