Which is your favourite version of the following songs ?

[WildRosie]

Love Hurts Jim Capaldi or Nazareth

Crying Roy Orbison or Don McLean

I Got You Babe Sonny and Cher or UB40 and Chrissie Hynde

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Gene Pitney- solo or with Marc Almond

All By Myself Eric Carmen or Celine Dion

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds The Beatles or Elton John

Red, Red Wine Neil Diamond or UB40

Something The Beatles or Shirley Bassey

Don't know the first song but the first artist in all of your selection.

UB40 versions are better in both examples.
Shirley over The Beatles.
Gene Pitney better with Marc.

Roy Orbison better than don mclean
Just prefer Roys voice

Love Hurts Jim Capaldi or Nazareth Don’t know this song

Crying Roy Orbison or Don McLean Roy

I Got You Babe Sonny and Cher or UB40 and Chrissie Hynde UB40

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Gene Pitney- solo or with Marc Almond Marc Almond all the way. When I sing this in my car I am always, always Marc and the other imaginary person next to me is Gene.

All By Myself Eric Carmen or Celine Dion Celine

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds The Beatles or Elton John Not heard Elton’s version.

Red, Red Wine Neil Diamond or UB40 UB40

Something The Beatles or Shirley Bassey Don’t know this song either.

I go for Jim Capaldi, Don McLean, Sonny and Cher, Gene Pitney with Marc Almond, Eric Carmen, Elton John, Neil Diamond and Shirley Bassey.

Apologies to those who don't know some of these songs. I'm showing my age somewhat!

All By Myself - Johnny Burnette

Love Hurts - Everly Brothers

@Alexakimbo google it it's one of the greatest love songs ever - written by George Harrison about his then wife Pattie Boyd (Layla and Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton are also about her).
The originals are usually the best for all those songs.

Moonmelodies Came on to say Everly Brothers for Love Hurts too!

@Pipandmum I have Apple Music so will download the ones I haven’t heard. Might find some new favourites.

Dont know the first one either.
Roy orbison
Sonny and cher
Gene pitney with Marc almond
Despise both
Not a great fan of either, but prefer the beatles
Despise both
The beatles.

Can I add to your list?

Ooo. I know the everly brothers version. My dad loved it

Nazareth (everyone saying they don't know it will have heard a version of it when they google it)

I Got You Babe has to be Sonny and Cher

All by myself has to be Eric Carmen

Something has to be the beatles

By all means, MovingBriskyOn.

Jim Capaldi
Roy Orbison
UB40
With Marc Almond
Celine Dion
The Beatles
UB40
Shirley Bassey

Generally speaking, I find that the first version of a song I hear is the one I like the most, regardless of whether or not it's the original. Having said that, I first heard 'Mandy' by Barry Manilow back in 1975 when it was first a hit. The original song is called 'Brandy', recorded by Scott English which I didn't hear until nearly thirty years later. I prefer it!

Thank you WildRosie. Now you can play too

With a little help from my friends by the beatles, wet wet wet or joe cocker?

Dear prudence by the beatles or siouxsie?

Live and let die by wings or guns and roses?

Rocket man by Elton john or kate Bush?

I may think of more, possibly less beatle-related

Its raining men by the weather girls or geri halliwell?

Comfortably numb by pink floyd or the scissor sisters?

Only love can break your heart by Neil young or st etienne?

Will only do the songs that I like

Crying - Roy Orbison
Somethings gotten hold of my heart - Gene Pitney/Marc Almond
Red red wine - Neil Diamond
Something - Shirley Bassey (probably my favourite cover song by any artist).

Generally speaking, I find that the first version of a song I hear is the one I like the most

That's the case in most instances as music does generally have a connection to the time you originally liked the song.

It's why in 40 years or so some people are going to cite Mcfly covers as being the best

Of the only two I can tolerate I'd go for Sonny and Cher and with Marc Almond.

The originals are usually the best for all those songs.

Two of those songs aren’t the originals - Love Hurts was originally done by an obscure (to me anyway) country artist called Bordeaux Bryant ( not 100% sure about his first name) , and Something’s got a hold of my Heart was written and originally a hit for David & Jonathan (who were in reality Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway) .

I am always amazed ( and use it as a trivia question) how many people don’t know that Neil Diamond wrote Red Red Wine - including UB40, who originally gave the royalties to a Jamaican Reggae singer Tony Tribe who also covered the song. He ( Neil Diamond) also wrote I’m a Believer (by the Monkees ).

Moving:

Beatles, Siouxsie, Wings, Elton John, Weather Girls, Pink Floyd. I admit I don't know Only Love Can Break Your Heart.

That reminds me, It's Only Love was originally written and recorded by The Beatles but Gary U.S. Bonds did a splendid cover in about 1981.

Love Hurts Jim Capaldi or Nazareth don't know it

Crying Roy Orbison or Don McLean

I Got You Babe Sonny and Cher or UB40 and Chrissie Hynde

Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart Gene Pitney- solo or with Marc Almond

All By Myself Eric Carmen or Celine Dion

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds The Beatles or Elton John

Red, Red Wine Neil Diamond or UB40
Something The Beatles or Shirley Bassey don't know it