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[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_Like_You_(Edwyn_Collins_song)"]Edwyn Collins, great dude, great song[/url]. I remember thinking that it sounded like King Iggy when I first heard it. I cant believe the number of people who confidently [i]tell you [/i]he sang it.

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[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1347123644' post='1797224']
Without You by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger. Most people credit the song to Harry Nilsson. A few wretched souls even think it's by Mariah Carey.
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As I'm on a real computer now I can add the actual song.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyBS_1vGwpU[/url]

Such sorrow.

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[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1347143015' post='1797462']

Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young - cover of a song by Ann Peebles
[/quote]You learn something new everyday, I always thought that was originally by Graham Parker

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It has to be Uptown Girl by Weezer. If you Google it you will find loads of references to it. It's even on YouTube and it tells you which album it appears on.

The fact is they never recorded it- every version you hear (that is attributed to Weezer) is the one by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

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[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1347208068' post='1798030']
I suppose the classic is Hey Joe, claimed by Tim Rose and half a dozen other people, none of whom seem to be able to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt.
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The copyright to [i]Hey Joe[/i] was registered in the US in 1962 with composer [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Roberts"]Billy Roberts[/url]: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe[/url]

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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1347208798' post='1798042']
The copyright to [i]Hey Joe[/i] was registered in the US in 1962 with composer Billy Roberts: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Joe[/url]
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That hasn't stopped Tim Rose claiming he got it from an Appalachian goat herd. :rolleyes:

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