Now Hear This: 2. The Early Years : Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest covers starts in January of 1971 with John Lennon. Here are twenty songs from cover stars who made the front page between 1967 and 1971.

Listen to the playlist

1. Ike and Tina Turner, "Shake a Tail Feather" (1967)
2. Otis Redding, "I've Got Dreams to Remember" (1968)
3. Frank Zappa, "Call Any Vegetable" (1968)
4. The Band, "To Kingdom Come" (1968)
5. Doug Sahm, "Mendocino" (1968)
6. MC5, "Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)" (1969)
7. Sun Ra, "Atlantis" (1969)
8. Joni Mitchell, "Roses Blue" (1969)
9. Chuck Berry, "Let It Rock" (1969)
10. Elvis Presley, "Long Black Limousine" (1969)
11. Joe Cocker, "Dear Landlord" (1969)
12. Miles Davis, "Frelon Brun" (1969)
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival, "It Came Out of the Sky"(1970)
14. Sly Stone, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)" (1970)
15. Captain Beefheart, "The Dust Blows Forward And The Dust Blows Back" (1970)
16. Little Richard, "Precious Lord" (1970)
17. Janis Joplin, "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)" (1970)
18. Leon Russell, "Dixie Lullaby" (1970)
19. Van Morrison, "Brand New Day" (1970)
20. Rod Stewart, "Cut Across Shorty" (1970)