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Cover Songs in the AM Top 250 Songs

I figured for fun (I have a strange idea of fun) I'd try to figure out all the cover songs in the AM top 250 songs. Maybe if I'm bored enough I'll do the rest of the top 500.

1. (5) Aretha Franklin- Respect- 1967, original- Otis Redding- 1965
2. (8) Marvin Gaye- I Heard it Through the Grapevine- 1968, original- Smokey Robinson and The Miracles- 1966 (unreleased)
3. (18) The Kingsmen- Louie Louie- 1963, original- Richard Berry- 1957
4. (37) The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man- 1965, original- Bob Dylan- 1965
5. (56) Elvis Presley- Suspicious Minds- 1969, original- Mark James- 1968
6. (58) Jerry Lee Lewis- Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On- 1957, original- Big Maybelle- 1955
7. (59) Bill Haley and His Comets- (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock- 1954, original- Sonny Dae and His Knights- 1954
8. (70) Billie Holiday- Strange Fruit- 1939, original- Abel Meeropol- (only performed live, no studio release)
9. (73) Elvis Presley- That’s All Right- 1954, original- Arthur Crudup- 1946
10. (75) The Animals- House of the Rising Sun- 1964, original- (traditional American folk song)
11. (76) Elvis Presley- Hound Dog- 1956, original- “Big Mama” Thornton- 1952
12. (79) Elvis Presley- Mystery Train- 1955, original- Little Junior’s Blue Flames- 1953
13. (94) Run-D.M.C.- Walk This Way- 1986, original- Aerosmith- 1975
14. (99) Sinead O’Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U- 1990, original- The Family- 1985
15. (113) Jimi Hendrix- All Along the Watchtower- 1968, original- Bob Dylan- 1967
16. (136) The Temptations- Papa Was a Rolling Stone- 1972, original- The Undisputed Truth- 1972
17. (183) The Troggs- Wild Thing- 1966, original- The Wild Ones- 1965
18. (186) Soft Cell- Tainted Love- 1981, original- Gloria Jones- 1965
19. (194) Aretha Franklin- I Say a Little Prayer- 1968, original- Dionne Warwick- 1967
20. (198) Fats Domino- Blueberry Hill- 1956, original- Sammy Kaye Orchestra- 1940
21. (200) Ritchie Valens- La Bamba- 1958, original- (traditional Mexican folk song)
22. (213) Jimi Hendrix- Hey Joe- 1966, (earliest known studio recording is by The Leaves from 1965, though possibly traditional, origins are debated)
23. (232) Johnny Cash- Hurt- 2002, original- Nine Inch Nails- 1994