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Today In Music History: Worst, and Best, Covers

Posted at 6:14 AM on June 26, 2009 by Steve Seel

Mick Jones (The Clash) is 54.
Chris Isaak is 53.
Harriet Wheeler (vocals, The Sundays) is 46.
Colin Greenwood (bass, Radiohead) is 40.

1910, Born on this day, Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager. Before working in the music business Parker ran a troupe of dancing chickens. He died on January 21st 1997.
1965, The Byrds went to No.1 on the US singles chart with their version of Bob Dylan's "Mr Tambourine Man".
1974, Cher divorced Sonny Bono after 10 years of marriage. Four days later, Cher married guitarist Gregg Allman, the couple split 10 days after that, got back together and split again. They did stay married for three years, producing Elijah Blue Allman.

2008, Total Guitar magazine voted Celine Dion's rendition of the AC/DC track "You Shook Me All Night Long" as the world's worst cover version ever, the magazines editor Stephen Lawson said Dion's cover was "sacrilege". In the best cover versions list, Jimi Hendrix was voted into first place with his version of the Bob Dylan song "All Along the Watchtower", The Beatles' rendition of "Twist and Shout", (first recorded by the Top Notes), was in second place, followed by the Guns N' Roses version of the Wings song "Live and Let Die".

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