Long Tall Ernie and the Shakers, "Do You Remember?" and "Golden Years of Rock and Roll" both paid tribute to, and impersonated, many of the stars of the '50s and early '60s. On the first Stars on Long Play (Stars on 45) album.
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Songs where other artists are imitated (or: The Other Artists Have it!)
To me, that one had a country sound. But I remember receiving a call from a listener who thought that "Denise" by Randy and the Rainbows sounded like the Four Seasons to her. Since I knew that it was Randy and the Rainbows, the Four Seasons soundalike angle never occurred to me.Jay F said:
Sugarloaf - Dont Call Us We'll Call You has a Beatles 'I Feel Fine' riff in it.
How about Tiny Tim's "impersonation" (and I use the term loosely) of Sonny & Cher in his remake of I Got You Babe in 1968, from his first album God Bless Tiny Tim. He sang the "Sonny" part in his natural voice and the "Cher" part in his "Tiny Tim" falsetto. DeepOldies.com plays this "classic" rather often. "Bizarre" is the best way to describe it if you haven't had the pleasure of hearing it. ;D
Joe Diffie had a country hit in the '90s called "Bigger Than the Beatles," which ended with a most Beatle-esque "yeah-yeah-yeah-YEEEEEAAAAHHHH" repeated in the fade-out.
Also in country, David Allan Coe imitated Merle Haggard for a couple of lines in "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" and the Statler Brothers dropped a brief impression of Bill Anderson into their name-dropping hit of the late '70s, "How to Be a Country Star," and George Jones did the same to Conway Twitty in "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes."
Also in country, David Allan Coe imitated Merle Haggard for a couple of lines in "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" and the Statler Brothers dropped a brief impression of Bill Anderson into their name-dropping hit of the late '70s, "How to Be a Country Star," and George Jones did the same to Conway Twitty in "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes."
Would I dare mention the Rutles?
You have George Harrison to thank for that. He was the one who lobbied for Jeff Lynne to produce the Anthology singles. I can't help but think that George Martin would have been a better choice, as Lynne tended to "Spectorize" anything that he could get his hands on! At any rate, you can still hear the original demo of "Free As a Bird" on youtube, if it is still there.KeithE4 said:
The video of that one is pretty cool too, with "fake Beatles" doing those "yeah yeah yeah"s.CTListener said:
Or Beatlemania, or 1964 the Tribute, or Rain, or the Wannabeatles? The Wannabeatles are actually a Beatles cover band. The rest that I mentioned are tribute bands.borderblaster said:
An act called The American Beetles toured South America in the 60s. Check them out on YouTube
dtuba said:
The band's lead singer sounds a bit like Neil Young on that song, but he does so on "Sandman" and "Tin Man," too. It's just his singing voice. I don't think there was any intention to mimic Young, especially on songs like "Tin Man" that are totally unlike anything Young would ever sing.
firepoint525 said:
In the '80s, I actually thought UPTOWN was a Four Seasons comeback tune. And, being the archiver I claim to be, I was red-faced embarassed to lose a bet over LIES, standing my ground that the Beatles sang this. And that happened just last month!
firepoint525 said:
Bowser and SHA NA NA made a career out of doing the same thing.
radioman148 said:
Nor did I...
When Dylan sang his part on "We Are the World," some folks thought he sounded like Sonny Bono! (Although Bono had, by that time, been out of the music biz for quite a while.)
Yes, they did. Anyone remember TIN-TIN, "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" in 1971? Wikipedia credits Maurice, not Barry Gibb, for helping secure that recording deal.firepoint525 said:
Kind of a funny one here. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" by Michael Jackson. A then co-worker thought that it was a woman singing that one, and was later amazed or amused to find out that it was Michael Jackson. Of course, there actually was a woman (Siedah Garrett) singing on that one with him. Maybe the co-worker couldn't tell Michael's vocals apart from Siedah's, which, I suppose, is understandable.
Got to see Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons at TPAC here in Nashville a couple of years ago, and when he started doing a couple of cover songs, I was actually hoping that he would bust out "Uptown Girl." I was kinda disappointed that he didn't.jfrancispastirchak said:
Billy Joel's "Tell Her About It" is supposedly a tribute to the Supremes, and "An Innocent Man" has a Drifters vibe to it.
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