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Songs Covered By The Rolling Stones

Below you see all 74 covers the Rolling Stones played on regular albums (including live-albums).

You can listen to all the covered songs by clicking on the   icon. If you want to hear how the Rolling Stones covered all those songs, you can click on the Rolling Stones icon:   .

I chose the covered version that most likely inspired and influenced The Rolling Stones. This is in many times not the first version of the song. The Chuck Berry versions of e.g. Confessin'The Blues, Don't Lie To Me or Down The Road Apiece are very likely to have inspired The Stones more than the respectively earlier versions by Jay McShann (1941), Tampa Red (1940) or The Will Bradley Trio (1940). This is the case for many more songs. Nevertheless I have made a special list for those early original songs.

Definitely not covered by The Rolling Stones: Some songs were performed earlier by others but were definitely Jagger/Richards songs. The definition of a cover by the secondhandsongs ( www.secondhandsongs.com) people (first released/recorded by others) is false in my opinion. People at the It's Only Rock'n'Roll-forum at the Rolling Stones-fansite gave me very justified feedback ( http://www.iorr.org/ ). The Rolling Stones cannot cover their own songs. In the time between recording and release, someone else might have performed those songs. Or they simple gave a song to someone else to record (As Tears Go By, Sister Morphine or Wild Horses e.g.).

I am very grateful to my friend Down Under, expert on the Rolling Stones and their music, also intrigued by the origins of their regular albums and their live music. His cooperation and information is priceless for this project

 The albums of the Rolling Stones songs named are not definitely the first albums where the song was published. I just took my own LP and CD collection as a guideline.

Three lists:

1. 74 Influential songs covered by The Rolling Stones

2. 10 real 'original songs'

3. Songs definitely not covered by The Rolling Stones

1. Covered by The Rolling Stones

 

Songs  Covered By The Rolling Stones
Nr.	Covered song	Performers	Year	Listen	Performers Cover	Title Album	Year	Listen Rolling Stones

1	Ain't Too Proud To Beg	The Temptations	1966		Rolling Stones	It's Only Rock'n'Roll	1974
2	Around And Around	Chuck Berry	1958		Rolling Stones	Stone Age	1964
3	Bye Bye Johnny	Chuck Berry	1960		Rolling Stones	Rock'n'Rolling Stones	1964
4	Can I Get A Witness	Marvin Gaye	1963		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	1964
5	Carol	Chuck Berry	1958		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	1964
6	Champagne & Reefer	Muddy Waters	1961		Rolling Stones	Shine A Light	2008
7	Cherry Oh Baby	Eric Donaldson	1971		Rolling Stones	Black And Blue	1976
8	Come On	Chuck Berry	1961		Rolling Stones	Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)	1963
9	Confessin' The Blues	Chuck Berry	1960		Rolling Stones	12X5	1964
10	Corrina	Taj Mahal	1963		Rolling Stones	No Security	1998
11	Crackin' Up	Bo Diddley	1959		Rolling Stones	Love You Live, Vol.2	1977
12	Cry To Me	Solomon Burke	1962		Rolling Stones	Out Of Our Heads	1965
13	Da Doo Run Run	The Crystals	1940		Rolling Stones	The Rest Of The Best, The Stones Story, Part 2	1983
14	Don't (You) Lie To Me	Chuck Berry	1958		Rolling Stones	Metamorphosis	1975
15	Down Home Girl	Alvin Robinson	1964		Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones No. 2	1965
16	Down The Road Apiece	Chuck Berry	1940		Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones No. 2	1965
17	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love	Solomon Burke	1964		Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones No. 2	1965
18	Fortune Teller	Benny Spellman	1962		Rolling Stones	Got Live If You Want It !	1964
19	Going To A Go-Go	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	1965		Rolling Stones	Still Life	1982
20	Good Times	Sam Cooke	1964		Rolling Stones	Out Of Our Heads	1965
21	Harlem Shuffle	Bob & Earl	1963		Rolling Stones	Dirty Work	1986
22	Hitch Hike	Marvin Gaye	1962		Rolling Stones	Out Of Our Heads	1965
23	Honest I Do	Jimmy Reed	1957		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	1964
24	I Can't Be Satisfied	Muddy Waters	1948		Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones No. 2	1965
25	I Don't Know Why (I Love You)	Stevie Wonder	1968		Rolling Stones	Metamorphosis	1975
26	I Just Want To Make Love To You	Muddy Waters	1954		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	1964
27	I Need You Baby (Mona)	Bo Diddley	1956		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	1964
28	I Wanna Be Your Man	The Beatles	1963		Rolling Stones	Singles Collection, London 1	1963
29	I Want To Be Loved	Muddy Waters	1955		Rolling Stones	Singles Collection, London 1	1963
30	If You Need Me	Solomon Burke	1963		Rolling Stones	12X5	1964
31	I'm A King Bee	Slim Harpo	1957		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	1964
32	I'm Alright	Bo Diddley	1963		Rolling Stones	Got Live If You Want It	1966
33	I'm Moving On (Live)	Ray Charles	1959		Rolling Stones	December's Children (And Everybody's)	1965
34	It's All Over Now	The Valentinos	1963		Rolling Stones	12X5	1964
35	I've Been Loving You Too Long	Otis Redding	1965		Rolling Stones	Got Live If You Want It !	1966
36	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	The Temptations	1971		Rolling Stones	Some Girls	1978
37	Key To The Highway	Charles Segar	1940		Rolling Stones	Dirty Work	1986
38	Let It Rock	Chuck Berry	1960		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones Rarities 1971-2003	1971
39	Like A Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan	1965		Rolling Stones	Stripped	1995
40	Little Baby	Howlin' Wolf	1961		Rolling Stones	Stripped	2005
41	Little Queenie	Chuck Berry	1959		Rolling Stones	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out	1970
42	Little Red Rooster	Howlin' Wolf	1961		Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones, Now	1964
43	Look What You've Done	Muddy Waters	1956		Rolling Stones	December's Children (And Everybody's)	1965
44	Love In Vain	Robert Johnson	1937		Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed	1969
45	Mannish Boy	Muddy Waters	1955		Rolling Stones	Love You Live, Vol.2	1977
46	Memphis	Chuck Berry	1958		Rolling Stones	Rest Of The Best, Stones Story Part 2	1983
47	Mercy Mercy	Don Covay & The Goodtimers	1964		Rolling Stones	Out Of Our Heads	1965
48	Money	Barrett Strong	1959		Rolling Stones	No Stone Unturned	1964
49	My Girl	Otis Redding	1965		Rolling Stones	Stone Age	1967
50	Nearness Of You	Frank Sinatra	1962		Rolling Stones	Live Licks	2005
51	Not Fade Away	Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1957		Rolling Stones	Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)	1964
52	Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going)	Barbara Lynn	1963		Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones, Now	1965
53	Pain In My Heart	Otis Redding	1962		Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones No. 2	1965
54	Poison Ivy	The Coasters	1959		Rolling Stones	No Stone Unturned	1964
55	Prodigal Son (That's No Way To Get Along)	Reverend Robert Wilkins	1929		Rolling Stones	Beggar's Banquet	1968
56	Rock Me Baby	B.B. King	1964		Rolling Stones	Live Licks	2004
57	Route 66	Chuck Berry	1961		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	1964
58	Shake Your Hips	Slim Harpo	1966		Rolling Stones	Exile On Main Street, 1	1972
59	She Said Yeah	Larry Williams	1965		Rolling Stones	December's Children (And Everybody's)	1965
60	Stop Breaking Down	Robert Johnson	1937		Rolling Stones	Exile On Main Street, 2	1972
61	Suzie Q	Dale Hawkins	1957		Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones No. 2	1964
62	Talking About You	Chuck Berry	1961		Rolling Stones	December's Children (And Everybody's)	1965
63	Tell Me Baby	Muddy Waters	1964		Rolling Stones	The Rest Of The Best, Stones Story, Part 2	1983
64	That's How Strong My Love Is	Otis Redding	1964		Rolling Stones	Out Of Our Heads	1965
65	The Last Time (This May Be..)	The Staple Singers	1955		Rolling Stones	12X5	1964
66	Time Is On My Side	Irma Thomas	1963		Rolling Stones	12X5	1964
67	Too Rude (Winsome)	Half Pint	1983		Rolling Stones	Dirty Work	1986
68	Twenty Flight Rock	Eddy Cochran	1958		Rolling Stones	Still Life	1982
69	Under The Boardwalk	The Drifters	1964		Rolling Stones	12X5	1964
70	Walking The Dog	Rufus Thomas	1963		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	1964
71	You Better Move On	Arthur Alexander	1962		Rolling Stones	December's Children (And Everybody's)	1964
72	You Can Make It If You Try	Gene Allison	1958		Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	1964
73	You Can't Catch Me	Chuck Berry	1955		Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones No. 2	1965
74	You Gotta Move	Mississippi Fred McDowell	1964		Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	1971

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