Classic Rock Cover Songs

The original was constructed and tailored by Lennon and McCartney for Ringo Starr to sing on the 1967 Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP.

Many legendary rock bands and artist have began their careers playing cover songs from the bands that influenced them, that includes the Rolling Stones.

Written and recorded by David Bowie for his 1970 album of the same name, it has been covered by many artists including Lulu and a memorable unplugged performance by Nirvana.

This song was written by Blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936, and popularized by Eric Clapton and Cream in the late 60's.

Written by the hall of fame songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, it was a 'B' side single for the Coasters in 1957 where it reached #8 on the US charts.

Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney it was released as a single in April of 1969, later included as the closing track on the album 'Let It Be'

By the Time Rod Argent left the Zombies the group was still gaining commercial success from their current songs on the radio, here is one covered in 1977.

This week's 'Got Ya Covered' video was written by Pete Townshend in 1971, and appeared on The Who's album, Who's Next.

Written by Iggy Pop and David and originally recorded by Iggy Pop in 1977, the song was inspired by Pop's encounter with a beautiful Vietnamese woman.

Two years ago the music world put together a double album of cover songs by one of the greatest songwriters of all time Paul McCartney.