20. *CRY ME A RIVER-- Joe Cocker #11 What you call quite a musical interpreter. I actually thought this might have been an original by him until I read that Ella Fitzgerald and Barbra Streisand had sung the song before Joe. If you've never heard the Ella version, go to You Tube. It will be worth your while. Barbra did a great version as well. Joe definitely rocked it up, but I really like that Ella version.
19. *EL CONDOR PASA-- Simon & Garfunkel #18 Based on a Peruvian song. Love those pipes. From that great "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" album.
18. LOOK WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA-- New Seekers #14 Covering a Melanie song. Several comments saying this version was better than Melanie's. I don't know, both are good but I am quite a Melanie fan. British-Australian group. Their biggest hit was the following year with "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)."
17. LUCRETIA MacEVIL-- Blood, Sweat & Tears #29 Love those horns at the beginning. Another one of those instantly recognizable songs from the first few chords. Off "BST 3." A song any woman named Lucretia probably doesn't like.
16. ALL RIGHT NOW-- Free #4 FULL VOLUME, BABY!! Is there a speaker anywhere big enough to handle the volume this needs to be played at? Back in my deejay days, always a song guaranteed to get people out dancing. Another one of those songs instantly identifiable by the opening chords. Their only Top 40 out of just two Hot 100s. One-Hit Wonder, anybody?
Name That Tune (from the above songs): ""I'd Rather be A Sparrow Than A Snail." Answer below. --RoadDog
"El Condor Pasa"
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