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Who did it better?

Many songs get covered or re-interpreted, the covers often being more successful than the original.

Here are some cover versions of one song, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don?t like any of them.

?That?ll Be The Day? is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison first recorded by Buddy Holly and The Three Tunes in 1956, and re-recorded by Buddy Holly and The Crickets in 1957. The 1957 release reached number 2 in the US and number 1 in the UK.

It was covered by The Quarrymen in 1958 as a demo, and re-released on ?The Beatles Anthology 1? in 1995

The Flaming Groovies released a version in 1972.

Foghat covered it in 1974.

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