[RegulatorCountry]

Here’s Rod Stewart as lead singer for Faces, backed up by The Memphis Horns, covering the Temptations’ “I Wish It Would Rain,” a live recording from 1973:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ZBh5McHyM

It’s a surprisingly nice cover, different from the original as you’d expect. The comments section on YouTube is interesting reading, with a band member as well as several people who attended the concert commenting.

[Publius]

It had started out as “Big Boy Pete” by the Olympics in 1960. The Kingsmen, who had gotten a hit with “Louie Louie” two years earlier – along with the attention of the FBI who thought the lyrics might be obscene – wrote a different set of lyrics – and got the unwelcome attention of the owners of the Jolly Green Giant brand who sued them for defamation. It came in at #4 on March 9, 1965.

The Kingsmen: “The Jolly Green Giant”

[luvie]

VERY cool! :)