Top Ten Famous Songs With Unknown Originals-- Part 1: "Video Killed the Radio Star"

From the July 31, 2012, Listverse.

It was a big hit for someone else other than the orginal performers.

The unknowns first and people who had hits second.

10.  VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR--  Bruce Wooley & the Cameraz / Buggles

9.  SUZIE-Q--  Dale Hawkins / Creedence Clearwater Revival

8.  MOON OF ALABAMA--  Lotte Lenya / Doors   Became "The Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar).  Originally written in 1925 by Bertolt Brecht and set to music by Kurt Weill for the German operetta Mahogonny and sung by his wife, Lotte Lenya.

7.  THE CRYING GAME--  Dave Berry / Boy George

6.  PIECE OF MY HEART--  Emma Franklin / Janis Joplin

Name That Tune (from the above):  "I Like the Way You Talk, I Like the Way You Walk."  --RoadDog

YOU'RE OLD IF YOU REMEMBER: When a dime was a decent allowance and a quarter was a huge bonus.

"Suzie Q"