Dec 29, 2013 #1 tkitna Senior Member Joined Aug 16, 2012 Posts 265 Reaction score 1 Location WV Anybody have a favorite version of this classic Gershwin tune? Mine would be this one. I also like this one a lot I love the song. Last edited: Dec 29, 2013
Anybody have a favorite version of this classic Gershwin tune? Mine would be this one. I also like this one a lot I love the song.
Dec 30, 2013 #2 Phil B. Far Out Man! Joined Sep 22, 2010 Posts 9,576 Reaction score 130 Location Tejas Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, and Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría's versions all come to mind. According to the WIKI SITE, the song has been recorded over 25,000 times!
Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, and Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría's versions all come to mind. According to the WIKI SITE, the song has been recorded over 25,000 times!
Dec 30, 2013 #3 Lynch Here for the cookies and the tunes Joined Jan 5, 2010 Posts 32,251 Reaction score 11,187 Location The Land of Sky Blue Waters That buckinghams version isn't too bad. My personal favorite I think is the Janis Joplin/Big Brother version:
That buckinghams version isn't too bad. My personal favorite I think is the Janis Joplin/Big Brother version:
Dec 30, 2013 #4 tkitna Senior Member Joined Aug 16, 2012 Posts 265 Reaction score 1 Location WV I love Janis, but I just cant do that version. Its one of the few times that her voice actually bothers me. McCartney did a verson too that isnt horrible, but still not one of my favorites.
I love Janis, but I just cant do that version. Its one of the few times that her voice actually bothers me. McCartney did a verson too that isnt horrible, but still not one of my favorites.
Dec 30, 2013 #5 Moore_82 Senior Member Joined Oct 17, 2013 Posts 228 Reaction score 2 Location New Westminster, BC Canada
Dec 31, 2013 #6 Sweaty ThE OtHeR rAmOnE Joined Jan 30, 2010 Posts 5,722 Reaction score 26 Location Chesterfield, England Liking this version Janis Joplin
Dec 31, 2013 #7 electric funeral Just listening music Joined Jan 30, 2010 Posts 5,620 Reaction score 23 Location Holland Brainbox with Jan Akkerman and Kaz Lux on vocals:
Dec 31, 2013 #8 Sox Avoiding The Swan Song Joined Jan 29, 2010 Posts 10,103 Reaction score 35 Location Derbyshire, England Great tune ... I like most every cover I've ever heard but I will give Satchmo a mention.
Dec 31, 2013 #9 Mr. Shadow "Classic" Member Joined Sep 16, 2009 Posts 2,576 Reaction score 9 Norah Jones does a nice version:
Jan 5, 2014 #10 Big Ears Music Lover Joined Jul 3, 2011 Posts 5,195 Reaction score 136 Location Hampshire, England I am not a Fun Boy Three fan by any stretch of the imagination (they were part of a ska/bluebeat revival) but I like this arrangement:
I am not a Fun Boy Three fan by any stretch of the imagination (they were part of a ska/bluebeat revival) but I like this arrangement: