Каверы,которые лучше оригиналов

2cat man
Если быть честным до конца, то первыми исполнителями Do Wah Diddy Diddy были их авторы Джефф Берри и Элли Гринвич, которые пели в бриллбилдинговской группе The Raindrops.

"Doo Wah Diddy"
(Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich)
recorded in 1963
released in England on Sequel CD 713 in 1994

Why did it take thirty years for Jeff and Ellie's recording of Manfred Mann's international smash to see the light of day? Well, therein lies a tale . . . in December of 1963, they went into the studio with Brenda Reid and The Exciters and produced the original version of "Doo Wah Diddy". United Artists Records put it out as a single, and then promptly dropped the ball; they didn't promote it worth a damn, and it died on both the pop and R & B charts. Understandably, Jeff and Ellie felt robbed. They knew it should've been a hit. In fact, they believed in the song so much they decided to cut it themselves and release it as a Raindrops single. Just as they were finishing it up, Ellie got a call from Jerry Leiber. "Take a chill pill, sweet thing," he told her (a bit of creative license here!). "This British group, Manfred Mann, has just recorded 'Doo Wah Diddy', and you bet your last money it's gonna be a stone smash, honey!" And so it was! But in the aftermath, The Raindrops' version was thrown in a tape vault to languish for three decades. When it was finally issued on a British CD in 1994, I scrambled to get a copy. You'd best believe that once I heard it, I didn't want to know from the Manfred Mann version any more. This cut kicks ass and takes names (including mine)! Listen up for the original lyrics:

There he was/Just a-walkin' down the street
Singin' Doo Wah Diddy/Diddy DOWN/Diddy DOO
Poppin' his fingers And shufflin' his feet
Singin' DOO Wah Diddy/Diddy DOWN Diddy DOO
He looked good
He looked fine
He looked good, He looked fine
And I nearly lost my mind

Before I knew it He was walkin' next to ME
Singin' Doo Wah Diddy/Diddy DOWN/Diddy DOO
He took my hand Just as natural as could be
Singin' Doo Wah Diddy/Diddy DOWN/Diddy DOO
We walked on
To my door
We walked on To my door
And he STAYED a little more.*

A fierce garage rock arrangement and Ellie Greenwich's sassy vocalizing make this one of my all-time favorite records. Can't get enough of it!