Lynyrd Skynyrd: Free Bird [ purchase ] I have thousands upon thousands of cover songs in my collection, comprising hundreds upon hundreds of...

Merry Clayton: Bridge Over Troubled Water [purchase] Despite recording six studio albums of her own (the first four of which are very much ...

Richard Thompson : 1952 Vincent Black Lightning [ purchase a different live version ] In June, 2000, my family went to London. As ...

Brainbox : Summertime [ purchase ] Perhaps you were expecting Ms. Joplin? Don't be so disappointed. This version of the "Porg...

Maria McKee: Wayfarin' Stranger [ purchase ] Jerry Reed: Wayfaring Stranger [ purchase ] "Wayfaring Stranger" is a s...

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy : Minnie the Moocher [ purchase ] Minnie the Moocher is the timeless tale of a good girl gone bad, prohibition sty...

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman : My One and Only Love [ purchase So, what is a ‘standard’ anyway? The temptation is to see the term ...

Jack Off Jill : Lovesong [ purchase ] Since its 1989 release via Disintigration, The Cure’s “Lovesong” (often titled “Love Song,” to th...

Bow Wow Wow: Fools Rush In [ purchase ] 14 year old Burmese Londoner Annabella Lwin had been working in a dry cleaners when punk impres...

Warren Zevon : Knockin' on Heaven's Door [ purchase ] There are dozens of songs penned by Bob Dylan that can be considered stan...

Special Consensus : Blue Skies [ purchase ] If it’s a cloudy, gray day and you’re feeling down, then find a happy, upbeat version of “B...

King Curtis : A Whiter Shade Of Pale [ purchase ] I remember the wonder I experienced when I first heard “A White Shade Of Pale” as an 11...

Johnny Cash : We'll Meet Again [ purchase ] "We'll Meet Again" is a song hope in times of trouble. A mega-hit in Engl...

Monkeys Typing : Good Lovin' [Not available for purchase, but see below for more downloads] 1965 was the year I began listening to ...

Rickie Lee Jones : Up a Lazy River [ purchase ] I enjoy complex storytelling in songs as much as anyone, but songs that become standard...

Michael Franti and Spearhead : Never Too Late [ purchase studio version ] When I started thinking about this week's theme I begin t...

Desi Arnaz: El Cumbanchero [ purchase studio version ] I Love Lucy was the first live television sitcom to be shot on film and to mak...

Sondre Lerche : To Be Surprised [ purchase studio version ] Norwegian artist Sondre Lerche is not exactly a household name. My first en...

Morning Bride : KX [ Free download of studio version here ] For my first ever post I thought it made sense to look to the classics. We...

The Go Betweens: Secondhand Furniture [ purchase ]    On an Autumn day in 1984, The Go Betweens appeared on John Peel's BBC radio...