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**Markintime** · 29-03-2010, 11:39

Feeling a bit guilty about leading you on OFAH so here's a trip down memory lane for you.

They started out as a works choir from the Vernons Pools Company in Liverpool but eventually ended up as a trio.

Their version of Lover Please is better than the original Clyde McPhatter version. It was released as a double A Side with the jokey You Know What I Mean which is probably why it didn't do better than #16 in 1962.

Warning: Contains working Scousers

**AlienFTM** · 29-03-2010, 11:41

Originally Posted by tropper66

Gary Jules "Mad World" great cover of a crap song

Reminds me of the old saying "You can't polish a turd."

**AlienFTM** · 29-03-2010, 11:43

Wot no "Mr Tambourine Man" by The Byrds?

Shame they turned it into a three-minute wonder cos I'd love to have heard them do the whole thing.

**verticalgyro** · 29-03-2010, 11:44

Great thread.

This one has something for everyone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpijLuO5qs

Goldfingers version of 99 Red Balloons.

**bovvy** · 29-03-2010, 11:48

Originally Posted by verticalgyro

Great thread.

This one has something for everyone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzpijLuO5qs

Goldfingers version of 99 Red Balloons.

It's one of Bugsy's threads. :D
I thought I'd revive it to show what an asset it he is to this website.

**meridian** · 29-03-2010, 11:49

How about a bit of culture after that (forgot how much I liked that song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-2v2...eature=related

'I Giorni' by Ludovico Einaudi played on a guitar

**old_fat_and_hairy** · 29-03-2010, 11:50

Originally Posted by Markintime

Feeling a bit guilty about leading you on OFAH so here's a trip down memory lane for you.

They started out as a works choir from the Vernons Pools Company in Liverpool but eventually ended up as a trio.

Their version of Lover Please is better than the original Clyde McPhatter version. It was released as a double A Side with the jokey You Know What I Mean which is probably why it didn't do better than #16 in 1962.

Warning: Contains working Scousers

Can't see the link at work, but I assume it's The Vernon Girls? I rather liked them, and if I am right, the mighty Joe Brown married one of them.

However, on the subject of Clyde McPhatter, 'Smoke gets in your eyes' has never been bettered. Almost a draw by both Sinatra and Ella, but not quite the ticket.

**Steven** · 29-03-2010, 11:53

As originally written and performed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Z-WTyzCxs&feature=
Cover version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-JjN...eature=related

**General Melchett** · 29-03-2010, 11:55

The Ultimate covers band has got to be:

"Me First and the Gimmes Gimmes"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Firs...e_Gimme_Gimmes

http://www.gimmegimmes.com/

**old_fat_and_hairy** · 29-03-2010, 12:02

Some covers turn out to be better, or at least, more succesful than the original. Viz a young Elvis Presley with his version of 'Blue Suede Shoes' originally written and recorded by Carl Perkins.