Do you know??????????

[atthistime]

Trivia!!!!!!!

Most covered song ever and it's original name.

[Bamamutt]

...So, what's the answer?..LOL

[Penny]

Why would only the British and the Americans be in a poll for the finest musicians? Do you think they are the only 2 nations on earth?

[Penny]

Oh, and the most covered song ever? Probably something by the Beatles. Eleanor Rigby has been covered 90 times.

Don't believe me? Check this out....

1 Eleanor Rigby Aretha Franklin
2 Eleanor Rigby Big Country
3 Eleanor Rigby Cleo Laine
4 Eleanor Rigby Joe Jackson
5 Eleanor Rigby Gene Harris
6 Eleanor Rigby The Crusaders
7 Eleanor Rigby Ray Charles
8 Eleanor Rigby Joan Baez
9 Eleanor Rigby The Starlite Orchestra
10 Eleanor Rigby Wes Montgomery
11 Eleanor Rigby Spectrum
12 Eleanor Rigby The Gary Tesca Orchestra
13 Eleanor Rigby Joemy Wilson
14 Eleanor Rigby Trio Rococo
15 Eleanor Rigby Canadian Brass
16 Eleanor Rigby Julie Blue
17 Eleanor Rigby Vadim Brodsky
18 Eleanor Rigby Peter Calo
19 Eleanor Rigby Giovanni
20 Eleanor Rigby Pete Huttlinger
21 Eleanor Rigby Innovations
22 Eleanor Rigby John Pizzarelli
23 Eleanor Rigby Jorge Rico
24 Eleanor Rigby Goran Sollscher
25 Eleanor Rigby Sarah Vaughan
26 Eleanor Rigby Vincent DiCola
27 Eleanor Rigby Percy Faith
28 Eleanor Rigby Stanley Jordan
29 Eleanor Rigby Jon Simon
30 Eleanor Rigby Rick Wakeman
31 Eleanor Rigby Rare Earth
32 Eleanor Rigby Lord Sitar
33 Eleanor Rigby Elena Duran & Stephane Grappelli & Laurie Holloway
34 Eleanor Rigby Frankie Valli
35 Eleanor Rigby Godhead
36 Eleanor Rigby Paul Anka
37 Eleanor Rigby Kansas
38 Eleanor Rigby Gene Chandler
39 Eleanor Rigby Bobbie Gentry
40 Eleanor Rigby Larry Carlton
41 Eleanor Rigby Richie Havens
42 Eleanor Rigby John Denver
43 Eleanor Rigby Dick Hyman
44 Eleanor Rigby Young-Holt Unlimited
45 Eleanor Rigby Jackie Mittoo
46 Eleanor Rigby P. P. Arnold
47 Eleanor Rigby Rudy Lozano
48 Eleanor Rigby Wendy Carlos
49 Eleanor Rigby Manuel Barrueco
50 Eleanor Rigby The Standells
51 Eleanor Rigby Adams Duo
52 Eleanor Rigby Blonde On Blonde
53 Eleanor Rigby Sonny Criss
54 Eleanor Rigby Harold Danko
55 Eleanor Rigby De Danann
56 Eleanor Rigby Ray Drummond
57 Eleanor Rigby Arthur Fiedler and The Boston Pops
58 Eleanor Rigby Deborah Franciose
59 Eleanor Rigby The Free Design
60 Eleanor Rigby Peter Gelling
61 Eleanor Rigby François Glorieux
62 Eleanor Rigby Don Sugarcane Harris
63 Eleanor Rigby Khan Jamal
64 Eleanor Rigby Jeff Jarvis
65 Eleanor Rigby Wayne Johnson
66 Eleanor Rigby Warren Kime & His Brass Impact Orchestra
67 Eleanor Rigby Julia Macklin
68 Eleanor Rigby R. Stevie Moore
69 Eleanor Rigby Mylene Pires
70 Eleanor Rigby Trudy Pitts
71 Eleanor Rigby Bill Popp and The Tapes
72 Eleanor Rigby Pure Food and Drug Act
73 Eleanor Rigby Joshua Redman
74 Eleanor Rigby Junior Reid
75 Eleanor Rigby Eric "Scorch" Scortia
76 Eleanor Rigby Vince Seneri
77 Eleanor Rigby The George Shearing Quintet
78 Eleanor Rigby Side Effect
79 Eleanor Rigby Tim Simmons
80 Eleanor Rigby Jeffrey Smith
81 Eleanor Rigby Lonnie Smith
82 Eleanor Rigby The John Tesh Project
83 Eleanor Rigby Joe Torres
84 Eleanor Rigby Vanilla Fudge
85 Eleanor Rigby Mal Waldron
86 Eleanor Rigby Julius Wechter & Baja Marimba Band
87 Eleanor Rigby Pain
88 Eleanor Rigby Allon
89 Eleanor Rigby Zoot
90 Eleanor Rigby Booker T. & The M.G.'s

That's a lot of people covering one song.

[melodic_metal_fl]

Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love covered 169 times.

[atthistime]

So Sorry to take so long on getting back to this but nobody touched it for so long, I'd just about given up.

Here's a link to the songs possible history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday
In my eyes, the Beatles were the magic that music was all about. Perfect music. It's just my opinion, understand.

I'm sorry that I didn't include more than two countries, but I'm hooked on the Brits as musicians and I admire their humor.

I picked up a record of Peter and Gordon, "The Best Of..." and one of my favorites is Women. I read that it was given to them by the Beatles.

[Penny]

The Beatles don't do much for me at all, but I appreciate what they did for music.

3000 covers!!!!
That's a lot!

Personally I prefer European musicians but I guess your poll could be just a comparison between the yanks and the poms.

[Mr.Rock]

The Beatles don't do much for me at all, but I appreciate what they did for music.

3000 covers!!!!
That's a lot!

Personally I prefer European musicians but I guess your poll could be just a comparison between the yanks and the poms.

Don't you see the British as European?

[Kiddpepsi420]

see I woulda thought that Bob Dylan woulda had the song with the most covers..theres a lot of songs floatin around there that the person that dosent know that much about music would think were orignals, that were really bob dylan songs

[Penny]

Mr Rock, I can see the British being European, but can they?

and yeah Kidd, there are a lot of Dylan covers out there too.

[Taliwakker]

The best musicians in the world are at this time from Sweden.

They have a free music program for kids in Sweden that definately helps.

[Penny]

The best musicians in the world are at this time from Sweden.

In Tali's humble opinion

[Taliwakker]

Examples

Freak Kitchen
Pain of Salvation
Opeth
Malmsteen
Johann (14 yo guitar god in waiting)
Dan Swano
Evergrey
Norum and Marcello
Soilwork
In Flames

i could go on and on......all bands with superb musicians.

[WardyS3]

I almost agree with Tali Penny. Although I'd vote for Scandinavian musicians are the flavour right now. Finland particularly for Goth metal I KNOW some of which you like Penny (Poisonblack!!!!! and Charon, Sentenced etc). And Euro metal in general (Masterplan - Cornerstone etc).

But for what it's worth I voted British in the Poll just to satisfy that one question.

[markumsherreum]

Now there are excellents bands in:
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Germany
Italy
Spain
France
hOLLAND
Croatia
Brazil

and of course..Canada..Australia...

[Little Lenny]

Why would only the British and the Americans be in a poll for the finest musicians? Do you think they are the only 2 nations on earth?

As a Briton I tend to agree with penny, Australia have given us some fantastic bands. germany , scandinavia , as well many other countries. I feel it is highly unreal to do a poll that would statistically only allow British or American musicians to be accounted for regarding their experience, creativity and Talent. There is more to music than Britain and America:)

Gotthard-Switzerland
Wigwam-Norway
Vow wow-Japan
Loudness-Japan
Airbourne -Australia
Ac/DC -Australia
Vengeance-Holland
Scorpions-Germany
Nexx-Spain
Masterplan-made up many different nationalities
Talisman-Sweden
INXS-Australia
Crowded House-Australia
Midnight Oil-Australia.......

To name but a few bands from anywhere but Here and the United States.