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Gloria Gaynor...

I'm thinking because we are males. It might be different if females were selecting songs.
There are many female artists songs that last the ages in my mind? :) like:

"Non, Je ne regrette rien" Song by Edith Piaf (also called the Little Sparrow).

Working on something at the moment ... early days but will keep me occupied for a while ...

- Only midway through the third page of SCS posts and still have a lot of gaps to fill ...
- Got plenty of female artists / songs up my sleave yet BTW ... was more thinking of the recent ones ...
- Table will obviously change a lot as I work my way through ... don't get too caught up in typos etc yet ...

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I can see the eagerness in knowing the answers so I won't delay ;)

What caught my eye with these songs is that I have all of them in my music collection.

Songs that have hit number one by different artists
"Mona Lisa" by Dennis Day/Nat King Cole (1950) and Conway Twitty (1959)
"Unchained Melody" by Al Hibbler/Les Baxter (1955) and The Righteous Brothers (1990)
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" by Doris Day (1956) and Normie Rowe (1965)
"Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley (1962) and UB40 (1993)
"Walk Right In" by The Rooftop Singers (1963) and Dr. Hook (1977)
"Venus" by Shocking Blue (1970) and Bananarama (1986)
"In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry (1970) and The Mixtures (1970)
"American Pie" by Don McLean (1972) and Madonna (2000)
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack (1973) and The Fugees (1996, entitled Killing Me Softly)
"Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees (1978) and N-Trance (1995)
"Funkytown" by Lipps Inc (1980) and Pseudo Echo (1986)
"What About Me" by Moving Pictures (1981) and Shannon Noll (2004)
"The Power of Love" by Jennifer Rush (1985) and Celine Dion (1994)
 
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Original versus cover, who does it better?

This one is different, in the sense the older artist is covering the more recent artist.

In my view, Johnny Cash takes this great Nine Inch Nails ballad to another level!


 
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Bugger .. had Def Leppard among others next on my hit list but they can wait ...

- keep em coming ... not sure about others but I listen to them all !!
Good that you give feedback, as feedback gives contributors some indication of their efforts. The 'Likes' are a good indication.

I too listen to the songs as well.
 

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