This week it's our annual Thanksgiving all-covers episode. Putting this show together entails me visiting
whosampled.com and searching for certain titles or artists that pop into my head. I then choose among the listed soul, R&B, early hip-hop, or disco covers of the titles in question and throw them on the show. For example, I searched for covers of songs by Chicago and found a decent version of "Make Me Smile" by Joe Bataan. I also do some searches that are totally inappropriate and irresponsible, like checking to see if anyone has done a cover of Napoleon XIV's "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!" The answer? Just another example of why Biz Markie is going to be missed.
| Artist | Song | Year | Label |
|---|
| Set 1 | | | |
| Little Richard (feat. Jimi Hendrix) | Hound Dog | 1964 | Vee Jay |
| Bobby Jay & the Hawks | Farmer John | 1964 | Warner Bros. |
| The O'Jays | Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | 1965 | Imperial |
| Etta James | I Got You Babe | 1968 | Cadet |
| Maxine Brown | Sunny | 1968 | Epic |
| Otis Redding | Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | 1968 | Atco |
| Anthony Swete | Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) | 1969 | Clan Celentano |
| Major Harris | Like a Rolling Stone | 1969 | Okeh |
| Set 2 | | | |
| Stevie Wonder | For Once In My Life* | 1968 | Tamla |
| Dennis Brown | Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) | 1970 | Bamboo |
| Lou Rawls | Feelin' Alright | 1970 | Capitol |
| Nolan Porter | Let's Burn Down the Cornfield | 1970 | Lizard |
| Al Green | Light My Fire | 1971 | Hi |
| Joe Bataan | Make Me Smile | 1971 | Fania |
| R.B. Greaves | Paperback Writer | 1971 | Atco |
| Billy Paul | It's Too Late | 1972 | Philadelphia Int'l |
| Set 3 | | | |
| Maxayn | You Can't Always Get What You Want | 1972 | Capricorn |
| The Vibrations | Midnight Rider | 1972 | Mandala |
| The Spinners | Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You | 1973 | Atlantic |
| Buddy Miles Express | You Really Got Me | 1973 | Columbia |
| Odia Coates | Showdown | 1975 | United Artists |
| Rufus feat. Chaka Khan | Jive Talkin' | 1975 | ABC |
| Set 4/Outro | | | |
| Bobby Womack & Brotherhood | How Long (Has This Been Goin' On) | 1976 | Columbia |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | Can't Hide Love | 1976 | Columbia |
| Rosebud | Money | 1977 | Warner Bros. |
| Wilson Pickett | Groovin' | 1978 | Big Tree |
| Aretha Franklin | What a Fool Believes | 1980 | Arista |
| Biz Markie feat. T.J. Swan | They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haa | 1986 | Prism |
| James Brown | Love Me Tender | 1978 | Polydor |
*(P.S. - On the show, I mistakenly say Stevie Wonder's "For Once In My Life" is a cover of an Anthony Newley-Leslie Bricusse song. It was actually written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden in 1965 and originally recorded by Connie Haines.)
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