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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 along with the original, let us know in the comments which is your favourite, or if you don’t like any of them.

“Lonesome Town” is a song written by Baker Knight and first recorded by Ricky Nelson in a 1958 single.

It has been covered by several acts including:

As an instrumental by The Ventures on their 1961 album “The Ventures”.

Shaking Stevens as a 1974 single and on his 1982 album “Shaking Stevens and The Sunsets”.

Ronnie Hawkins on his 1974 album “The Giant of Rock’n Roll”.

Paul McCartney on his 1999 album “Run Devil Run”.

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