Mention of this by Kolla dragged up memories that mucker reckoned that this is one of the most covered northern connected soul sides.

He said that once he managed to list 50+ of them, "go on name again" I said , but time was against us

So in a spirit of Sat afternoon boredom, will list a few I can remember, and feel free to add versions

Or add ought info, orig first version? any trivia etc etc

Or if think theres another "contender" for most covered version...... get it up!!

a later topic here

will merge the two later on yep?

 

just merged

 

 I don't think this one has been mentioned yet - 

 

Here's another one for the list - 

 

While this is definitely "Ain't No Big Thing", the lyrics are different. In  the Radiants version, the lead singer has a feeling he's losing his girl, in this version,

the lead has already found someone new - 

 

Here's one more...

Edited April 7, 20205 yr by Soulskate

On 30/03/2020 at 18:32, The Yank said:

While this is definitely "Ain't No Big Thing", the lyrics are different. In  the Radiants version, the lead singer has a feeling he's losing his girl, in this version,

the lead has already found someone new - 

 

Why did I sell their LP ??? A true regret

looking at the members posting in the early section of this topic is a bit like time travelling

the class of 2005 eh, a good year 

 

@MarkWhiteley aka back then as billy the boot started of a list of versions

anyone up for taking it on and updating 15 years later?

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Got 24 so far:

Bill Murphy

Radiants

Tempests

Jimmy James

Spontanes

Electrons

Jordan Bros

Little Joe & Latinares

Sparkz

Commands

Embers

Holiday Band

Jimmy Cliff

Little Jesse & Teardrops

Ringos

Sly Slick & Wicked

Catalinas

Olympics (unreleased)

Cotillions (this must be the one I was thinking of)

Tommy Sands

Ralfi Pagan (unreleased)

Scotty Todd

and an acapella/doo-wop thing on Catamount. Think it's the Royal Counts but not 100% sure. Got a few on label so will have a look in case it's the b-side of one I have...

Billy

 

remove

cotillions yep?

adds

C.P. Miller

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Wow, I remember this well Mike, thanks for ressurecting 🙂

Has anyone mentioned The Soul Merchants?

 

Calvin Lindsay and the Hysterics

 

Gilbert "Coyote" Deanda

 

13 hours ago, Mike said:

looking at the members posting in the early section of this topic is a bit like time travelling

the class of 2005 eh, a good year 

 

@MarkWhiteley aka back then as billy the boot started of a list of versions

anyone up for taking it on and updating 15 years later?

remove

cotillions yep?

adds

C.P. Miller

Los  Stardusters

Medium Cool

Wing Tips

Fabulous Flares

 

Also need to remove (The) Ringos and Tommy Sands as their songs are different "Ain't No Big Things".  The Ringos song is a twangy guitar driven instrumental, which I think may have been covered by a few other bands, but isn't the song we're concerned with here.  The Tommy Sands song is an uptempo rock 'n' roller, again, not the song we're discussing in this topic.

Here's two more that can be removed from the list - The Olympics and Ralfi Pagan.

The titles may be the same but the songs are completely different. 

Look At My Soul - "Ain't No Big Thing" featuring Johnny Hernandez The Latin Shade of Texas Soul Produced by Adrian Quesada

 

sort of a intro to a recent album 2018