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Favorite cover?

As a (minor) film buff, I almost invariably prefer originals. But when it comes to audio, I  have found more than a few covers that I prefer to the originals. So, to kick things off, and with all due respect to Boz Scaggs, I absolutely LOVE this live Incognito version of Lowdown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH%E2%80%A6

What's on the top of your lists?
whipsaw
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pipebro
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Here are a few I thought of:

I HEARD I THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE (Gladys Knight ....). Marvin Gaye, Creedence ...
PEOPLEGET READY (The Impressions). Chambers Brothers Live
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN (Mommas ...). Jose Feliciano
GOING OUT OF MY HEAD (Little Anthony ....) Wes Montgomery
TEQUILA (The Champs). Wes Montgomery

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pehare
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Grant Green, Moon River...or for that matter any of his many great covers
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geoffkait
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Moon River? 😱
roxy1927
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Carpenters' Ticket to Ride (as a kid I hated them. What can I say? Tastes change. Rarely, but they do.)
Surprised nobody has mentioned this along with Superstar. 

5th Dimension's Never My Love. That was quite an unexpected wow.
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While admitting I’ve never heard Grant Green’s version of "Moon River", I can’t imagine a version better than that of Henry Mancini.

Regarding Dylan’s take on "The House Of The Rising Son", the reason The Animals’ pianist Alan Price is in Don’t Look Back is because Bob loved version their of the song, and invited Alan to join him on the road.

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