And "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" probably has a wider breadth of singers covering it: many jazz and pop singers have covered it, like Helen Merrill and Connie Stevens, lots of rock n' rollers like Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Tommy James and The Shondells, Del Shannon, The Everly Brothers, etc...but Alfred posted my favorite already, from Al Green on what's probably the greatest of his '70s masterpieces, Call Me.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:25 (one month ago) link
Here's another famous cover besides Al Green's - Cassandra Wilson did it for New Moon Daughter which is her biggest (and possibly best) album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBvVwgEjRsM
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:29 (one month ago) link
I'm mistaken, Alfred didn't post a link, so here it is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WxrKOh3ZkI
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:36 (one month ago) link
This song isn't on the compilation, but Haggard's version is my favorite version of any Hank Williams song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwTxVaB1vVc
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:40 (one month ago) link
I think the number one track I would have gone for is called May You Be Alone. I thought I knew it from that 40 Greatest Hits set. The Godz cover it on Contact High.Failing that I went for I Saw The Light.
― Stevo, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:57 (one month ago) link