This song was a hit for Brook Benton in 1970 after it’s release in December of 1969. “Rainy Night in Georgia” was written by by Tony Joe White and he released it in October of 1969. Last but not least I have to like the songs and most of these I put on my ‘songs I love’ list.Ģ6. I have read other lists of great cover songs from books, articles and google searches and you’ll find much similarity, but some of them contain songs I just don’t think warrant the attention or at the very least should be much lower on the ‘great’ scale. And preferably the artist and or songwriters are of interest as well. Next, the original song itself must have some character and some degree of popularity. As for how songs make it on my list there are a few criteria, while I don’t dismiss music from more recent years a song has to have stood the test of time for me, hence much of the list are songs of some vintage and just plain old, like the writer.

This list in part comes from many of the songs that I have already posted since I started blogging. There are so many more added to the list so I’ve updated the posts on #’s 51-75 and 76-100 and will publish those as well.

In part one I listed 25 of the greatest cover songs and to date it’s been one of my most viewed blog post. The next 25 of the Greatest Cover Songs #26-50

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