Cover songs that are better than the originals.

A listing of some of my favorite covers that I prefer to the originals:

• You’ve Got The Silver (The Rolling Stones) - Susan Tedeschi
  
• Summer Wind (Frank Sinatra’s version is best known but originally recorded by Wayne Newton and written by Johnny Mercer) - Lyle Lovett
  
• (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night (Tom Waits) - Shawn Colvin
  
• Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (recorded literally hundreds of times, but originally by Sonny Boy Williamson) - Derek Trucks Band
  
• Little Red Corvette (Prince) - Heath Brandon
  
• Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) - Shawn Colvin
  
• Black Coffee In Bed (Squeeze) - Ernie Halter
  
• Blank Space/Stand By Me (Taylor Swift/Ben E. King) - Imagine Dragons
  
• Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers) - John Mayer (it’s been a fairly regular part of his live set for years)
  
• Cold Cold Heart (Hank Williams) - Norah Jones
  
• Little Red Rooster (first recorded by Howlin’ Wolf) - The Rolling Stones
  
• Someone Like You (Van Morrison) - Shawn Colvin
  
• Viva Las Vegas (written by Doc Pomus and recorded by Elvis) - Shawn Colvin (available on the Doc Pomus tribute album)
  
• Downtown Train (Tom Waits) - Rod Stewart
  
• I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good (Duke Ellington) - Johnny Hodges (the version on the outstanding 1961 album with Billy Strayhorn is excellent)
  
• Chelsea Bridge (originally recorded by Duke Ellington with Ben Webster on tenor) - Ben Webster (the version on the Jazz ‘Round Midnight album is, in my mind, superior)
  
• Pinball Wizard (The Who) - Puddles the Clown