Audioblog Special -- Covered By The Tops ...

This post was inspired -- once again -- by my good friend DC. Many thanks go out to him for his support. He suggested that I do a special on songs The Four Tops have covered. Of course, there are way too many such recordings -- and all of them are great. It was quite difficult to chose only a handful of covers I thought were not only done well but also in the best of Tops quality.

The Tops truly belong up there with the best male groups of all time; they never settled for second best performances, and that clearly shows in their material.

Below is a clip of an early Four Tops performance that, in my opinion, encapsulates the phenomenon Four Tops: charisma, talent, and enthusiasm .

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

And here's my choice of cover versions the Four Tops left their mark upon:

Honey (I Miss You)

Little Green Apples

Echoes Of My Mind / Everybody's Talking

If I Had A Hammer

Eleanor Rigby

Elusive Butterfly

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Bobby Goldsboro, Honey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59BZxgohr9g

Roger Miller, Little Green Apples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8hVnKrLuyw

Harry Nilsson, Echoes of My Mind/Ever'ybody's Talking (from Midnight Cowboy)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz6GzKWiIAs
Now,

The Weavers, If I Had A Hammer

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

The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q8vl8wFm7g&feature=related

Bob Lind, Elusive Butterfly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6727qgmRbY

Whew! Now, I hope you all are thoroughly educated.