Episode #235: Showdown

This week it's our annual Thanksgiving all-covers episode. Putting this show together entails me visiting whosampled.com and searching for certain titles or artists that pop into my head. I then choose among the listed soul, R&B, early hip-hop, or disco covers of the titles in question and throw them on the show. For example, I searched for covers of songs by Chicago and found a decent version of "Make Me Smile" by Joe Bataan. I also do some searches that are totally inappropriate and irresponsible, like checking to see if anyone has done a cover of Napoleon XIV's "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!" The answer? Just another example of why Biz Markie is going to be missed.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Little Richard (feat. Jimi Hendrix)	Hound Dog	1964	Vee Jay
Bobby Jay & the Hawks	Farmer John	1964	Warner Bros.
The O'Jays	Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)	1965	Imperial
Etta James	I Got You Babe	1968	Cadet
Maxine Brown	Sunny	1968	Epic
Otis Redding	Papa's Got a Brand New Bag	1968	Atco
Anthony Swete	Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)	1969	Clan Celentano
Major Harris	Like a Rolling Stone	1969	Okeh
Set 2
Stevie Wonder	For Once In My Life*	1968	Tamla
Dennis Brown	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)	1970	Bamboo
Lou Rawls	Feelin' Alright	1970	Capitol
Nolan Porter	Let's Burn Down the Cornfield	1970	Lizard
Al Green	Light My Fire	1971	Hi
Joe Bataan	Make Me Smile	1971	Fania
R.B. Greaves	Paperback Writer	1971	Atco
Billy Paul	It's Too Late	1972	Philadelphia Int'l
Set 3
Maxayn	You Can't Always Get What You Want	1972	Capricorn
The Vibrations	Midnight Rider	1972	Mandala
The Spinners	Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You	1973	Atlantic
Buddy Miles Express	You Really Got Me	1973	Columbia
Odia Coates	Showdown	1975	United Artists
Rufus feat. Chaka Khan	Jive Talkin'	1975	ABC
Set 4/Outro
Bobby Womack & Brotherhood	How Long (Has This Been Goin' On)	1976	Columbia
Earth, Wind & Fire	Can't Hide Love	1976	Columbia
Rosebud	Money	1977	Warner Bros.
Wilson Pickett	Groovin'	1978	Big Tree
Aretha Franklin	What a Fool Believes	1980	Arista
Biz Markie feat. T.J. Swan	They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haa	1986	Prism
James Brown	Love Me Tender	1978	Polydor

*(P.S. - On the show, I mistakenly say Stevie Wonder's "For Once In My Life" is a cover of an Anthony Newley-Leslie Bricusse song. It was actually written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden in 1965 and originally recorded by Connie Haines.)