Songs You Didn't know Were Actually Cover Versions of Someone Else's Tune

Sure, we know that Hendrix covered Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," and Eric Clapton covered JJ Cale's "Cocaine"....some cover versions are well known, but there are a WHOLE bunch you may not know about....Joan Jett's "I Love Rock and Roll" was done by the British band the Arrows back in the 70's....both Ace Frehley's "New York Groove" and Kiss's "God Gave Rock and Roll to You" were written by Russ Ballard of the band Argent--Frehley's song was given by Ballard to the English band "Hello" that they did in 1975, and the band Argent itself recorded the Kiss tune ....Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee" from 1971 was originally recorded by Roger Miller in 1969, then by co-writer Kris Kristofferson in 1970...and Janis wailed on "Piece of My Heart" with Big Brother and the Holding Company after it was originally done by Aretha Franklin's sister Erma....even Tesla's "Little Suzi" is a re-do of a British band's song from 5 years earlier....here are the stories of covers done by Rod Stewart, the Doobies, Blondie, Heart, the Stones, and a bunch more HERE.